Give me some ideas.
I want to write the darkest comedy ever.
Sick & Twisted
A power cut in an abatoir?
You could set it in a basement in Austria...
Hit-com - a sitcom about Hitler?
Like it.
Quote: Timbo @ June 28 2008, 11:21 PM BSTYou could set it in a basement in Austria...
I also like that! Genuinely.
Or one about the Jersey childrens home.
Writing dark isn't hard. Raping an aborted foetus. That wasn't hard to write. The question is why would I want to write it?
Quote: David Bussell @ June 29 2008, 12:28 PM BSTWriting dark isn't hard. Raping an aborted foetus. That wasn't hard to write. The question is why would I want to write it?
I've tried writing dark before, I found it a challenge, you have to find a line because you go too far and it can just be creepy/ weird.
Hmm
1 There's befriending schemes for paedophiles, where community minded types help them back into the community.
2 A terrorist sleeper cell, run by nit wits.
3 A cheap hotel used by dole scroungers, cheapo old folk tours, and sinister types from abroad.
Quote: Mana @ June 29 2008, 11:17 AM BSTHit-com - a sitcom about Hitler?
A bit too close to Springtime for Hitler.
What about one where judges let out rapists and murderers to strike again.
Quote: Mana @ June 29 2008, 11:17 AM BSTHit-com - a sitcom about Hitler?
It's been done
Heil Honey I'm home
If you can write something that's dark and funny, then it's very effective - see The League of Gentlemen.
However, too often 'dark writing' just ends up going for needless shock value.
Try to write something that's dark and poignant.
Quote: Winterlight @ June 29 2008, 6:15 PM BSTIf you can write something that's dark and funny, then it's very effective - see The League of Gentlemen.
However, too often 'dark writing' just ends up going for needless shock value.
Try to write something that's dark and poignant.
Poignant? It's Charley we're talking about here you know!
Quote: Charley @ June 28 2008, 9:06 PM BSTGive me some ideas.
I want to write the darkest comedy ever.
A blackout set in the Antartic winter featuring polar bears dressed in burkhas indulging in Satanic rituals.
Quote: Nigel Kelly @ June 30 2008, 9:20 PM BSTA blackout set in the Antartic winter featuring polar bears dressed in burkhas indulging in Satanic rituals.
Sounds a bit tame to me.
Corpses inna Crypt.