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?
I’m… honestly unsure what you’re talking about. Provide some examples of the content you’re alluding to.
I have no idea what movies you’re talking about. Go watch Poor Things, great dialogue, strong feminist ideals and stronger laughs.
“I don’t want to talk about politics, but hear me out: Politics.”
It’s Always Sunny is probably the closest thing to leftist comedy you’ll find
Superstore is the most leftist comedy I’ve personally seen. And it fucking slaps.
What’s leftist about Sunny?
https://thesundae.net/2017/03/18/the-gang-fights-neoliberalism/
It also bears the rare distinction of being canceled by several streaming providers but no leftists.
And off the top of my head, it deals with latent racism, abortion, Israeli treatment of Palestinians, and the trans panic (“shit yeah it’s a hate crime”) before Danny Devito joins.
And everybody’s a machiavellian narcissist?
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 offensive, and not for everyone. But there’s a reason the people who stuck around to watch it absolutely adore it.
Wait till the meth wears off before you get on Lemmy.
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
Not sure what you mean, OP. A whole bunch of the classic comedies are leftist. Dr. Strangelove, Blazing Saddles (really all Mel Brooks), Some Like It Hot, Caddyshack, The Great Dictator, etc. are all leftist humor.
IMO the main difference between left leaning commedy and the right leaning commedy is that the left can make fun of itself.
Example: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Biden catches Covid and his press secretary claims, that “despite his illness, the president is not slowing down”. Colbert finds it believable “because he does not thing it is physically possible to move any slower than Biden already is”. Whole theater is laughing.
Imagine a right leaning commedian said that about Trump. He would get shot!
How do you find a leftist movie?
The USSR made some movies
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.
I’m sure the movies your talking about are alright.
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?”
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).
