Good attempt. 
You're right though, about the event itself usually having some comedy in the inbetween awards bits.
Why is comedy looked down upon? Page 3
Aw!
Oh blimey, Michael Jackson will be on the next one. And about 400 other people if they keep dropping dead with such frequency.
They should follow-up the 'Dead Ones You Might Or Might Not Have Heard Of' montage with a 'Not Dead But Vaguely Remembered' montage. Or a montage of 'Now Dead, But Once F**ked Warren Beatty'.
It would be great to win a golden globe or something for comedy though..
*Gazes into the distance*
Quote: Tim Walker @ July 6 2009, 2:57 PM BSTThey should follow-up the 'Dead Ones You Might Or Might Not Have Heard Of' montage with a 'Not Dead But Vaguely Remembered' montage. Or a montage of 'Now Dead, But Once F**ked Warren Beatty'.
Oh a 'May as well be' montage.
Quote: NoggetFred @ July 6 2009, 12:48 PM BSTAlso, the most lauded artistic achievements are generally lacking in humour, and heavy on the tragedy; films like Schindler's List will always win the Oscars, Picasso's Guernica is one of his most highly rated...
So why is this?
Yeah, I prefer Picasso's funny stuff.
Quote: Lazzard @ July 7 2009, 9:41 AM BSTYeah, I prefer Picasso's funny stuff.
PETE: Did you see that Da Vinci cartoon? I couldn't see the bloody joke.
DUD: Yeah, well it's a different culture, Pete, we don't understand it. For example The Mousetrap did terribly in Pakistan.
Quote: Tim Walker @ July 6 2009, 2:57 PM BSTOr a montage of 'Now Dead, But Once F**ked Warren Beatty'.
The Oscar show is quite long enough as it is.
There is some point to this thread. Comedy is seen as entertainment, tragedy as art. I recall Lindsay Anderson directing an Alan Bennett play for television - he said the first thing he did was take out all the jokes. Tit.
Lindsay Anderson was a mammothly self-regarding tosser as well. He couldn't direct comedy either, which can't have helped.
But people took him very seriously.
Himself particularly.
Well, yes.
Woody Allen is a good case study, a brilliantly original comic voice, who had to become dull, ponderous and full of himself before he became accepted as an artist.
Chaplin is never looked down on by the industry, though little of the comment about what a genius he was is ever about his comedy. (For good reason, some may say.)
In general comedy films are seem as disposable and ephemeral, hence they don't get the same type of recognition at award ceremonies. This is especially true amongst acting awards. Great comedy acting is in some respects harder than straight acting. However, great comedy actors will likely only win an Oscar with a straight performance.
Just beat me!
Quote: Tim Walker @ July 7 2009, 10:34 AM BSTChaplin is never looked down on by the industry, though little of the comment about what a genius he was is ever about his comedy. (For good reason, some may say.)
I'm afraid I'm with Edmund Blackadder on Chaplin. Stop.