To claim that Annie Hall has just “some comedy” but does not have the point of being comedic, is bizarre. The very structure of the film is a series of gags. Woody Allen’s initial career was in comedy and in the 1970s he was still regarded mainly as a comedian. Singing in the Rain is categorized as a comedy, and what is Tati if not comedic?
Seems to be that just because these lists lack the comedy that you personally enjoy, you do a no-true-scotsman to simply deny the presence of comedy on them.
It's been a while since I seen Anne Hall but I remember to be more of romantic comedy with emphasis on the romance and characters than the jokes as opposed to a film like Sleeper that is almost a pure string of gags. Take a good look at the linked to list. Out of 250 movies, how many are anything close to pure comedies? Certainly exceptions exist but at 20 to 1, 30 to 1 I think my point stands, comedy gets the shaft...
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To claim that Annie Hall has just “some comedy” but does not have the point of being comedic, is bizarre. The very structure of the film is a series of gags. Woody Allen’s initial career was in comedy and in the 1970s he was still regarded mainly as a comedian. Singing in the Rain is categorized as a comedy, and what is Tati if not comedic?
Seems to be that just because these lists lack the comedy that you personally enjoy, you do a no-true-scotsman to simply deny the presence of comedy on them.
It's been a while since I seen Anne Hall but I remember to be more of romantic comedy with emphasis on the romance and characters than the jokes as opposed to a film like Sleeper that is almost a pure string of gags. Take a good look at the linked to list. Out of 250 movies, how many are anything close to pure comedies? Certainly exceptions exist but at 20 to 1, 30 to 1 I think my point stands, comedy gets the shaft...