{"id":414090,"date":"2022-03-09T17:16:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T14:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/where-have-all-the-studio-comedies-gone\/"},"modified":"2022-03-09T17:16:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T14:16:27","slug":"where-have-all-the-studio-comedies-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/where-have-all-the-studio-comedies-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"#Where Have All the Studio Comedies Gone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a975204f12\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a975204f12\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/where-have-all-the-studio-comedies-gone\/#%E2%80%9CWhere_Have_All_the_Studio_Comedies_Gone%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Where Have All the Studio Comedies Gone?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/where-have-all-the-studio-comedies-gone\/#Watch_%E2%80%9CWhat_Happened_to_Studio_Comedies%E2%80%9D\" >Watch \u201cWhat Happened to Studio Comedies?\u201d:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/where-have-all-the-studio-comedies-gone\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/where-have-all-the-studio-comedies-gone\/#More_videos_like_this\" >More videos like this<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/where-have-all-the-studio-comedies-gone\/#Recommended_Reading\" >Recommended Reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhere_Have_All_the_Studio_Comedies_Gone%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Where Have All the Studio Comedies Gone?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-media \">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/barb-and-star.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Barb And Star Go to Vista Del Mar\"\/><br \/>\n                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">Lionsgate<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>        <!-- START BYLINE --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\">\n            By\u00a0Meg Shields\u00a0\u00b7 Published on March 9th, 2022\n            <\/div>\n<p>        <!-- END BYLINE --><\/p>\n<p>        <em>Welcome to The Queue \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay that explores the decline of the studio comedy.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>There is a real danger of entering into \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/old-man-yells-at-cloud\">old man yells at cloud<\/a>\u201d territory here. So before we wade any deeper into the Back in the Day It Was Better waters, I want to make it abundantly clear that\u00a0<em><strong>Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>is a modern masterpiece.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by <strong>Josh Greenbaum<\/strong> and co-written, produced, and starring <strong>Kristen Wiig<\/strong> and<strong> Annie Mumolo<\/strong>, <em>Barb and Star<\/em>\u2018s only crime was a matter of timing. COVID-19 did a real number on a host of theatrical releases, and <em>Barb and Star <\/em>had the misfortune of a summer 2020 release date. And while the movie has since found a vocal fanbase after hitting VOD (supplemented by a small theatrical run at the end of 2021), if any modern studio comedy deserved to play on a big screen to a packed audience, this was it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Barb and Star<\/em> follows two middle-aged midwestern best friends (Wiig and Mumolo) as they take a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to a Floridian resort after noticing their life lacks \u201csparkle.\u201d There, they find love and purpose while getting mixed up in the plot of a villainess (also Wiig) who wants to unleash killer mosquitos on the beachfront. Boasting a truly insane joke a minute ratio where <em>every single joke\u00a0<\/em>lands,\u00a0<em>Barb and Star\u00a0<\/em>is a remarkably goofy time and a guaranteed mood-booster. If you haven\u2019t seen it, please do.<\/p>\n<p>And yet for all the praise one can heap at\u00a0<em>Barb and Star<\/em>\u2018s feet, the movie is also a perfect opportunity to interrogate the decline of the studio comedy. As the video essay below suggests, Hollywood studios just don\u2019t make \u2019em like they used to. These days, the studios don\u2019t make straight-up comedies (you know, the kind where people get shot out of cannons, use culottes as parachutes, and have extended life-affirming pep talks from Tommy Bahama). And if they do, their intended destination is streaming services.<\/p>\n<p>Do we really turn to modern <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> for a good laugh these days, or do we turn to our phones and streaming services? When something like TikTok exists, is there a demand for comedy-forward studio filmmaking? (There\u2019s that cloud I warned you I\u2019d be yelling at.) I certainly hope so. Because if\u00a0<em>Barb and Star<\/em> proves anything, it\u2019s that there\u2019s plenty of gas left in the tank.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_%E2%80%9CWhat_Happened_to_Studio_Comedies%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Watch \u201cWhat Happened to Studio Comedies?\u201d:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Happened to Studio Comedies?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Ik35t6eFUU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-19294f9d-99fc-4cee-8ca7-135f7eaf7b45\">This video essay on what the hell h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened to studio comedies in Hollywood is by <strong>Karsten Runquist<\/strong>, a Chicago-based video essayist. You can check out Runquist\u2019s back catalog and subscribe to his channel on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCS85PXHRkizrbGHBCe4tV3g\/videos\">here<\/a>. You can follow Runquist on Twitter\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RunquistKarsten\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_videos_like_this\"><\/span>More videos like this<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>        Related Topics: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Comedy, The Queue<br \/>\n        <!-- AUTHOR BOX --><\/p>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/meg.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Meg Shields is the humble farm boy of your dreams and a senior contributor at Film School Rejects. She currently runs three columns at FSR: The Queue, How&#8217;d They Do That?, and Horrorscope. She is also a curator for One Perfect Shot and a freelance writer for hire. Meg can be found screaming about John Boorman&#8217;s &#8216;Excalibur&#8217; on Twitter here: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWorstNun\">@TheWorstNun<\/a>. (She\/Her).        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>        <!-- START RECOMMENDED READING 1 --><\/p>\n<section class=\"recommended py-5\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Recommended_Reading\"><\/span>Recommended Reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p>                <!-- END RECOMMENDED READING --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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