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Has the author of this piece never been on youtube, or worldstar, or twitter, vine, tiktok... Physical comedy still exists, the risks have just been relegated t
by Kapura 7y ago
Has the author of this piece never been on youtube, or worldstar, or twitter, vine, tiktok... Physical comedy still exists, the risks have just been relegated to the masses, rather than the comedian who wants to have a long career free of pain.
Further, slapstick still has a lot of life in cartoons. The old Loony Tunes and Merry Melodies were chock full of physical comedy, and modern cartoons continue to carry that torch.
Physical Comedy isn't in decline, it's just moved out of the mainstream.
- mc32 7y agoI do not know. If it’s out of the “main” stream then almost by definition it would be in decline. Unless the mainstream was more of a small plurality rather than a large one, which could be the case?
- austhrow743 7y agoThose things are the mainstream.
- ravenstine 7y agoThere's big a difference between actual physical comedy and watching some guy get hit in the nut sack on YouTube.