| re: I find his plays amusing but not really laugh out loud funny | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 12:29 am EDT 09/01/18 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 12:26 am EDT 09/01/18 | |
| In reply to: I find his plays amusing but not really laugh out loud funny - dramedy 01:29 pm EDT 08/31/18 | |
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| Comedies come in all types - slapstick farce, drawing-room, absurdist, etc. - and what makes one show ''laugh-out-loud'' funny is so subjective. I'm sure we've all had the experience of sitting at a comedy where everyone else is uproariously laughing, while we sat stony-faced. Or we found something hilarious, but the rest of the audience didn't. However, I think we can agree that comedy doesn't get its due at awards time. Theater prizes usually go to ''serious'' dramas. Take ''The Play That Goes Wrong'' and ''Significant Other,'' which the Tonys snubbed (except for the fall-apart scenery to the former). I had a far better time at those two comedies than I did at the highbrow, Tony-nominated dramas for Best Play. I've now seen ''The Play That Goes Wrong'' excerpt (below) many times, and it still cracks me up. |
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| Link | 'The Play That Goes Wrong' from 2015 Royal Variety Performance |
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