Djinn@lemm.eeM to Movies and TV Shows@lemm.ee · 4 months ago50 years ago, 'Blazing Saddles' broke wind — and box office expectationswww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down13
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minus-squareDrusas@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoBlack comedy really doesn’t seem popular with the younger generations. It’s a shame, really. But humor/expression styles change over time, so so it goes.
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-24 months agoBlack comedy is fine, Blazing Saddles is just boring at best and juvenile in the lamest way at worst. Take Dr Stangelove for an example of a well done black comedy film with amazingly witty dialogue.
Black comedy really doesn’t seem popular with the younger generations. It’s a shame, really. But humor/expression styles change over time, so so it goes.
Black comedy is fine, Blazing Saddles is just boring at best and juvenile in the lamest way at worst.
Take Dr Stangelove for an example of a well done black comedy film with amazingly witty dialogue.