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Can the Theatrical Comedy Make a Comeback? ‘The Naked Gun’ Is the Ultimate Test (variety.com)
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[–] Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social 17 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Absolutely. But they’ve got to be good and they’ve got to be funny.

Airplane , the original Naked Gun trilogy, Young Frankenstein , Blazing Saddles , they all hold up today and are still hilarious. We didn’t stop going to see theatrical comedies, they stopped being funny.