#sometimes the comedy show is actually a comedy

[e2castiel]

Barry Season 3 + funniest moments

#barryedit #barry hbo #barry berkman #noho hank #bill hader #anthony carrigan #tvedit #see also: everything with mitch the beignet guy. #sometimes the comedy show is actually a comedy

[batsarebetterthanpeople]

And another thing! Literally any queer story that takes place during the colonial age would have a huge gaping hole in it if it didn't have anticolonialism as a theme. Especially one that centers indigenous people. Like the reason that every culture had their own concepts of gender until something happened and then suddenly the gender binary was ubiquitous is because western European colonial powers made their view of gender the only acceptable one as part of christianizing and colonizing the world. You're not gonna have a show set in 1717 in the Caribbean where the love interest is a gay Maori man and the main deuteragonist is a non-binary mestizo catholic and just skip over colonialism. Like these are exactly the people who western gender roles are being forced on at fucking gun point during this era. Jim and Ed are both mixed race characters who's gender and sexual identities are in active defiance of the colonial powers that be. And this is the fucking Stede Ed and Jim show.

And there's something to be said for the fact that Stede's toxic masculinity plot line is internalized and Ed's struggle with toxic masculinity is largely external in the form a white guy who rubs elbows with the British Navy when Ed doesn't behave to his standard of masculinity. That choice didn't come out of nowhere and it shows a deep understanding of where homophobia comes from. That's not to say that precolonial communities of color were paradise for people that we today would consider queer but the rich tapestry of sexual and gender expressions that existed in those communities were erased in the name of colonialism. That's going to affect literally any queer person at the time when OFMD is set. These two things are inextricably linked.

Like when David Jenkins says a lot of what we're taught about being men is wrong, motherfucker who taught us what a man was. Who taught Ed what a man was? Who taught Stede what a man was for that matter? It's the white dad with the English accent who is violent (derogatory) and overbearing.

Like you get what I'm saying right? Like it's a silly little rom com but also it must necessarily be that deep because of who these characters are and when and where they exist.

#ofmd meta #Our Flag walks the line like a fucking tight rope acrobat and I'm not gonna let fake fans sleep on that #like they depict things aesthetically without actually depicting them sometimes #ill talk about the aesthetics of episode 9 all fucking day #in universe what happens is Ed signs a paper with an x either because hes illiterate or because he doesnt want to sign it #and is resting on the assumption that hes illiterate to get away with not signing it either as longform fuckery or to soften the blow #and he signs it to save his white boyfriend from getting fucking shot #and then he goes to a privateering academy where he does enjoy folding socks and he's liberated from his black beard and hes cool with that #everything is more or less his choice which makes it palatable and doesnt completely take the tone somewhere dark and harrowing #BUT ALSO what were seeing is the British Military forcing an indigenous man to sign a document and he does so with an x #and then taking him to a secondary fucking school ass school away from his community where hes forced to change his appearance #but also they let him keep his hair so that they dont step on that particular trauma #im vibrating what the fuck is this show #how do they do it? #Like seriously this has been a comedy show????? #And don't tell me I'm reading into it too much episode 2 primes us to think about colonialism

[easeforall]

i understand why the danny phantom fandom had a hard time deciding on whether or not jack and maddie are bad parents, because there’s a lot of moments in the show where they’re genuinely well-intentioned and even good parents, and other times where they’re blatantly awful and borderline abusive

but i feel like nobody considers that danny phantom is a show that prioritizes exaggerated comedy and status quo before realistic characterization and character development. don’t get me wrong, the fandom is very much aware that danny phantom didn’t have the best writing and could’ve improved in a lot of places. it’s kinda like, we just gotta take that into consideration too when deciding on how good or bad jack and maddie’s parenting is

the fact that they strapped him to a machine that violently spun him around to “spin the crazy out of him” in that one episode should immediately make them abusive parents. but there’s this gray area where you’re not sure if you should include that or not when making a judgment because it was obviously written as just a joke, but it’s still canon at the same time? and it gets even more confusing because there’s other moments in the show where they care about their son and his safety, but they also did…that. and many other things too

this is a bigger issue with danny phantom’s writing in that it isn’t sure what kind of show it wants to be. it’s ok for a superhero show to have comedic moments, but it’s weird to make it convoluted in a way that the viewer isn’t sure what the tone is. just some thoughts i have

#danny phantom #I think we take this show too seriously sometimes because it doesn’t take itself seriously #i love the analyses and the discussions but when we try to look for an actual answer for these sort of things #we just gotta remember that quips and comedy is this show’s top priority before anything else

[iamnotawomanimagod]

I love over-analyzing media and I have pulled magnificent theories and headcanons out of my ass on the tiniest crumbs in other fandoms before BUT

y'all might be taking this improvised comedy show that is greatly determined by dice rolls a little too seriously

