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Post by twothousandonemark on Sept 15, 2018 3:16:12 GMT
Comedy these days is either too safe or too stupid or both.
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Post by spooner5020 on Sept 15, 2018 3:19:04 GMT
Political correctness has killed humor.
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Post by mslo79 on Sept 15, 2018 3:30:11 GMT
There are not many straight comedy movies that stand out from the pack in general. so I don't think it can really be dying as there was never really that many worth mentioning to begin with.
but trying to look at things more on a mainstream level... it almost does seem like people who were names not all that long ago seem to be off the radar lately and now we are mostly stuck with random junk to fill the void.
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Post by ck100 on Sept 15, 2018 4:32:30 GMT
Well it's getting hurt by bad and/or lackluster films.
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Post by hi224 on Sept 15, 2018 4:35:47 GMT
i think cleverness is a pretty sadly dead concept as well.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Sept 15, 2018 23:15:31 GMT
It's all been done, laughter is extinct. 😕
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2018 23:19:07 GMT
Not long ago Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller were seemingly in everything. Hit comedies. One after the other. What happened to them? What was the last big comedy hit? Who is the big name in comedy right now? You pick three actors, two of whom (at least) are not funny. Nowadays it's Melissa McCarthy, also not funny. |
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Post by lowtacks86 on Sept 15, 2018 23:43:10 GMT
Comedies don't do as well oversees as action/aventure/fatnasy/etc now that China is becoming an increasing market for American films. It's probably no surprise the highest grossing comedy of 2018 was "Crazy Rich Asians".
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Sept 16, 2018 0:24:09 GMT
Comedy has always been very hit-or-miss IMO. The small screen is where a lot of the best comedy ends up. Though there's plenty of dross there as well.
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Post by darkpast on Sept 16, 2018 1:36:46 GMT
I think people needed to laugh when Obama was in White House. Now that Trump is POTUS no major wars, great economy and everybody is happy , so we don't need a distraction.  |
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Post by Harmless elf on Sept 17, 2018 22:43:01 GMT
Well we were getting a lot of our comedic actors from Saturday Night Live but now what the hell is going on Saturday Night Live I think that has a big thing to do with it.
also you look at Marvel movies have a lot of comedy in them and it seems like most energy gets put into those type of movies and less into just straight action or comedy movies.
also think of ideas comedy really almost has to be an original idea this year we've gotten comedy based off true story and also a novel but there is far less to pick from for comedy it's not like comic books where there's a billion of them. So quite frankly people have just ran out of ideas.
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Post by amyghost on Sept 17, 2018 22:45:55 GMT
I think people needed to laugh when Obama was in White House. Now that Trump is POTUS no major wars, great economy and everybody is happy , so we don't need a distraction. We need you writing for film, obviously. |
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Post by kingkoopa on Sept 18, 2018 2:47:45 GMT
I think people needed to laugh when Obama was in White House. Now that Trump is POTUS no major wars, great economy and everybody is happy , so we don't need a distraction. Done correctly, laughter is not a bandage. It's something you access to make sense of the world. Let your vision be as small as you'd like. Seems pretty fvckin small, all things considered. |
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