Listen now | Today’s movie is The Philadelphia Story directed by George Cukor. Despite featuring three of the most famous actors of classic Hollywood, we really didn’t care for this film. It sets up some promising scenarios for comedy, and then immediately shuts them down. There also seems to be a disconnect between the performances and the way characters are described in the story (Tracy is berated continuously for being a cold, distant Goddess, but she never appears that way to the viewer). It was just… not great.
Loved it! I know eventually we're getting an episode where Casey's like "I can only talk about the first 20 minutes of this film because I couldn't bear to finish it". 😆
The more examples Casey gave, the more it sounded like they might've been trying to do anti-jokes (or anti-comedy?) like
- Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.
- How many lawyers does it take to screw in a light bulb? One.
But the rest of the description sounds like they didn't really know that they were doing that, or what they were doing.
It's possible a good writer could write a fun deconstruction of comedy-logic featuring comedy setups with realistic, anti-comedic outcomes. I don't know what would be fun about that, but I'm not a good writer.
Anyway, glad I didn't watch this movie. Can't wait for Casey (Sort-of) Picks Month! 👋🏽
Loved it! I know eventually we're getting an episode where Casey's like "I can only talk about the first 20 minutes of this film because I couldn't bear to finish it". 😆
The more examples Casey gave, the more it sounded like they might've been trying to do anti-jokes (or anti-comedy?) like
- Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.
- How many lawyers does it take to screw in a light bulb? One.
But the rest of the description sounds like they didn't really know that they were doing that, or what they were doing.
It's possible a good writer could write a fun deconstruction of comedy-logic featuring comedy setups with realistic, anti-comedic outcomes. I don't know what would be fun about that, but I'm not a good writer.
Anyway, glad I didn't watch this movie. Can't wait for Casey (Sort-of) Picks Month! 👋🏽