History Main / ComedyGhetto

** And there are tons of people who will tell you it's a ''crime'' that ''ShakespeareInLove'' beat ''SavingPrivateRyan'' -- often without having seen ''ShakespeareInLove'', because "gritty war movie" is automatically superior to "period romantic comedy".

* It's worth noting that three of the last four comedies to win Best Picture -- ''TheApartment'' (1960), ''AnnieHall'' (1977), and ''{{Shakespeare in Love}}'' (1998) -- aren't regarded as ''pure'' comedies; they all contain significant dramatic elements, though when these occur in Annie Hall its still played for laughs. The other winner, 1963's ''TomJones'', ''is'' a pure comedy, or very close to it... albeit one that's [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from a respected 18th-century British novel]].

* Considering vartoon comedies, ''TomAndJerry'' is a '''major''' exception. Such shorts as ''Quiet, Please!'' and ''Yankee Doodle Mouse'' got an Oscar for the Best Short Animated Film; although it's also worth noting that the number of shorts that won this award is the same that their amount that was only nominated.

*** It's a crime that it beat ''TheBigLebowski''.
**** Fuckin' A!
**** This will not stand!
**** If Private Ryan won, fans of ''TheThinRedLine'' would never shut up.

* Like Batman mentioned above, ''Series/TeenTitans'' is often dismissed for its frequent comedic tone. However, since the series is a CerebusRollercoaster, it can be plenty serious when it wants to be.

* Considering vartoon comedies, ''TomAndJerry'' is a '''major''' exceptions. Such shorts as ''Quiet, Please!'' and ''Yankee Doodle Mouse'' got an Oscar for the Best Short Animated Film; although it's also worth noting that the number of shorts that won this award is the same that their amount that was only nominated.

Compare {{animation age ghetto}} and {{sci fi ghetto}} for similarly flawed ideas. For the fandom version, see {{maturity is serious business}}. Particularly good {{satire}} and {{black comedy}} ''may'' be exempt.

* Like Batman mentioned above, ''TeenTitans'' is often dismissed for its' frequent comedic tone.

There's an insidious school of thought circulating among the world's pop culture enthusiasts. It states that comedy is not and indeed ''cannot'' be {{true art}}. Since ''true'' art is [[TrueArtIsAngstry angsty]], [[TrueArtIsOffensive offensive]], and [[TrueArtSticksItToTheMan sticks it to "The Man"]], then it logically follows that something lighthearted, created to inspire joy and laughter amongst the public, must not be true art, right? Sadly, many people seem to think so. For instance, [[AwardSnub can you remember the last time a film comedy won for Best Picture at the Academy Awards?]] Exactly, and the numbers predict that it's not due to happen anytime soon. (The Golden Globe Awards have separate categories for comedies and dramas.)

There's an insidious school of thought circulating among the world's pop culture enthusiasts. It states that comedy is not and indeed ''cannot'' be {{true art}}. Since ''true'' art is [[TrueArtIsAngstry angsty]], [[TrueArtIsOffensive offensive]], and [[TrueArtSticksItToTheMan sticks it to "The Man"]], then it logically follows that something lighthearted, created to inspire joy and laughter amongst the public, must not be true art, right? Sadly, many people seem to think so. For instance, [[AwardSnub can you remember the last time a film comedy won for Best Picture at the Academy Awards?]] Exactly, and the numbers predict that it's not due to happen anytime soon. (The Golden Globe Awards have separate categories for comedies and dramas.)

There's an insidious school of thought circulating among the world's pop culture enthusiasts. It states that comedy is not and indeed ''cannot'' be {{true art}}. Since {{true art is angsty}}, {{true art is offensive}}, and {{true art sticks it to The Man}}, then it logically follows that something lighthearted, created to inspire joy and laughter amongst the public, must not be true art, right? Sadly, many people seem to think so. For instance, [[AwardSnub can you remember the last time a film comedy won for Best Picture at the Academy Awards?]] Exactly, and the numbers predict that it's not due to happen anytime soon. (The Golden Globe Awards have separate categories for comedies and dramas.)

* ''Entertainment'' magazine's review of ''ObserveAndReport'' praises the film over the similarly-themed ''Paul Blart: Mall Cop'' for one main oft-repeated reason: the former is direct, sad, and "brutal" whereas the latter is funny, and its praise for the performers is secondary. It should be noted that neither film is especially inept, however.

