tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22720759.post8289986197360405966..comments2024-03-25T08:50:10.516+00:00Comments on Was it something I wrote?: Why We CareEnglish Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04686490554533309973noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22720759.post-47939142601856759362007-09-07T15:42:00.000+01:002007-09-07T15:42:00.000+01:00I think that's right John.I was just reading Blake...I think that's right John.I was just reading Blake Snyders blog where he says comedy is tradgedy that happens to your mother in law, lolEnglish Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04686490554533309973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22720759.post-76082471107195771372007-09-07T12:04:00.000+01:002007-09-07T12:04:00.000+01:00Absolutely - bad horror films often forget the nee...Absolutely - bad horror films often forget the need for the audience to give a damn, and so when the man with the axe comes a-choppin, the only reaction we can muster is 'meh'.<BR/>Comedies often thrive, though, when they have unlikable or grotesque central characters - Basil Fawlty, David Brent, George Costanza - because we can laugh when something bad happens to them, especially if it's of their own doing. <BR/>I think that comedies which focus too much on the soap opera elements (Friends is an obvious example) tend to play up likeability of characters so that the audience 'wants' good things to happen to them. Whereas you've probably got more comedy potential if the audience doesn't care if what happens to the characters is welcome or unwelcome, as long as it makes them laugh.<BR/>JJohn Soaneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412988669030237101noreply@blogger.com