GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoRidley Scott Defends 'The Martian' As a Comedywww.indiewire.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: movies@lemm.eemovies@lemmy.worldentertainment@lemmit.onlinemovies@lemm.ee
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minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·edit-28 days 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-up6·8 days agoYeah the old timey definition of a comedy is a story that starts sad but gets better, while a drama is the opposite
minus-squareBeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoI thought one ended in a marriage and the other a death.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoOr the Shakespearian definition: Comedies end in a wedding. Tragedies end in a funeral.
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
I thought one ended in a marriage and the other a death.
Or the Shakespearian definition:
Comedies end in a wedding.
Tragedies end in a funeral.