Comment on Vince Vaughn on Why His R-Rated Comedies Aren’t Made Anymore: “People in Charge Don’t Want to Get Fired”

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Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Older comedies are often a bit dated, but were good back then, even without belittling. Look at Old School, Anchorman, Stranger than Fiction, everything Leslie Nielsen did, Big Lebowski.

You my friend have an obvious taste for comedies that fall into the definition of “crass”. You listed some GREAT comedies but they are chock-a-block with humor that is juvenile, sexist, lean into gender / racial stereotypes and are generally considered “problematic” today. The last of these I can think of is “Tropic Thunder”.

This is what Vince is talking about; our culture has changed and Hollywood no longer wants to invest in Crass Comedies. Mostly because they don’t do well at the Box Office anymore and they can bring a LOT of negative attention.

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