I agree that it's a strange genre, something between comedy and drama, but I think while there are emotional moments in
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singin_banana — 19 years ago(October 09, 2006 08:38 PM)
I agree that Monk isn't a comedy, but it definately is funny. As it is a crime show, the scenes relating to the crime and the crime investigation aren't funny; they are quite serious. But all the other scenes in relation to Monk, his personality and his relationships with other characters, are very funny. It should be classed as a drama-dy, but is there really such a thing? lol I suppose shows like Desperate Housewives, which, unlike Monk, is classed as a drama, could also fit in the drama-dy category.
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postscript-1 — 19 years ago(October 16, 2006 04:18 AM)
by - jcape52 (Sun Jul 18 2004 16:33:20)
"I love the show "Monk" and know that the show and lead actor - Tony Shaloub - deserve to be nominated for an Emmy - but in the category of drama. The comedy category makes no senses at all. The show always begins with a very bloody murder (never funny - always dramatic) and Tony S. does a fantastic job of portraying a mentally disturbed, tenacious, and very talented detective. While the character of Monk is often amusing, he is always very sad. It drives me crazy to see "Monk" listed as a comedy."It's comedy at its finest.The writers aren't suggesting that viewers consider crime and murder humerous. The comedy is based upon the deliverance in which the scripting has been created -throughout the process of solving these crimes.
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bloody_nutter-1 — 19 years ago(November 17, 2006 12:46 PM)
I'm a huge Monk fan. I love every episode. I have laughed at this show harder and longer than anything I can easily think of. I think it is a comedy. That said. There have been episodes that have reduced me to tears. Any episode that involves Trudy to a great extent. Especially a certain episode in season four. Monk (the show) deserves everything it gets. The labels of comedy and drama don't really apply to it. It's a story. A story about a man trying to overcome his problems. It is at times very touching and other times it is very funny. I don't think it really matters whether someone calls it a comedy or a drama. It's just a great show.
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Agnelin — 19 years ago(November 12, 2006 08:10 AM)
You're right, it's not a comedy. It's an offbeat crime show in the tradition of Remington Steele or Moonlighting, but the stories told are dramatic, and there are many sad scenes of Monk trying to deal with Trudy's murder and his own OCD. However, I'm glad they decided to treat it in a light and amusing way, otherwise it would be rather depressing.
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signalp — 19 years ago(January 06, 2007 04:43 AM)
it's just a crime/detective show with comic relief. Even though there's not constant laughs, when something funny happens it's REALLY funny!
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jteder01 — 18 years ago(September 21, 2007 07:29 PM)
what do you mean it is not a comedy. The show is very funny! I could see how you might get the opeining scene as a dramatic part in the show but the show is defintly a comedy. The show is based around Monk's phobias and all of his funny lines, plus his castmates. That is what a comedy is. A drama would be a show such as House M.D. The show is centered around the patients and there problems rather than the little bits of comedy here and there. That is what makes it a drama because it is centered around the dramatic scenes.
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uncle_snail — 17 years ago(July 02, 2008 11:12 AM)
its at least half a comedy think about it they had an episode where the suspect was a chimp the only other detective show ive seen that did something like that was jonathon creek (comedy) where the suspect was a gorilla
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yvettesgonefishing — 17 years ago(August 20, 2008 11:29 AM)
I couldn't have said it better myself. Having dramatic themes or aspects to the episodes does not change the fact that it is written as a comedy. Comedy without dramatic or tragic elements is called slapstick. This show doesn't claim to be slapstick. It claims to be comedy.and it is.
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ar87 — 16 years ago(May 04, 2009 05:53 AM)
It's part comedy part drama (i.e. it's like real life, not too much drama, not too much farce), but the best episodes tend to be the ones that have the most dramatic or sentimental moments, rather than the ones that try to go for the most jokes. I hope the last season has a bit more drama, with Monk getting closer to finding out who killed his wife, and maybe a budding romance between Monk and Natalie (I'm usually against romances between characters, I'm totally against House getting with Cuddy, but I make an exception for Monk and Natalie - Monk needs to kiss a woman again, they can't finish the series without him at least getting over that phobia, even if he's still afraid of milk).
I laugh very little at Monk compared to something like Seinfeld, which is still funny after seeing an episode 20 times, but I smile quite a bit while watching Monk. It's not a true comedy, but it fits under that category better than anything else.