"The overall sentiment that was shared
by the bulk of the interviewees when they were asked directly about this was
that comedy is becoming too vulgar without a reason," Matz said.
"They don't think it's any funnier that you can say the 'F'-word and 'goddammit'
and you can talk about sex acts. None of them could point out a case where that
succeeded and that being an advancement for the comedic arts.
While I
personally have no issue with the direction of comedy today and laughed just as
hard as everyone else when Stiffler drank the discarded ejaculate, it does make
me wonder what is left. If films bring everything to the table for our
consideration, leaving nothing to the whisperings of naughty, rebellious
preteens in the wee hours of weekend nights, how long before we grow bored with
having our most intimate moments shoved in our faces? http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_14896.html
Many
people will tell you that they enjoy comedies because they make them feel good.
But many comedies are cruel, and most are offensive, since jokes depend on
allusions to some sort of taboo breaking.
If we continue to strip away the inhibitions, thereby stripping comedy
of its power to shock us with what they'll do next, what in the end will we
find funny?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qzradFgPxU
- buster Keaton boxing
comedy 1926
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_us6n0SEFlk
- Charlie chaplin in the bank comedy 1915
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