tragicomedy?
I couldn't see the comedy element in this. Am i missing something here?
shareI found it very funny in parts.
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Josie's naïvete has its comic aspects. His attitude to the pornography is quite funny. The film is highly ironic and there is, albeit grim, comedy in its irony.
Mike
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This has to be the most depressing movie I've ever seen. Most of the "comedy" was tainted as Josie was made the butt of other people's cruel humour. The only thing close to humour would be his bumbling attempts at conversation with David and the girl shopkeeper.
shareIn my view, there's only a tragic element. The comedy one arises from the differences between a successfully sociable person and Josie who, despite his will, is doomed to fail to integrate. Forrest Gump which relates in parts to this movie deserves more to be called a tragicomedy. What would you think?
Josie who, despite his will, is doomed to fail to integrate
Did we watch the same film? As far as I could see Josie was a well-liked member of his community. So what if one a-hole gave him a hard(ish) time, that is the cut-and-thrust of Irish banter. Anyhow, Josie didn't seem to mind.
I wouldn't class the film as out-and-out comedy though...Gently humourous I think you'd call it.
And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo...
I wouldn't say Josie was a well-liked member of the community. People thought of him as a slow but ultimately harmless loner and gave pity on him. I agree that he was liked to an extent but he never had a real friend in the truest sense of the word. The kid(s) liked him because he could provide alcohol but no one else was asking him round for a drink.
Also, when was bullying the 'cut-and-thrust' of Irish banter? Trading insults perhaps, but physically assaulting someone to steal their cigs? That's not when I would call banter.
Josie wasn't necessary well liked, people him. The only people just saw him as slow and gave pity on on him but the characters who seemed nice to him were David (until the incident with porn tape), the truck driver (even though he gave him the porn tape), his boss, the bar patron who had the bag of pups, the old man who he sat with on the bench and the shop keeper (despite rejecting him), the ones who were shown to be hard on him were the shop keeper (in her last scene), David's friend, Don Wyckerly's character, the other guy in the bar and the guard despite being sympathetic.
shareNo you're not. Unfortunately it's been mislabelled as a tragi-comedy when in fact, it's just a simple drama. And a fantastic dramatic story at that.
shareI would agree with Mr. FredCDobbs -- just because a drama has a few laughs or things that make you smile doesn't mean it's a tragicomedy. It's a drama with the element of "human comedy," where we smile because we recognize ourselves and people we know, flaws and all.
shareWhat part or what scene made you laugh?
shareTo those who talk about irony in this film I'm not sure if you know the definition of irony. There was nothing ironic in this film.
This was a poignant, ultimately tragic, story and any comedy was of an uncomfortable nature.
This was a good, melancholy drama, well acted and photographed.
But it was as funny as piles.
I totally agree with you. What is the irony in this film? And also every scene was very tragic...
shareYeah - they shouldnt put wrong labels - I avoid comedy's like the plague, and i may have missed this great film
even monkeys fall from trees
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