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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 9244973" data-attributes="member: 7808"><p>Disconnected responses...</p><p></p><p>As someone who's been a big fan of animation my whole life, I call tell you that people are just plain prejudiced about different forms of entertainment. Sometimes you just have to accept it.</p><p></p><p>People are more comfortable accepting uncomfortable bits in old movies when they are can hand wave it away with "well, that's not the central point of the story", or "it's historically accurate/significant," or similar adages. When you dismiss a joke like that it's harder to laugh with it.</p><p></p><p>Over time, the academy awards have become increasingly detached from movies people actually watch. Movies for the general public may still get attention for special effects and songs, but the Best Picture and Actor awards are increasingly going to movies that cater niche audiences. A comedy that caters to a niche audience is often unfunny to outsiders. Also, the go-to example of a comedy sweeping the Oscar's should be It Happened One Night.</p><p></p><p>Regarding the AFI list, by my count it has more comedy than sci-fi, more comedy than animation, more comedy than musicals, and more comedy than westerns. So, overall comedy ain't doin' that bad.</p><p></p><p>It's common for a movie to have just the right amount of comedy but not be classified as a comedy. It's extremely rare for a movie to be just a little sci-fi, or a little bit of a musical, etc, and not be labeled as such. In that regard "comedy" is a kind of unique category that can be represented and not represented at the same time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 9244973, member: 7808"] Disconnected responses... As someone who's been a big fan of animation my whole life, I call tell you that people are just plain prejudiced about different forms of entertainment. Sometimes you just have to accept it. People are more comfortable accepting uncomfortable bits in old movies when they are can hand wave it away with "well, that's not the central point of the story", or "it's historically accurate/significant," or similar adages. When you dismiss a joke like that it's harder to laugh with it. Over time, the academy awards have become increasingly detached from movies people actually watch. Movies for the general public may still get attention for special effects and songs, but the Best Picture and Actor awards are increasingly going to movies that cater niche audiences. A comedy that caters to a niche audience is often unfunny to outsiders. Also, the go-to example of a comedy sweeping the Oscar's should be It Happened One Night. Regarding the AFI list, by my count it has more comedy than sci-fi, more comedy than animation, more comedy than musicals, and more comedy than westerns. So, overall comedy ain't doin' that bad. It's common for a movie to have just the right amount of comedy but not be classified as a comedy. It's extremely rare for a movie to be just a little sci-fi, or a little bit of a musical, etc, and not be labeled as such. In that regard "comedy" is a kind of unique category that can be represented and not represented at the same time. [/QUOTE]
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