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Vince Vaughn on Why His R-Rated Comedies Aren’t Made Anymore: “People in Charge Don’t Want to Get Fired”
(www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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There's plenty of space for comedies that don't punch down or belittle people. The fact that nobody wants to roll the dice to see if they lose their jobs because Vince Vaughn's movies do that frequently shouldn't be a mark against their character. The fact that they are greedy movie execs with massive paychecks stolen from actors and studio crew should be.
But where are those comedies?
Seriously, I can't recall any good recent comedy movie. Some good series, but that's it. All comedies are basically those "for the whole family" kind of background noise generator, and they all seem to be the same plot points and jokes sewn together in slightly different patterns.
Older comedies are often a bit dated, but were good back then, even without belittling. Look at Old School, Anchorman, Stranger than Fiction, everything Leslie Nielsen did, Big Lebowski. These are not super experimental art house movies or super edgy, but solid, innovative comedies.
Maybe I'm overlooking a ton of comedy gems, absolutely possible, but I can honestly say that not a single movie of the last years was really funny to me.
Unfortunately, making comedies that don't punch down and/or aren't gross-outs are difficult - you need to have a top class concept and be able to execute it expertly, which is hard.
Personally, I find that !comedyplusgenre@lemmy.world is still a fertile ground for comedy - GotG3, The Suicide Squad, EEAAO, D&D, The Menu, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Spontaneous, The Babysitter films, Free Guy, Boss Level, Violent Night, Day Shift, Boys From County Hell, etc. Although it could be argued that adding a genre element in means the comedy doesn't have to do all the heavy-lifting, so it may be a cop-out.
Decent real-world set comedies of recent years include: the Banshees of Inisherin, Bullet Train, Guns Akimbo, etc.
Not sure where Jojo Rabbit fits but that too.
Thanks for reminding me of Banshees of Inisherin. Loved it.
Great film and not afraid to keep going into some dark territory.