This movie has "dark comedy", when you're not familiar with that humor,
you can think the stories are completely serious.
I remember the first time I watched "Six Feet Under" and thought,
it was a very serious series, then, I realize it has humor but it was still serious.
At least the first and second season were more subtle,
the other seasons made it clear it has comedy.
The dark comedy or black comedy makes fun of serious and taboo topics like death,
murders, rapes, executions, etc. Do you know where this type of comedy was used
by common people? It was used in Jewish ghettos in the WWII.
The characters make a lot of jokes through this movie. In the case of Courtney,
she makes jokes in those especial situations. Just analyze her dialogues and you'll see, she's being funny.
By the way, I noticed this: "I'm Detective Vera Cruz". Nice n...name?
Her name is like Veracruz, a state and a city in Mexico.
All Right, "Cruz" is a Spanish surname, but that character name is
like introducing an American character in a foreign movie, in a foreign language
and his name would be: "My name is Fort, Fort Worth Texas".
Now, other character names have a pun in it, implicit and explicit,
especially, Elizabeth Purr and Fern Mayo.
Now, here's some quotes from this movie:
[After they've kidnapped to Liz]
- She is gonna die! It's so much better than last year.
- I wish my friends did that for me.
- Yeah, right. You'd have us killed.
- Brutally maimed, my dear.
- Liz is... Dead. Liz is dead. Do you have any idea what that means?
- You're a shoo-in for prom queen?
[When they're taking the corpse to the room]
That is no 105 pounds.
[After the crime scene was staged as a rape scene]
- How's that?
- Very natural.
- Thank you.
[Courtney] It's not like we kill people. On purpose.
- In junior high, I wore only pink. Now it makes me puke. So I change.
See? It's called Demented. Seriously, the color's called Demented.
- Mine? Decayed.
I don't care if your little sister locks herself in the kitchen freezer,
Courtney Shane is priority one. Get it?
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