Are comedy movies dead?

[agent817]

There is something that came to mind recently. You rarely see any advertisement for comedies coming out. While there are some comedy movies that get theatrical releases (case in point, "Bottoms"), but not a lot. Not to get political (because really, I try not to go into topics like that, despite how people get in this day and age 🙄), but many people believe it's because we live in a "woke" society, and I loathe that term and that people use that term too much now.

Personally, I think comedy is a very subjective taste, and second, I read that comedies mainly exist on streaming services. Second of all, I read that comedies don't exactly do a lot of business outside the US.

What are your thoughts?

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

The biggest movie of 2023 was classified as comedy.

Comedy movies ain't dead, Barbie more than proved that.

[Limity (BLM)]

Well obviously comedy is subjective. Not every person will find the same comedic movie, sitcom, etc., funny or entertaining. Just like every other genre in existence.

And if comedies are being released on streaming services, then comedies aren't dead.

[hassanchop]

What type of comedy?

[BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps]

Dude, you can’t start a thread saying you don’t want a thread to be political *and* try to ignite a conversation about “woke culture” in the first post. That’s inherently political and just asking for a ton of trouble.