* It's worth noting that three of the last four comedies to win Best Picture -- ''TheApartment'' (1960), ''AnnieHall'' (1977), and ''{{Shakespeare in Love}}'' (1998) -- aren't regarded as ''pure'' comedies; they all contain significant dramatic elements. The other winner, 1963's ''TomJones'', ''is'' a pure comedy, or very close to it... albeit one that's [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from a respected 18th-century British novel]].

-> ''Crying is easy. Comedy is hard.''
--> -- [[TrueArtIsAngsty Apparently, a super-hard artistic lesson]].

This rule tends not to apply to minor technical awards: For instance, at the 1988 Oscars, the Disney / Amblin [[RogerRabbitEffect partly-animated]] [[FantasticComedy fantasy-comedy]] film ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' won four Academy Awards, but these four were for film editing, visual effects, sound effects, and animation.

* The Disney animated musical comedy ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast'' was nominated for Best Picture of 1991, alongside four dark dramas. Of course, one of those dramas (''{{Silence of the Lambs}}'') was the winner. ''Beauty'' might have inched ahead if it hadn't also had the AnimationAgeGhetto working against it -- when the host of the award ceremony is joking about "movable paintings" getting nominated alongside films with live actors, you know it's not being taken too seriously as art.
** Aside: ''SilenceOfTheLambs'' was practically in a Horror Film Ghetto itself, and its Oscar sweep was quite a surprise.

-> ''Everyone knows comedy is the lowest form of entertainment, next to [[AnimationAgeGhetto animation.]]''

* Like Batman mentioned above, TeenTitans are often dismissed for its' frequent comedic tone.

There's an insidious school of thought circulating among the world's pop culture enthusiasts. It states that comedy is not and indeed ''cannot'' be TrueArt. Since TrueArtIsAngsty, TrueArtIsOffensive, and TrueArtSticksItToTheMan, then it logically follows that something lighthearted, created to inspire joy and laughter amongst the public, must not be TrueArt, right? Sadly, many people seem to think so. For instance, [[AwardSnub can you remember the last time a film comedy won for Best Picture at the Academy Awards?]] Exactly, and the numbers predict that it's not due to happen anytime soon. (The Golden Globe Awards have separate categories for comedies and dramas.)

Compare AnimationAgeGhetto and SciFiGhetto for similarly flawed ideas. For the fandom version, see MaturityIsSeriousBusiness. Particularly good {{satire}} and BlackComedy ''may'' be exempt.

A primary cause of TomHanksSyndrome.

* P.G Wodehouse, whose novels are often critically acclaimed as being the product of both a great writer and a comic genius.

* Similarly, the comedic tone of ''BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' has drawn criticism from fans of a DarkerAndEdgier Batman, so much so that a recent episode [[BreakingTheFourthWall punched the fourth wall in the face]] to deliver an eloquent defense of a LighterAndSofter show.

-> ''Everyone knows comedy is the lowest form of entertainment, next to animation.''
--> -- '''[[TheFairlyOddParents Trixie Tang]]''', [[HypocriticalHumor animated comedy character]].

->''Crying is easy. Comedy is hard.''
-->-[[TrueArtIsAngsty Apparently, a super-hard artistic lesson]]

->''Everyone knows comedy is the lowest form of entertainment, next to animation.''
-->-'''[[TheFairlyOddParents Trixie Tang]]''', [[HypocriticalHumor animated comedy character]]

* Recently, Robert DeNiro was asked in an interview for Parade Magazine why he occasionally does "stupid" comedies such as ''MeetTheParents''. DeNiro explained that comedy films are just as difficult to make as serious dramas.

* It's worth noting that three of the last four comedies to win Best Picture -- ''TheApartment'' (1960), ''AnnieHall'' (1977), and ''{{Shakespeare in Love}}'' (1998) -- aren't regarded as ''pure'' comedies; they all contain significant dramatic elements. The other winner, 1963's ''TomJones'', ''is'' a pure comedy, or very close to it...albeit one that's [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from a respected 18th-century British novel]].

* ''StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' is mostly a comedy and is regarded as one of the best installments of the series. Of course, the whole series is already in the SciFiGhetto.

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