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[Vattic]

I've got to admit I don't watch many mainstream comedy films and perhaps as a consequence can't think of too many with this kind of set up. Two films from the same people that are fairly good examples would be Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead. Shaun of the Dead being a normal guy in a ridiculous situation. Hot Fuzz being a stereotypical character in an at least normal looking situation.

You've also got double acts with the straight man / funny man set up. This is common or was common on stage but you still get it in comedy in general. I see it a lot in sitcoms with a wife and her husband taking the roles respectively.

[kaijyuu]

You've also got double acts with the straight man / funny man set up. This is common or was common on stage but you still get it in comedy in general. I see it a lot in sitcoms with a wife and her husband taking the roles respectively.

I personally am ridiculously sick of this particular cliche.

[Urist Imiknorris]

You've also got double acts with the straight man / funny man set up. This is common or was common on stage but you still get it in comedy in general.

And other places too - see Mythbusters, etc.

[Max White]

And other places too - see Mythbusters, etc.

Let us not forget good old Bert and Ernie!

[nenjin]

My dog randomly murdering wildlife out in the yard. This time it was a squirrel. I'd almost feel better if he'd killed it outright, but no. He was tossing it around like a rag doll and barking at it. It wasn't a quick way to go. Nature is nature but I hate seeing wildlife dying slow like that.

[ChairmanPoo]

One dog I used to have -gone ten years ago. I miss you Azkar-, used to do that with small lizards.

[SalmonGod]

I've got to admit I don't watch many mainstream comedy films and perhaps as a consequence can't think of too many with this kind of set up. Two films from the same people that are fairly good examples would be Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead. Shaun of the Dead being a normal guy in a ridiculous situation. Hot Fuzz being a stereotypical character in an at least normal looking situation.

Shaun of the Dead was an indie film that made it big.  I had to drive almost an hour to see that in a theater that shows that kind of stuff.

As for further examples:  I guess I'm thinking mostly of romantic comedies.  How about almost anything starring Ben Stiller?  His are some of the worst in this regard.

[jc6036]

Ah, thank you guys for you explanations. Yeah, the double/switched roles is definatly permeating comedy everywhere. And I have yet to see a romantic comedy that doesn't involve copious amounts of sex. Can't stand em. (except meet the parents, that counts as romantic comedy, right?) But since I lived a while with no cable, I had nothing to watch but movies, so I happen to be a bit of a cinemaphile.

[Vector]

Princess Bride!  Jegus, go watch it already!  It's the only chick flick I'll even watch.

[Scaraban]

Princess Bride!  Jegus, go watch it already!  It's the only chick flick I'll even watch.

I think of it as a parody.

[Aqizzar]

Princess Bride!  Jegus, go watch it already!  It's the only chick flick I'll even watch.

Since when is Princess Bride a chick flick?  Heck, it has Andre the Giant in it.

[Max White]

Never seen it... Using twelve or less words, describe it. Bonus points for compound words.

[Aqizzar]

Lemme put it this way: three of those twelve words are "Andre The Giant".

[Vector]

>_________>

That's what my ex billed it to me as after ragging on pretty much all movies marketed to women, categorically.

Of course, I managed to get revenge when he tried to show me some movie whose main hallmarks were exploding helicopters and wooden vampiric acting, and he realized that maybe not everything stereotypically masculine was The Best Thing Ever And Better Than All That Woman Shit.


So yeah.

[Scaraban]

Princess Bride!  Jegus, go watch it already!  It's the only chick flick I'll even watch.

Since when is Princess Bride a chick flick?  Heck, it has Andre the Giant in it.

That was my thought as well, but I was beating around the bush.