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Originally posted by Moskie
Hmm.... I'm teetering back and forth as to whether I would call them dark comedies. Don't get me wrong, you've mentioned two of all time favorite movies there, but I think I'd put them in a different category from the other movies I mentioned. I think the main reason is that I wouldn't call Fight Club and American Beauty comedies.
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Both movies were dramatic, but in between the drama was some really funny stuff, not to mention dark funny stuff. Well, some of it at least. Like how in American Beauty the thing that motivated Lesters change was trying to fuck his daughters friend. Or how in the end he Spoiler:
doesn't get killed by his wife, but by his neighbor who thinks Lester is having sex with his son.Thats just funny, in a dark way
. Then in Fight Club when it shows Tyler splicing porn into kiddie films, yet again its funny in a dark way.