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Is Nordic humour too dark for the rest of the world?
- CM30 11y agoIf you've seen the kind of stuff in most comedies now (especially quite a few animated ones), then the answer is probably no. Some of the 'shock' humour programs on Adult Swim and other networks make just about any live action comedy seem tame by comparison. And let's not even get into some of the comedies and stuff you can find online... There are some audiences out there who would find your average gallows humour tame and boring by comparison. As for whether any of that stuff would be as popular with mainstream critics or audiences... that's a bit more debatable. But this sort of stuff (like anything else) can find a niche.
- charlesism 11y agoAny Nordics here who can comment on this? I can't say I notice any difference between the Nordic/UK/American sense of humor. Of course "Americans don't understand irony" so I'm probably missing a lot of nuances.
- Spidler 11y agoAmericans are too strung up on the "be ashamed for someone" comedy that really doesn't go over well with Scandinavian audiences. It's hard to find an American comedy (since Wag the Dog, perhaps) that doesn't fall on the gag of fremdschämen. A typical example of the bleak humour from here would be the Danish movie [Flickering Lights](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE4ZBcK01HU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE4ZBcK01HU)
- vermooten 11y agoThe Scandinavians I've met and worked with have a very good sense of humour. Utterly dry, you have to be tuned in to realise they are being funny. Great film making nations though. Bergman, Dreyer, Sjöström etc. So they don't make comedies as well or in enough numbers as other types. BFD.
- macavity23 11y agoTry living somewhere you don't see the sun for three months and see what happens to YOUR sense of humor.