oh come now, American comedy is broader than that. From the slapstick silents like One Week all through screwball movies like Bringing Up Baby and Holiday to Some like it Hot and Blazing Saddles, just to name a classic few, there are aspects for every taste, truly.
Comedy is a hell of a lot more subjective than drama in my opinion, because it works on making the audience revel in pain inflicted on the characters. Making that mechanism work is difficult to do, and underappreciated or dismissed all too often.
Oh, sure--my own tastes are quite narrow. I guess I just don't like watching people acting stupid, or at least acting stupid without being witty. Maybe that's why I prefer the British sitcoms to the current American stuff--the dialogue's so much better...
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Date: 2009-08-25 11:01 pm (UTC)Comedy is a hell of a lot more subjective than drama in my opinion, because it works on making the audience revel in pain inflicted on the characters. Making that mechanism work is difficult to do, and underappreciated or dismissed all too often.
my 2 cents there *gets off soapdish--er, box.*
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Date: 2009-08-26 02:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-26 03:56 am (UTC)Some mix the stupid and the witty beautifully--Blackadder for example, or Thin Blue Line but not as many as you'd think.