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> (when’s the last time you’ve seen a comedy in theaters?) A month ago, for Beetlejuice2. IMO a comedy is one of the only reasons to still go to a theater. Th

• Apocryphon 2y ago
  Ah, an exception that truly proves the rule. A sequel stuck in production hell for thirty-six years. Granted, it appears to have the mid-budget of what we used to see plenty of (in films such as comedies), but Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and the Sydney Sweeney rom-com that also came out this year are rarities; it’s been widely known for years that comedies have fallen out of favor from the cinema. (Some say MCU-style superhero quip fests replaced them.) Sample coverage: https://www.escapistmagazine.com/6-reasons-why-comedy-in-film-is-dying/ https://www.escapistmagazine.com/6-reasons-why-comedy-in-fil... https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/comedy-movie-not-dead-business/ https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/comedy-movie-not-dead-busi... https://whatculture.com/film/it-s-official-movie-comedies-are-dead https://whatculture.com/film/it-s-official-movie-comedies-ar... There are opportunities to laugh at the movies, but they tend not to be specifically comedies.