What other movies wouldn't work today?
What other movies wouldn't work today?
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You couldn't make half of Seinfeld because with cell phone all the funny situations don't occur.
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None of those situations were funny to actually live through. They're only funny in a TV show.
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True of literally every sitcom.
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“Comedy is tragedy plus time”. I like to say it’s comedy plus distance.
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I think both are true.
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A man gets a paper cut, that's drama. They fall down an open manhole and die. That's comedy.
- Mel Brooks
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24 (TV series) is like this if I remember well. The daughter would have had a cellphone now.
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Eh, series today still use this trope. "Oh no, I'm out of battery" or the comedic "My battery is at 1%, let's take a selfie!"
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That's why so many tv shows are now written as period pieces or based in the 80s and 90s.
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That scene where he calls the phone in his stolen car would still be funny
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