#dimension 20 #fhjy #the number of times I've seen a bit turned into a long sad analysis of the character's trauma ugh #if you browse the tag of this show w/o knowing what it's actually about #you're gonna think it's a lot more serious and dramatic and painful than it actually is #and that little comedy bits are actually hugely significant when they're just jokes #I've seen it with almost every character #and multiple plot points #across nearly every season #and I'm not here to be the fandom police but aren't you guys tired? #does this show not make you laugh way more than it makes you cry? #this fandom is such a bummer sometimes lol #and so often things are hugely influenced by dice rolls #and the story doesn't go the way the PCs or even the GM thinks it will #but people pick apart 'plot holes' or inconsistent characterization #the cast is making this shit up as they go y'all! #cut them some slack and also don't assume every single little thing is significant #honestly surprised I didn't see deep and tragic analyses about the vulture dimension #rambling about my life

[choppedupnotkilled]

What in the fuck is little shop of horrors?

It's the night spot that Audrey had to work at to make money

#lsoh #little shop of horrors #that's my joke answer in the likely event that this question is a joke and you do actually know what Little Shop is #technically the title 'Little Shop of Horrors' can refer to the plant shop The Gutter (the night spot I mentioned) and Orin's dentist offic #in case this isn't a joke it's a pretty decent 80s dark comedy/horror/romance movie that has possessed me for 2+ years #also a play and a 60s movie and a tie in book and comic and unlicensed TV show and weirdly expensive hungry hungry hippos knockoff #I lovingly call it a shitty 80s movie sometimes because I'm hyper aware of all of its flaws but it's good

[hoaxton]

This one’s gonna be hard for the tumblr girlies to grasp but hear me out: maybe………. you were SUPPOSED to feel upset about what happened to Marwa

#like sometimes bad things happen in media to make you feel bad #the shitty monster in the show about shitty monsters doing shitty things did something shitty???? #y’all like to forget the literal atrocities the crew commit on the daily #babes they all suck #and that’s why we love them #I’m so sorry the 700 year old warlord disappointed you :( #I’m begging you to expand the media you consume #google the word nuance and try again #nandor #guillermo de la cruz #wwdits #marwa wwdits #okay but actual not salty take: we as an audience have been watching the main characters do incredibly HORRIBLE things to people #FOR FOUR WHOLE SEASONS #AND WE LAUGHED ABOUT IT #the fact that the writers were able to make us stop a feel and THINK #“oh shit that’s fucked up” #is GOOD. that’s GOOD writing #in a show where most of the comedy comes from the audience laughing at bad things happening to side characters #you WANT the writers to be able to center you and viscerally remember #THAT THESE ARE BAD PEOPLE

[liquidstar]

forever thinking about the wonderful subawaal-sama statue.

#re:zero #love when serious/dark anime have comedy ovas to show us how stupid the characters actually are when their lives arent being threatened #also i think it helps you get even more attached to the characters when you just see them on their day to day #having Fun #its not all just fighting and dying sometimes they make snow statues together. helps you believe their bond more i think #like. theyre friends!! :) #except roswaal. i know hes fucked up and evil but that fakeout as a low blow. he did that for no other reason than to fuck with them #its also kinda funny that you could read the statue itself as being foreshadowing of roswaal trying to force subaru to become just like him #esp considering he was disturbed by the concept lol #i like foreshadowing in jokes that youd never think are foreshadowing until Later

[lottieurl]

if your fave show isn't on here it's cause i don't watch it hope that helps

#yj isnt on here bc while yes its hilarious its not A Comedy Show #for me its santa clarita diet >>>> derry girls >>>>>>>>> grace and frankie > the good place > superstore = hacks #santa clarita diet is the funniest thing in the world to me and derry girls very much the second #grace and frankie is absolutely hilarious at times but sometimes fails #tgp is funny but not in an Actually Laughing At This way #superstore is mostly misses for me although i enjoy it and same with hacks #like subjectively its just not that funny to me #well hacks s1 > s2 imo and s1 has scenes that are hilarious but arent hilarious in an Actually Laughing At This way #does that make sense #sometimes comedies are funny in a smiling at my screen way #sometimes comedies are funny in a im actually laughing way (santa clarita diet)

[unproduciblesmackdown]

been on a rich journey of niche productions of yore, found these production pics ft. will roland as [?] in "zombies, actually....an undead musical" performed at the new orleans fringe festival in 2011

