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[–] alcibiades@lemm.ee 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

But that’s the point of Talladega Nights, no? It’s meant to be stupid, silly, and absurd. It’s not a drama, it’s a comedy about race car drivers.

Like if that’s your opinion, fine, im not trying to change your mind. But walking out on a comedy cause you thought it was too stupid is like closing a book because it had too many words.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

IMO good comedy is more than stupid people acting silly, that's an incredibly reductive view of the genre. Comedy should be clever and play to more than just the basest impulses. Even a comedy about stupid people can be smartly written. An example brought up in this thread is Zoolander. It's silly and absurd, but it's also smart, even though the characters are stupid. Talladega Nights is just stupid.

[–] alcibiades@lemm.ee 1 points 24 minutes ago

Mane I thought you were gonna say Office Space or like a West Anderson film as a “smart” comedy, not Zoolander lol. I wouldn’t necessarily call that high brow compared to Talladega Nights, but I haven’t seen it in quite some time so could be misremembering. I get what you’re saying though- a lot of the Will Ferrell comedies use really stupid visual laughs (or dead obvious lines) instead of anything that would require thinking a lil.