GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoRidley Scott Defends 'The Martian' As a Comedywww.indiewire.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up171file-textcross-posted to: movies@lemm.ee
arrow-up171external-linkRidley Scott Defends 'The Martian' As a Comedywww.indiewire.comGreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: movies@lemm.ee
minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·23 hours agoThe book was a comedy as well. Tons of great dry jokes. The two are not mutually exclusive.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-218 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 Turkalino@lemmy.yachtslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours 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