Not A Comedy`
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MELlSANDRE — 10 years ago(March 05, 2016 09:24 PM)
"Black comedy is defined as an unusually humorous or satirical treatment of a taboo or serious subject "
Hello?
The War of the Roses is a Black Comedy.
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daughterofolaf — 10 years ago(June 30, 2015 09:31 PM)
I have to agree that I do not see this as a comedy and I don't see it as black comedy either. There may be a couple of parts that are worth a chuckle but that's about all. This isn't reay a movie that I find easy to label but it sure doesn't fit under comedy or black comedy, in my book anyway. Towards the end it borders on being a horror movie, lol.
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marilynnewman — 10 years ago(August 24, 2015 08:15 AM)
You mean like "The Loved One"? Or "The Abominable Dr. Phibes"?
I found both of those hysterical beyond belief. I haven't watched the "War of the Roses", but if it's a black comedy, they're some of my favorites. I'll have to give it a look. -
ArielBL — 10 years ago(December 07, 2015 03:51 AM)
I kinda agree.
It was supposed to be a black comedy, but missed the mark.
Turner's character was too unreasonably vicious and unhinged, making it harrowing to watch, and even a 'black comedy' needs more than a couple of wise cracks. Short on comedy, top-heavy on blackness.
The only amusing thing was when the mother gave her children sweets, philosophising that they won't crave them later in life then the kids grew up fat.
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KobiyashiMauru — 9 years ago(January 01, 2017 07:09 PM)
It's kind of a smarmy sarcastic dark comedy. It makes it kind of difficult to watch while figuring all of that out. But the Kathleen Turner gesture at the end definitely marks it as a dark comedy.
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