looking for examples of comedy films with a dark twist/ending. Observe and Report comes to mind. any and all suggestions are welcome. thanks in advance.
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If Lindsey Lohan has a child, and that child will lead...I will follow.
Very Bad Things is the first one that sprang to mind. I mean, the whole damn' thing was dark, but that ending was brutal. Maybe the most nihilistic ending of a post-Strangelove comedy.
I wish Americans would embrace dark comedy more. Words can't describe how much I loathe this Judd Apatow bullsh!t. Ugh.
The British do it brilliantly - Monty Python being an obvious example. (How much darker can you get than a comedy about the Crucifiction?)
In fact, the more I think about it, the Australian propensity toward dark comedy is probably just an extension of our British heritage. Compounded by our fairly ruthless (convict) history, and our anti-establishment attitude.
Euros have a more world weary pessimism than Americans do. So they can go to dark places and have fun with it. In America, if you're not smiling and cheery, people will think something's wrong with you. w00t!
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