Do they still make dark comedies?
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Do they still make dark comedies?
Movies like Heathers or Fargo? What's there 2012 equivalent? Maybe I'm just missing them but I honestly can't think of any right now. Killer Joe, maybe?
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Tyler Perry makes dark comedies.
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Couple years old, but my first thought was "The Ice Harvest" (2005, John Cusack & Billy Bob Thornton).
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Re: Do they still make dark comedies?
I didn't know FARGO was a considered a comedy. I liked the movie a lot but I don't think I ever laughed watching it.
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Re: Do they still make dark comedies?
Fargo is as much a drama as it is a comedy, but it's got a certain tone that might not resonate with everybody. Parts of it have me in hysterics. Like the interchange in the car where Buscemi challenges Stormare to converse more and he treatens to give him the silent treatment but is totally incapable of shutting up. The discomfort is half the comedy there but a lot of people wouldn't like that.
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I think most dark "Dramedy" type content has been turned into TV shows lately, like Breaking Bad and Shameless. Killing Them Softly looks like it might be mildly comedic. Seven Psychopaths. Get the Gringo.
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Not recent but Scotland, PA fits the category as well.
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I'd say Observe and Report was a fairly dark comedy at times.
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Isnt there a sequel to Bad Santa in the works? That would count.
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More recently, I considered BRIDESMAIDS and YOUNG ADULT dark comedies.
One (BRIDESMAIDS) was more successful (at making me laugh) than the other.
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Pulp Fiction works but that movie is nearly 20 years old.



