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minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-27 个月前There’s a chasm between being funny and being a comedy. Comedy is a genre, and I’d argue doesn’t strictly even need to be very funny, if at all.
minus-squareBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachtslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 个月前Yeah the old timey definition of a comedy is a story that starts sad but gets better, while a drama is the opposite
minus-squareBeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 个月前I thought one ended in a marriage and the other a death.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 个月前Or the Shakespearian definition: Comedies end in a wedding. Tragedies end in a funeral.
There’s a chasm between being funny and being a comedy. Comedy is a genre, and I’d argue doesn’t strictly even need to be very funny, if at all.
Yeah the old timey definition of a comedy is a story that starts sad but gets better, while a drama is the opposite
I thought one ended in a marriage and the other a death.
Or the Shakespearian definition:
Comedies end in a wedding.
Tragedies end in a funeral.