@GreenEngineering3475 to MoviesEnglish • 12 hours agoRidley Scott Defends 'The Martian' As a Comedywww.indiewire.commessage-square23arrow-up163arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareRob BoslinkfedilinkEnglish34•10 hours agoThe book was a comedy as well. Tons of great dry jokes. The two are not mutually exclusive.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)linkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-25 hours agoThere’s a chasm between being funny and being a comedy. Comedy is a genre, and I’d argue doesn’t strictly even need to be very funny, if at all.
minus-squareBobby TurkalinolinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 hour agoYeah the old timey definition of a comedy is a story that starts sad but gets better, while a drama is the opposite
The book was a comedy as well. Tons of great dry jokes. The two are not mutually exclusive.
There’s a chasm between being funny and being a comedy. Comedy is a genre, and I’d argue doesn’t strictly even need to be very funny, if at all.
Yeah the old timey definition of a comedy is a story that starts sad but gets better, while a drama is the opposite