Miscellaneous Movie Musings

flippyshark · 02-28-2007, 08:24 PM

Comedy these days really makes me feel like a dinosaur. "Borat", Sarah Silverman, Dane Cook - all intermittently funny for me, but overall, they leave me feeling depressed and old. Mean-spiritedness and open mockery have trumped wit and satire. Many of my fellow actors (at the Sleuths Mystery Dinner Theater) idolize the above-named and seem to believe that unless it hurts someone, it isn't real comedy.

That said, I did like Talladega Nights (lord help me), parts of The 40 Year Old Virgin, and, umm, wow, I haven't gone to many other comedies...

02-28-2007, 08:24 PM	#11
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	Comedy these days really makes me feel like a dinosaur. "Borat", Sarah Silverman, Dane Cook - all intermittently funny for me, but overall, they leave me feeling depressed and old. Mean-spiritedness and open mockery have trumped wit and satire. Many of my fellow actors (at the Sleuths Mystery Dinner Theater) idolize the above-named and seem to believe that unless it hurts someone, it isn't real comedy. That said, I did like Talladega Nights (lord help me), parts of The 40 Year Old Virgin, and, umm, wow, I haven't gone to many other comedies...
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