tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024478227613222518.post2594686884642625529..comments2023-12-17T06:30:11.282+02:00Comments on Michael-John Phillip: Creativity and Depression: Like Peas and CarrotsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04259431276520242959noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024478227613222518.post-77824302805025916122013-02-12T11:36:58.823+02:002013-02-12T11:36:58.823+02:00Ja, those three do have elements of fun, so does F...Ja, those three do have elements of fun, so does Fight Club with a very macabre sense of humour. But at the end of the day I would still place them in the drama section.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04259431276520242959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024478227613222518.post-42525028703175246502013-02-12T11:31:55.288+02:002013-02-12T11:31:55.288+02:00I agree that it's harder to write a good comed...I agree that it's harder to write a good comedy. Comedy is so very subjective, and so analysing it must be hecka difficult. But ja, Shakespeare ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04259431276520242959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024478227613222518.post-67089066738351159412013-02-12T11:17:22.168+02:002013-02-12T11:17:22.168+02:00Totally. My students are always asking me why all ...Totally. My students are always asking me why all the short stories they study in English are so depressing. I'm like, hm, because they're the best ones. I don't know. But at the same time Shakespeare's comedies are amazeballs. I actually think comedy and happiness are more difficult to write than sadness - it's hard not to resort to cliches, but joy can be just as profound as tragedy. Agree with B, I think it might also just be an accepted thing like 'wow, that's so deep, because it's serious and no-one smiles and everyone dies in the end'. Also comedy is sometimes difficult to discuss or analyse because it's hard to explain why something is funny... I say this after looking at some very funny novels for my thesis and really battling to discuss them! Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139563837505358699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024478227613222518.post-40921547216740382662013-02-12T11:00:10.874+02:002013-02-12T11:00:10.874+02:00i hear you on the funny of your top movies but not...i hear you on the funny of your top movies but not on the fun cos movies like Forest Gump and Star Wars and Lord of the Rings are complete fun movies and possibly some others... but ja serious or deep, dark, gloomy does tend to get more accepted or recognised as greater works and there must be some travesty in there. and Die Hard the fifth starts this week...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com