Why Comedy Movies Died

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LANGUAGE WARNING

Comedy movies once ruled Hollywood, but in recent years, their popularity has waned. In this video, we explore the factors behind the decline of the genre, from changing audience tastes to shifting cultural landscapes.

Throughout history, comedy was a dominant genre of cinema, shaping culture and creating a shared humor. Today explore the factors leading to its decline, from cultural shifts to global market influences, and ponder the future of comedy films.

I miss comedies bro.

Comedy movies use to dominate the box office but in recent years there has been a massive decline in the genre. So what happened to comedy movies and will they ever return to the big screen? Let's find out!

━CHAPTERS━

• 00:00 streaming services are so bad at categorizing comedies
• 05:55 free feet (code gabi20 at checkout)
• 06:54 the current state of traditional comedy films and why everything is so on the nose.. this chapter title is like a fall out boy song title
• 14:06 spectacle over good writing
• 16:09 when comedy doesn't work
• 20:22 who's winning the awards, and who is Oscar??? please someone help me who is he???
• 23:05 appreciating good comedy acting and filmmaking
• 25:57 Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes, Turn and face the strange, Ch-ch-changes, Don't want to be a richer man, Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
• 28:23 uwu conclusions ~ uwu uwu.. uwu? uwu.... uwu

Excerpt from This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #451 with guest Adam Devine.

After watching Kinda Pregnant starring Amy Schumer, I had to sit down and have this satisfying rant about modern comedy movies and why I think they suck.

Goodbye mid-budget, mid 2010s, actually funny movies. I'll miss you.

Recently, I've watched plenty of classic comedy films from the past 10-20 years. It's unfortunate that comedy isn't the same anymore and this is my opinion on why it's not.

The comedy genre took over the 2000s, but why? Why were there so many great comedies coming out during the 2000s and why do some consider 2008 to be the greatest year for comedy? And where have the good ones gone?

In this video we talk about the events that resulted in comedy being so prevalent during the 2000s, the people that pushed it further than before, and the reason for it's rapid downfall.

Chapters:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 01:28 - Why Did They Become So Popular?
• 03:48 - The Biggest Names
• 07:04 - Comedy on TV
• 08:05 - Where Did The Genre Go?
• 10:35 - What's Next for Comedy?

[Hawkee]

These days when you get the general picture it seems that comedy movies have lost their novelty and it is hard to find good comedy movies nowadays. And part of that reason is the movie industry has been today overpowered by action dramas mystery and horror movies and comedy movies have seen a disappearing act leaving only romantic comedies. But back in the 80's and 90's comedy movies were huge and with stars like Steve Martin Eddie Murphy Robin Williams releasing comedy movies every year they soon would take off like a rocket. And with stars like Chevy Chase Danny DeVito and Bette Midler making their marks in comedy movies they actually made the movies do good in theaters. Take for example when Tom Hanks released Big in 1988 Big made Tom Hanks a huge star and Big made a lot of money in theaters. Another comedy that also was a monster hit in theaters was 1986's Peggy Sue Got Married and with Kathleen Turner as Peggy Sue the movie itself was cute and scored box-office success. But I think when comedy movies became trilogies in the 80's they shaped the movie industry like National Lampoon's Vacation and many others. As the 90's began we saw more comedy movies becoming successes and failures and with stars such as John Travolta and Kristie Alley making movies and we got introduced to stars like Jamie Foxx Jim Carrey and Seann William Scott. But even action stars got into comedy movies too as we saw Johnny Depp in 1990's Cry-Baby and when Cry-Baby debuted in theaters it was destined to fail but for Johnny Depp it was a strong start to comedies for him. And another movie that was a hit that had a trilogy was Look Who's Talking and when Look Who's Talking Too was released in theaters in 1991 it too was a winner so much that Look Who's Talking Now completed the trilogy. Other movies that were overlooked in the 90's were Madhouse and Scenes From A Mall from 1991 and then there was Mr. Destiny with Jim Belushi from 1990. But as the 90's continued we saw stars like Damon Wayans make their marks in comedy and with Eddie Murphy still being popular was making 90's comedy hits. But I think when comedy movies really died when the romantic comedies debuted and with films like While You Were Sleeping and Sleepless In Seattle becoming popular the comedy movies started dying because they were not as funny as they were and unappealing. But is there hope that comedy movies can make a comeback? Only time will tell

[Dude111]

People are not funny anymore,its sad........ They have been flattend out (When they were re-programmed)

I love earlier comedy movies from before the re-programming happend!

Nuns on the run -- 1990 (I have it recorded from analogue cable)
Adventures in Babysitting - 1987
The Toy - 1983

[Worldsmount3]

80s and 90s were the best time for comedy movies looks like action movies took over 2000 to 2001

[ThisLittlePiggy]

Groundhog Day (1993)

[ThisLittlePiggy]

Risky Business (1983)

[MrCleveland]

Comedy is a hard genre to work with...even John Cleese said it himself.

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Why Comedies Keep Struggling At The Box Office

The days of comedies bringing in big laughs and big bucks has seemingly passed, as proven by many recent flops. Why they're failing won't leave anyone laughing.

[LAXMIA2023]

I bet most people haven't seen more than a fraction of the comedy films from the 1920s and 1930s. And... since they haven't, those movies would be "new" to them. Too bad these great films are mostly forgotten today.

Here's a few of my favorites:

"It's A Gift" (1934) - W.C. Fields
"Helpmates" (1932) - Laurel and Hardy
"Teacher's Pet" (1930) - Our Gang / The Little Rascals
"Disorder In The Court" (1936) - The Three Stooges
"The Idle Class" (1921) - Charlie Chaplin
"The General" (1926) - Buster Keaton

[TMC]

In 2010, comedies made up 21% of the domestic box office. By 2024, that number had collapsed to 7%.

This is an autopsy of the status quo.

We trace four forces that killed the theatrical comedy film between 2012 and 2018. Cultural, financial, structural, and legal. We look at the numbers behind Blazing Saddles, Airplane!, Dumb and Dumber, and There's Something About Mary. We examine the Ghostbusters 2016 catastrophe as an economic catastrophe. And we hear from the people who built the form: Mel Brooks, Leslie Nielsen, the Zucker brothers, the Farrelly brothers, Judd Apatow, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson, Eric Idle.