The last great comedy film released 8 years ago, proves that laughter has been intentionally prohibited
By Joshua Tyler | Published
Often, and while no one was watching, a kind of whole film was suffered from existence. Now it’s back. This weekend, the new version of The naked pistol Open in theaters, and this is the first great comedy film to be released in eight years.
The last complete comedy of the meaning to introduce yourself to the cinema was Papa 2 houseReleased in 2017. Then Hollywood prohibited comedy.
Papa 2 house was a legitimate success. His star cast included Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, John Lithgow, John Cena and Mel Gibson. The public loved and gave the film high scores. This made a lot of money at the box office, earning $ 180 million with a budget of $ 70 million.
I tell you so that you know that there was nothing Papa 2 house To suggest that the great comedy films were no longer a good investment. Completely the opposite. They were easy to do and easy to enjoy. So what happened?
I heard I try to blame COVID, but that’s not it, because COVVID occurred in 2020 and that comedy films died in 2017.
The number of comedies produced had gradually slowed down by 2017. In 2015, nearly a dozen big budget comedies were in theaters, led by films like Ted 2,, Paul BLART 2and the original Dad’s house. In 2016, this number fell within a half-dozen, with Central intelligence,, Bad mothersAnd Neighbors 2 like the most notable entries.
Although the number of released comedies has decreased, money was still important. Central intelligence Only $ 226 million. However, in 2017, comedy disappeared.
He briefly brought back to life in 2023 when Jennifer Lawrence tried to publish a rauch comedy listed R called No resentment. In response, the press attacked her for this, and she hasn’t appeared since. It is as if she was short of business.
This is exactly why there were no comedies. No resentment was called frightening and deaf for daring to exist. The film, which concerns a hot middle -aged girl who took a teenager in her wing, was accused of promoting toxic masculinity and was considered an affront to the #MeToo movement.
The few normal people who saw him loved it. The film has an 86% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. But the counterposter focused on activists in the press buried the film, which barely registered in the box office.
This attack on Lawrence and No resentment This is exactly what Hollywood has avoided for eight years, refusing to do comedy. This is the reason for everything, and given what happened to Lawrence, it is difficult to say that it was not the right commercial decision.
I’m not as sure that it was the right cultural decision. It’s been eight years without laughing at a time when, perhaps more than any other moment in recent history, people needed laughter.
NOW The naked pistol is in theaters, but it is not an act of bravery. It is an act of timing. The anti-Humor mentality held on the entertainment press began to evaporate, and The naked pistol is first to take advantage of the changing environment.
If The naked pistol Well at the box office, is almost out of regard because the last eight years have proven that Hollywood will make comedy decisions based on the evolution of forms of political biases expressed by the media, and not on profit. This media orthodoxy, which has forbidden us to laugh for eight years, seems to have kissed The naked pistol.
The guards opened the doors and allowed us to laugh. I’m glad that comedy is back, but no one should be happy with the way it happened. Demolish the doors; We cannot let this happen again.