#found this from 1) looking at will's bio on The Bus website 2) looking up the ''we didn't have time to be scared'' production he cites #there from edinburgh fringe festival which is also niche enough a result is a 2018 bio of his on another site mentioning This show #which i'd either never heard of or entirely forgotten about ever hearing of. found from 2 actors' personal sites w/production pics #also found out this was another musical by the fantasy football: the musical? writer. debuted in nymf 2009 but nyu workshop 2011.... #rights site saying skip ''must be charming and adorable'' Done & Done. look at this little guy #another review (abt the 2009 show anyway) saying ''ok the Straight Guy(tm) stuff seeming like unnecessary misogyny sometimes'' well; #weary sigh....will's [?] role seeming Affiliated w/rainbow socks look at them laughing together pic 1 lol #maybe that's why he doesn't have to be like Wahoo abt what seems a bit like contexts of impromptu aggression there. bro! hwaet! #which brings us around to ''fr let's watch the 6 min michael park will roland seeing spamalot together vid. he talks abt beowulf'' #this AND going ''oh an actor in ff the musical? w/him was in the xmas xtrav w/him! wham! tee guy behind cyril in 1 pic!!!'' #AND my about to listen to a podcast with the writer of this & the football show. hope he doesn't say anything key to This Post #how about some relevant tags.... #will roland #zombies actually #zombies actually...an undead musical #ya never do know.... #oh another couple of sources confirmed the musical comediness of this & that the comedy was landing. know Nothing of other info #also for clarification afaik there's no role called [?] idk what his role's name was. there was like a Tad in the mix (another guy)

[heartslobbf]

yj is fascinating to me. i watch the silly finale. i giggle. i think huh that's interesting. i go yepyep they're still not interrogating race and disability and consequently having some racist and ableist implications in their narrative. i whoop and cheer when coach ben says fuck them kids and tries to burn down their little cannibalism cottage, not because i think they deserve to die but i think it's deeply funny that ben Did That. what a guy. coach 'i can excuse burning like 12 children to death but i draw the line at survival cannibalism' ben. yes thats his legal name <3 anyway misty girls stay winning

#if i was going to actually write on this show id have a lot of mixed things to say #but i mostly go to yj for the goofs and the gaffs. like i think they need to lean into the absurdism 100x more #it neeeeeeeeds to be a comedy horror. to ME #sometimes the drama works really well and other times well its just a bit goofy. doesnt make it bad but i dont think its the intent lol #nat's death is not a bad writing choice but the execution for me was a bit off #and the ableist implications of killing the recovering addict #they could still have her die in that exact way but they need to interrogate these issues to dispel those implications #otherwise its incredibly easy to read it as punishing an addict. so i completely understand that criticism #things i enjoyed: misty shauna's ritualistic killing timeout the adam storyline wrap up (sooo funny just get elijah wood to kill a cop) #callie!!!!!!!!!!! obviously ben lol. travis eating his little brother's heart (guy who has only seen rgu watching yellowj--) #when shauna looked at callie kind of smiling at the end ohohohohhohohohohoho #again: MISTY. THE IMPLICATIONS #anyway hwatever maybe i will write something on yj. was thinking of being annoying and starting a substack #shut up daisy #yellowjackets

[lostbookwyrm]

I found my thing.

My thing is ninja...

Historically inaccurate ninja...

God I'm a fucking child

#Srsly tho literally nothing about these shows have anything to do with actual ninja stuff #except the weapons #sometimes not even that #sometimes they just wear ninja gi and call it a day #i fucking love it #comedy fucking gold #Lego ninjago and tmnt my beloveds #lego ninjago #tmnt #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #ninjago

[magentagalaxies]

i have so much work to do for finals season which is frustrating bc on the one hand i'm very glad all my classes have project-based finals where i get to be creative instead of just doing an exam or a paper. however. i have a bad habit with every project-based final ever of accidentally getting an idea that's way too ambitious and creating more work for myself than i need to do

however this semester even tho i fell into that exact same trap my two most elaborate final projects each involve 1. editing a video essay which contains an interview i did with paul bellini and at least 45 seconds of it are bellini talking about why he thinks i have great potential as a comedian, and 2. editing a ten minute reel of the documentary footage i got on tour with scott. which of course involves rewatching various videos of me and scott being extremely chaotic together. so i stay winning ig

