Not looking to discuss politics. I’m just trying to find the humour in left-wing mainstream comedy.

I’ve tried watching at least 30 movies and as far as I can tell it’s the same two tropes. Someone who is usually smart does something obviously stupid or they are uninformd about something and everyone is shocked that they just don’t get it with a “seriously bro” type of comment. Or the other trope when someone who is super serious becomes upset because someone shocked them with their progressive views with a “yeah that’s how it’s done” type of comment.

What’s funny about that?

  • HeartyBeast@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    If would probably help if you listed some of these movies so we could know a bit more about this leftist comedy of which you speak.

    Perhaps also give some examples of media you do find funny

  • Lauchs@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I have no idea what movies you’re talking about. Go watch Poor Things, great dialogue, strong feminist ideals and stronger laughs.

  • anarchost@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    It’s Always Sunny is probably the closest thing to leftist comedy you’ll find

      • xor@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Fuck yeahhh

        And part of what makes it so good is that it isn’t afraid to criticise leftists as well (like the black haircare episode where Jonah is jonahing) - it’s not just a “haha other side bad” show

        • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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          8 months ago

          I really like how it calls out “performative” leftism and shows the value of actual labour organization. The early episode where the question of whether or not to do a mexican accent is drowned out by the capitalism of selling salsa was the one that really hooked me on the show.

          • anarchost@lemm.ee
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            8 months ago

            One of them is the Machiavellian narcissist, the others are all pure evil in their own unique ways. The entire purpose of the show is to showcase bad people being bad in a way that the audience always laughs at, and never with.

            If you don’t get it, I understand. It’s immensely crude and defensive and not for everyone. But there’s a reason the people who stuck around to watch it absolutely adore it.

  • Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    Is anything outside of the spectrum of the Chris Kyle sniper movie and Larry the Cable Guy Goes to Fellujha a leftist movie?

    Do you fire up a film, see the protagonist being kind or considerate of other characters and think, “What’s this leftist gay shit?”

    • MGN22@lemmy.worldOP
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      8 months ago

      Sure. The Marvel movies for example like Deadpool and Spider man. There will be a break in the action because someone did something silly and other people in the scene have to comment on it with the “seriously bro” type of comment.

      • Susaga@ttrpg.networkEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Bathos. That’s Bathos. Interrupting something serious to ridicule it. It’s been a trope since the 18th century, and it’s definitely not just a “leftist” trope. It’s also NOT the only type of joke in left-wing media, or the only types of jokes in those specific movies. Most of Deadpool is pop culture references, for example.

      • anarchost@lemm.ee
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        8 months ago

        Marvel movies aren’t leftist, and their comedy isn’t leftist either. That’s not even political really. You’re describing a Flanderization of Joss Whedon comedy tropes

      • jordanlund@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Deadpool was hilarious when they were going through the sex poses for the different holidays, then swapped it around for pegging on “International Womens Day”.

        They even call back to it in the new trailer:

        https://youtu.be/WbN1DJzyjsw#t=33s

        It’s the sudden subversion of expectations that makes it funny.

      • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
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        8 months ago

        Marvel movies are action movies with quips, not comedies.

        They’re also not “leftist:” they’re movies for the masses, and are about as apolitical as you can get. The politics that do get in are fictional ones that are focused group to hell to not resemble any real world politics.

        The Boys is the only leftist superhero comedy.

        • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          The Avengers are heroic, care about others, and aren’t the cartoon villains they fight, which Republicans fucking literally are. That is why Marvel films are Leftist.

          Plus…to be fair, Tony is all about science, and helping the community, stopping war, and all that gay woke crap.

          • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
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            8 months ago

            The comic character was around before Jones was even alive, and J. K. Simmons started his betrayal before Jones even got big. It’s not Disney’s fault that Jones turned into his own caricature.

            • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
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              8 months ago

              And Robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrence’s books:

              • The American Monomyth (1977)
              • The Myth of the American Superhero (2002)
              • Captain America And The Crusade Against Evil: The Dilemma Of Zealous Nationalism (2003)
          • morphballganon@lemmy.world
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            8 months ago

            I don’t think comedic breaks in action films are exclusive to any particular political group. You might be conflating the two because certain slang terms often appear in those breaks, and those terms might be more prevalent in communities you think of as leftist.

            Let me give you a counter-example. In Star Trek Beyond, Spock realizes the crew can locate an away team by the radiation given off by a jewel he gave Uhura. McCoy asks him incredulously “you gave your girlfriend a tracking device?” and Spock responds “that was not my intent.” This is a classic “bruh” moment, but it uses traditional wording, not slang. So if you think of this phenomenon as being intrinsically linked with leftist slang, I can assure you it isn’t.

            • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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              8 months ago

              He finds a comedic pause interrupting his delicious violence to be a bit too far to the left. I don’t know if bringing up a moment based around an interracial couple in a goddamned socialist space movie about learning, sharing and helping is the best way to show this particular OP that not all BruhBreaks™ are leftist.

        • Contramuffin@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          Even ignoring that Marvel isn’t leftist, I don’t even think leftists think Marvel humor is good. OP’s premise is broken on so many levels

        • Lemming421@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          8 months ago

          What do you think a leftist is?

          Any film where the entire cast aren’t straight white men fighting over a prize woman is “radical left” and simply watching it will turn you into a disabled trans lesbian in the name of forced diversity.

          Obviously.

      • Lauchs@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Those are really the only jokes you took away from those movies?

        Maybe comedy and jokes aren’t for you?

      • SuperDuper@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        There will be a break in the action because someone did something silly and other people in the scene have to comment on it with the “seriously bro” type of comment.

        I can’t figure out how this is even remotely “leftist.” It has absolutely nothing to do with any political leaning, left or otherwise.

  • mommykink@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The filmic genre of comedy was created for and died with Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb and was then briefly revived for the movie Superbad. No other movies considered in this genre are worth watching (much less: discussing).

  • Ashy@lemmy.wtf
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    8 months ago

    I’ve tried watching at least 30 movies

    What kind of movies are you even talking about?

    Try watching some proper comedy. A panel show or a standup special.

  • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I hate to even contribute to this, but I suppose Star Trek: Lower Decks and The Orville would be about the leftiest comedies you could possibly find.