Where is the 'comedy' in this flick?

I think I understand what the OP's point was, however shortly stated. The movie is labeled as a comedy|drama, yet the only bits of humor come from cruel irony that is prevalent throughout the entire film. I'm a huge fan of dark comedy and Woody Allen was a good example of the machination of pains and anxieties in life that result in a chuckle at "the irony of it all" but this film is a tragedy (you know, the mask with the sour-puss) and far more brutal to the psyche than any Allen film. There's not enough comedy elements to begin to lift this films tragic weight IMO.

I'd call it a drama and if someone could glean a fair amount of comedy respites from this emotion sapping "feel bad" picture.. then they got more out of it than I did.

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I'm not saying I didn't laugh at that, I'm saying it simply wasn't enough to balance out the bleakness of this movie or garner a comedy label. I feel its a safe bet that you aren't a father of a teenage son, I am. So we're looking at this from different points on life's hill.

Blog on young man, life is to short to get hung up on the crushing reality of it all.

and to add to your list a grown man crying at porn mags.

I dont see how people didnt laugh at some of the parts in this movie

i also fail to see how people couldnt see the humour in the fact that only after kyle was dead did people jump on the bandwagon... its a comical look at civilization as a whole, take sports teams, When they are losing they are "a bunch of no good bums" "overpaid deadweights" etc. but when the team is winning suddenly everyone is a fan.

I personally thought it was entertaining and comical.

There are thousands of hilarious dialogue in the film. Nearly every line is memorable.

"This TRIBUTE will be an inspiration to other students and it'll help keep Kyle's memory alive."
"Thanks, Lance."
"Ooooh! Just like prom night, nothing went into the hole...No, it's alright. It will be a tasteful dedication."
"Very tasteful."

think it was funny when the kid was alive

but then it came more darkly dramatic then funny

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I'm not sure how anyone can mistake this movie for anything OTHER than a comedy. Sure, it has it's darker, more emotional moments, but they're partly there just to set up the jokes. It's not like you have to be a genius to get the jokes, either. In fact, I watched it with one of my, let's say "simpler" friends, and both of us were laughing our asses off throughout the entire movie. He may have missed some of the subtler jokes, but he still found the movie as a whole to be hilarious. Not a comedy? I just don't understand.

Thjalfi, I literally lol'd at your comment. On another note, this movie is definitely a dark comedy, taking some serious subject matter and finding humor in people's reactions to it. At least, that is the type of humor found in this movie that interested me the most, when people behave so phonily, completely unaware of themselves and their hypocrisy. It has some serious elements, yes, but I just don't understand how one could claim it's not just a comedy they don't like, but not a comedy at all.

Ok IMO I got the idea that Bobcat was tryin to make light of the whole death situation... I mean honestly if you were ever to find out some one you know died from autoerotism asphyxiation I think you would laugh, I know I would.. not saying someone that died is funny but they way they died is. The movie was also funny in the way Lance covers up the fact that his son masterbated his self to death, by trying to make him a deep emotional cut off of the world, and then having the whole thing backfire on him. And the funniest part of all is that the 2 people in Kyles life who KNEW him were the only ones to kinda laugh at it at the end. Everyone else who ignored Kyle in life loved the idea that he was a tragic dark soul but were pissed to find out that he was really just a dirty perv. It shows you how fake most the world is when death happens to people, its like when someone wins the lotto everyone claims to know you and care about you but you know its all bs. When people die its all boohoo i cared so much for that person even thought last week they were the biggest beeeoch i knew and wanted nothing to do with them.

yeah..as many said its dark humor. some will find it psychotic but I found myself laughing like crazy when they were saying such profound things about kyle, while focusing on that very stupid photo of his and as an audience member, the knowledge I had of what an enormous douchebag he actually was, lol. it reminded me of kramer's painting in seinfeld when some rich people wanted it because they had this very artistic impression of an actua moron. this type of humor is not for all.

Watching it right now. The part where Robin Williams starts crying at the porno stand was the funniest part to me so far.