#my other finals include ''powerpoint presentation detailing the historical significance of mel brooks the producers'' #and ''live sketch show that i actually don't have a significant role in but that's fine i have a different sketch class next semester'' #(this sketch class was technically ''creating characters and solo performances'' and i really wish i could've done more) #(but also that whole interview-footage-debacle drained so much of my creative energy so sometimes doing the bare minimum is self care) #so i don't have a solo piece in the show. but i do get to say my favorite line in the whole show in a group sketch which is great #and i did sign up to perform an aubrey monologue in a sketch show in a suburb of boston next week #which is gonna be super interesting bc i've been looking to do more performing outside of my college #bc i've found that i don't think college kids are actually my target audience??? or at the very least i want to perform to a wider audience #it's frustrating bc for that show i have to trim the monologue down to 3 minutes but it's the tightest monologue i have and it's 5 minutes #so trimming it down feels like a game of jenga since it's so tight lmao #but honestly even if the performance bombs i'm mostly doing this so i can tell bellini about it lmao #he's so supportive of my comedy and he's been such a great help with my aubrey monologues i feel like this is bellini homework lmao #anyway i probably won't post the video essay publicly bc it's not the style of video essays i want to make #and it's too specific to the class it's for #but if people are interested in watching it i'll send you the vid when it's done #and for the tour video i'll probably post that or at least some version of it #bc that's just gonna be a fun teaser of ''here's the level of behind-the-scenes content you'll be getting from this doc!!'' #and also a fun way to be like. audiences don't know me nearly as well as they know scott #but they will definitely know me by the end of this bc there are so many wild interactions i have on camera of me and scott being chaotic #anyway this post was mostly to organize my thoughts of what i still have to do this week #i am so ready to be done with school lmao i'm gonna be spending a full month in toronto this summer #and it's shaping up to be such an exciting time i can't wait

[sunnibits]

Not to get into the Discourse™️ but it continues to baffle me that we get these ‘you can’t like a character unless they’re perfectly pure and good’ people in a fandom for a show about fucking pirates.

And it’s not like they’re all nice, innocent pirates - far from it! Especially not the central characters! Stede, Izzy and Ed have all canonically maimed and/or killed people without showing remorse for it. Stede, Izzy and Ed have all been dicks at some point or another. Like sure, Izzy definitely tends to be a bit of an unpleasant shithead more often, but people always set him apart as so drastically more evil than Stede and Ed when that’s just?? Not really true??? I’m just saying, the gap on the asshole scale is not NEARLY as dramatic as some of you people think it is.

And guess what!! It’s not just a show about any pirates either!!! It’s a show about fucking Blackbeard! It’s a stupid, amazing, beautiful show about Blackbeard, the most fearsome pirate to ever sail the seas, falling in gay love with Stede Bonnet, the world’s most privileged but lovable bitch! (I 100% use the world bitch with affection here). And yet somehow you still have these people who are like ‘ummm actually people who like Blackbeard’s first mate are problematic bc he was a bit of a meanie sometimes :/’ -WOW GEE GOLLY I WONDER IF THAT MIGHT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT HE’S A FUCKING P I R A T E

#he’s a fucking pirate serving under Blackbeard!! In a silly comedy show about pirates!! #this is not as big of a deal as you think it is!!!! #sorry I’m not tagging this or anything I seriously don’t want to invite discourse to my door but I just had to rant #I genuinely don’t get people sometimes #like you can’t just come into the Pirate Show and get mad that some characters are a little mean. #it’s not even like Ed and Stede are established as pure characters who are never mean #like they also suck sometimes. to a fairly equal degree as Izzy. #there’s absolutely nuance to it and I’m absolutely biased but by god #if y’all don’t shut up #literally those people who are like ‘no actually the fun part is that they all suck’ are absolutely correct #it’s the horrible people triangle and they’re all gay and silly

[hostilemuppet]

it is with a heavy heart i must admit i dont think the cw powerpuff girls script was as bad as we all thought it was

#text #i reread it after i heard it got cancelled #and im ngl. as cringe as it was sometimes. #(and as mad as i am they consistently misspelled the rrbs group name) #it was actually. pretty funny #dont get me wrong. it clearly wasnt written by fans of the og show #but. it was Funny #seeing it as a comedy instead of a 'drama with comedic elements' makes it 100x more enjoyable

[hyaesia]

i had a mutual obsessed with community a few yrs ago where are they now when i need them most.... i finished my rewatch the other day and it won't stop rotating around my brain

#i don't watch many shows and while it does def miss the mark sometimes i think it's the best take i've seen on edgy/dark comedy #bc the jokes are very much at the expense of people who actually do that shit. and bc the show is about becoming better more loving ppl #the character writing is so good too (glancing at abed) i love seeing an autistic character who flourishes Because of his special interests #and oftentimes is the reason why a lot of his nt friends can talk things out because he can make these fantastical scenarios for them- #that they cannot so they can work their issues out #horrible show. obsessed with it. please never watch it #cat's musings #a homebaked post

[enter-drfrog]

Okay I finally watched Groan Ups and I absolutely loved it because Mischief never misses. But I desperately want the script to be released so I can read it. But I also desperately want to be able to put this show on. I think it would be so good for my college’s theatre program

#mischief theatre #mischief comedy #expect sometimes the comedy stops and then it’s just emotional damage #i really love this show actually #i wonder how long this will consume brain space #probably forever #anyways i think that meeting matt cavendish would solve my problems #i love him #i love them all #but please someone let me do or see the little gay show and feel all of the emotions