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I've noticed the same goes for movies. There's plenty of funny films with comedy as the second genre, but never as the purpose of the film. Think of Superbad, Dumb & Dumber, Police Academy. The main purpose was to laugh! But now it's always romcoms, dramedies, or wise cracking superheroes.
Maybe it's tiktok. Maybe it's because everything is a sequel/rehash these days. I just want another Leslie Nielsen film!
Do you think the issue is that people don't go to the cinemas specifically for comedy films? I personally only ever go for action and thriller films (with the odd horror film sprinkled in), because I feel like seeing it at the cinema can greatly enhance the experience. Feels a bit of an overkill experience for a comedy film personally.
I don't know how many people are on a similar wavelength, but maybe a lot of comedy films are now hybrids because it gets bums on seats?
Post covid we don't go out as much, and post inflation we go out less because everything is crazy expensive.
So why would you go to a theater to watch a comedy? That's literally the perfect use case for streaming.
The big studios have been putting all their eggs in the most profitable basket in the last few years, which is huge action-packed franchises that consume record-breaking budgets. The mid-budget summer movie as we knew them up to 2015 or so (think Hangover, Superbad, Bridesmaids,...) have been dying out as a result, unfortunately. But the cracks of this model are now starting to show due to many "big" franchise productions bombing at the box office this summer.
I think the opposite; comedy movies stopped being cinematic.
There are some good comedic filmmakers still, but a lot of them in the 2000's and 2010's were written and shot as high budget TV shows. At that point, why not just watch it at home?
You also seem to have the death of a lot of movie physical comedy, so you have to rely on other genres to supply the "cinematic" look.
Honestly, I hate watching comedies in theatres because of all the laughing which generally drowns out the second half, or subtleties of the joke which I don't like. I'd rather just wait until I can stream it at home.
That's not too say I wouldn't go see a movie if someone offered, but in not running to buy tickets to the next, I don't know, Apatow movie.