I like improv (e.g. Whose Line, Middleditch and Schwartz, live improv shows by professionals) but it's a completely different medium from cinematic comedy. When I watch improv, part of the thrill is knowing that it's a live performance and anything could happen, and I'm more interested in watching the process of improvisation than in whether the resulting scene makes any sense.
It's like if you tried to make a feature-length film out of a funny Chapo Trap House episode. Some episodes are funny as podcasts, but I have different expectations from a narrative film.
Oh god, now I'm imagining the chapos selling out and making movies out of their popular bits, like SNL used to do out of their successful skits (even if some of them were actually genuinely good movies, like Blues Brothers or Wayne's World).
A movie about Gorka. Or one about the Presidential Sons' Debate.
I think its essentially that improv sucks and if you build your movie about the actors doing improv dialogue it'll be forgettable.
Improv Hollywood "comedies" are a fucking scam lol
I like improv (e.g. Whose Line, Middleditch and Schwartz, live improv shows by professionals) but it's a completely different medium from cinematic comedy. When I watch improv, part of the thrill is knowing that it's a live performance and anything could happen, and I'm more interested in watching the process of improvisation than in whether the resulting scene makes any sense.
It's like if you tried to make a feature-length film out of a funny Chapo Trap House episode. Some episodes are funny as podcasts, but I have different expectations from a narrative film.
Oh god, now I'm imagining the chapos selling out and making movies out of their popular bits, like SNL used to do out of their successful skits (even if some of them were actually genuinely good movies, like Blues Brothers or Wayne's World).
A movie about Gorka. Or one about the Presidential Sons' Debate.