GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoRidley Scott Defends 'The Martian' As a Comedywww.indiewire.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: movies@lemmy.world
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minus-squareRob Bos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·25 days agoThe book was a comedy as well. Tons of great dry jokes. The two are not mutually exclusive.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-225 days agoThere’s a chasm between being funny and being a comedy. Comedy is a genre, and I’d argue doesn’t strictly even need to be very funny, if at all.
minus-squarefrayedpickles@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 days agoJust shove it in sci-fi/fantasy, easy
The book was a comedy as well. Tons of great dry jokes. The two are not mutually exclusive.
There’s a chasm between being funny and being a comedy. Comedy is a genre, and I’d argue doesn’t strictly even need to be very funny, if at all.
Just shove it in sci-fi/fantasy, easy