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Couldn't say; depends on the tragedy for me. Shakespeare's tragedies I could always watch or read, because they make a point -- something about the human condition that actually makes sense and rings true. And there are more recent movies and television shows that are tragedies and yes, also make a point. Tragedies of this sort, the sort that have something to teach, can resonate with people who are open to that particular message and help them to consider or reconsider issues in their own lives.
Existential tragedies, however, where everybody dies and it all means nothing -- and the point is, it all means nothing -- I've got no use for. There's a certain amount of that floating around. I also don't take a lot of pleasure in watching emotionally warped people punish each other until somebody pulls out a gun or commits suicide, which pretty much lets out a lot of 20th Century American theater for me.
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