From: | David Buehrer <dbuehrer@****.ORG> |
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Subject: | Simsense |
Date: | Fri, 20 Jun 1997 12:45:35 -0600 |
because I was thinking that comedy wouldn't translate very well.
What's fun about comedy is to watch it happen to someone else. Being
the "target" of a comical routine could only be enjoyed by a sadist,
IMO (or maybe someone who is very optimistic).
For example, watching the three stooges is fun. Being one of the
three stooges while wearing a simsense would not.
A comedy simsense could be written where the viewer is a secondary
character that travels with the main character, in which the
secondary character laughs his ass off everytime something bad
happens to the main character (or vice versa). Anyway, you get my
point.
Now subjects like drama, romance, fright, mystery, and adventure
could be done well and attract a large audience.
Another point - if comedies are no longer produced, that might be one
of the reasons that society has taken a couple of steps back down the
ladder.
-David
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