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There was amusement in American Hustle, but not comedy. But that's an issue I've always had with the Comedy Drama split. Rather than awarding comedies they end up rewarding dramas that induce the occasional grin.
Yes, the opening scene with the hairpiece is amusing. There are other amusing moments. But the movie is still not a comedy.
This is also true of Her and Nebraska. Both films with amusing moments, but not comedies. I haven't seen Wolf of Wall Street, but based on what I heard of DiCaprio's speech assume he also doesn't think he made a comedy. Similarly, Inside Llewyn Davis is not a musical, it is a movie with music in it.
But of the four movies in the category that were apparently nominated based on their comedicness I suspect that American Hustle was the closest of them.
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