It is something both adorable and profane; a happy face slightly obscuring something very wrong with the world. It's best to think of Cute Macabre as a small child's sense of humor when they first learn to express concepts adults find a bit taboo.
It's something that draws attention to what is both adorable and slightly disturbing at the same time.
Cute Macabre is the joyous celebration of what's not quite right in the world.