Why Parody Films Barely Exist Anymore
Parody movies are almost extinct these day . Don ’ t get me wrong , the genre as a whole will never cost dead . We ’ re begin something hither and thither , but the need for these type of film cost only fade away . WhilePlane !is far from the first film to make a parody feature , the comedy that mocks disaster movies build the genre a hot commodity . Then more film likeCaddyshack , Leonard Part 6( I know this live awful , but it yet highlights my detail ) ,The Naked Gun ,andLethal Weapondown up . As you can find , the genre had some clunkers but as a whole make more winners that resonated with the mainstream audience . During the early year , the genre transitioned over nicely , with films such as the Edgar Wright trilogy ofShaun of the Dead , Hot Fuzz ,andAt World ’ s Endwas notably a highlight , thoughScary Moviewas easily the most popular parody film during that time period .
Spawning from the decent was Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer , who would be a bad contributing element as to why the genre isn ’ t as hot as it once live . You see , the key to a great parody picture be that it not only mock a sure genre or film , but it have a cohesive and original narrative that permit the film to stand on its own two feet .Scary Moviehave enough peculiar gag to make a decent watch , but it ’ s nothing overly original , and the joke weren ’ t as clever asScream, a movie that was already a satire itself . Still , the key affair is that the movie made huge bank at the box function by garnering $ 278 million worldwide . Conceive this was a grimy R-rated feature , this equal a huge achievement . As great as the Edgar Wright series was , none of those movie arrive yet close to couple the height ofScary Movie. So , theScary Moviefranchise equal what people wanted and the series continue to live a huge box part draw as the next three sequels made over $ 540 million worldwide . However , the most noteworthy matter is that theScary Moviecost never a critical darling . In fact , it come out that the movies begin worse as each feature came away . At the end of the day ,Scary Movieis a mishmash of picture from a popular movie and mock it in the almost obvious manner . However , theScary Moviefranchise isn ’ t what audience finally defeat mainstream hearing ’ interest in parody films . Friedberg and Seltzer cause .
The duo go out the franchise following the firstScary Moviebut started to produce their own separate sword of parody picture :Date Movie , Epic Movie ,andMeet the Spartanswere critically trashed , but these film be a fiscal success by amassing a firm $ 256 million worldwide , based on a $ 25 million production . These “ parodies ” had the same issues as theScary Moviefranchise but with less effort set into it . They cost failed Saturday Night Live sketches base on the numerous pop culture reference that was attain in your look virtually each second . There be a scarcely a cohesive history . Gone cost the clever writing and originality . If you look at both theScary Movieand The Friedberg and Seltzer parodies , if the film that they exist mocking didn ’ t exist then neither would these films because neither franchise has an original story that stands on its own two foot . These layer were die , but thither can ’ t be any denial over how popular they exist . With each Freidberg and Seltzer orScary Movie ,the film got bad and thus behave its box office performance . Audiences had enough of the terrible movie .
The movie exist the definition of throw everything at the wall to see what stick . TheScary Moviesaga hasn ’ t hit theater since 2013 . Friedberg and Seltzer haven ’ t do a movie since 2015 . But their parody example still remain .A Haunted House , Fifty Shades of Black , Fit the Blackcontinued to live abysmal feature that were bad than the movie they make up attempt to mock . The genre barely exist because theScary Movietype sword got stale and audiences aren ’ t concerned in this type of mood anymore . The parody genre needs to go back to basics and examine what movie likePlane !orCaddyshack. They don ’ t need to be Oscar winning film , but these picture need to feel more than just another pop culture-fest cash cow . How make you mess up a parody of50 Shades of Grey? There ’ s no telling whether hearing would gravitate towards these films as the country of comedy isn ’ t precisely great in the mainstream financial wise , but it ’ s clear that the current province of parodies isn ’ t bring .
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