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How Did 90s Slapstick Comedy Get So Popular? Why Wasn't It Done Earlier?
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Date: May 1st, 2025 11:13 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., ace ventura, dumb & dumber, austin powers, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719464&forum_id=2:#48897861) |
Date: May 1st, 2025 11:15 PM Author: novus homo (gunneratttt) its more of a resurregence. even classics have dumb slapstick. quixote is full of it. 90s was more of an indulgent return to form and admitting "yeah dumb slapstick is entertaining" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719464&forum_id=2:#48897868) |
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Date: May 1st, 2025 11:29 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., i mean why was it dead for decades and what about the 90s brought it back (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719464&forum_id=2:#48897907) |
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Date: May 1st, 2025 11:53 PM Author: novus homo (gunneratttt) i think because it became "hack" aka overdone, obvious, and easy. broad entertainment is often dismissed and then surges back when someone dares to admit it was popular for a reason. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719464&forum_id=2:#48897949) |
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Date: May 1st, 2025 11:17 PM Author: state your IQ before I engage you further Slapstick? ace ventura and dumb & dumber have tighter plots than most Oscar winners and high verbal IQ joke construction. The physical comedy is 1800000 because Jim Carrey is a hall of famer but the movies would be 180 just based on dialogue (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719464&forum_id=2:#48897875) |
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Date: May 1st, 2025 11:30 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., all cr but not really responsive to the Q (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719464&forum_id=2:#48897909) |
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Date: May 1st, 2025 11:33 PM Author: state your IQ before I engage you further Calling AV and D&D slapstick is imprecise and disparaging (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719464&forum_id=2:#48897911) |
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Date: May 1st, 2025 11:35 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., it's a genre of comedy that didnt exist in the past few decades. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719464&forum_id=2:#48897916) |
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Date: May 1st, 2025 11:36 PM Author: Ass Sunstein Naked Gun, Police Academy movies were doing that style in the 80s. But Jim Carrey was just a much bigger star. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719464&forum_id=2:#48897920) |
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Date: May 1st, 2025 11:41 PM Author: state your IQ before I engage you further Great Outdoors Naked Gun Police Academy Airplane Blazing Saddles Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
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Date: May 1st, 2025 11:48 PM Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;.., good list and great films. AV and D&D feel different from those. maybe just bc jim carey is unique (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719464&forum_id=2:#48897942) |
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Date: May 1st, 2025 11:36 PM Author: potluck cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5719464&forum_id=2:#48897922) |