From days of charlie chaplin to tom and jerry mindless comedy has always managed to tickle the funny bone. There are days when you cant help but laugh at Mr.beans antics or the craziness of looney tunes. But humour is more of a subtle art than just in your face stuff. Shows such as FRIENDS, Big bang theory and How I Met Your Mother gave sarcasm,jokes and just plain funniness another meaning. The point was in the words along with the actions and this has been making today's generation laugh to the point where you can watch the same FRIENDS episode 10 times (Know almost every dialogue like i do) and still crack up. Then why is that this same generation fill movie halls for slapstick comedy's??
I just happened to read a review for a new Bollywood movie called READY..and for those of you not familiar with Hindi cinema, its one of the most awaited movies of the year and its plain 'Slapstick Funny'. The critic reviewing this movie has quite a reputation in the industry (however after this i don't feel like reading his stuff anymore). He claims it is a refreshment in peoples minds and a total fun movie to watch. I really want to know how much he was paid or has he lost his mind. Cause it cant be something other than the two of them. Today hindi cinema says its gone passed days of Shah Rukh Khan because romantic movies are too classy for them. And these are the same people who laugh at one man hitting 100 men and people putting the other person on frying pans. I am not a pseudointellectual prick who thinks that all this is below my level but cmon what do you mean by its a 'leave your brains at home' entertainer. How the hell is that even possible. I rather believe than i have a prince charming out there whose gonna sing for me than laugh at a house hanging at the edge of a cliff with 10 people running around inside it. In the era of movies like 3 Idiots, Rajneeti and Wake Up Sid when you see a Ready and a Yamala Pagla Deewana you realise why even the Indian audience prefers to watch english movies. At least the slapstick movies in Hollywood don't do that well and you still see more smart cinema being made. And the key companion of mindless comedy is over the top action. For generations together loud bizarre fighting movies have done well. The form a niche in society both in English and Hindi movies. Maybe one day ill understand the impact of these two genres. Till then please gimme some sensible humour that i can actually laugh at.
In the last half year i have sat through two movies where half the hall was bursting with laughter while the other half sat there wondering whats so funny. Well at least theres hope for some of us. Thank God For That!!
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