1gringo1nerd
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I was listening to an interview NPR did with writer and director Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters) and he gave an interesting insight regarding comedy:
This just reinforces the idea that you can't please everybody. And when it comes to comedy — 3 out of 10 is good enough.
On the market research surveys they do with recruited audiences to test movies, the audience is ask to check an adjective that describes the movie. And they're given a list and funny is on the list. And when a comedy has 30 percent of the people checking funny, it's considered that's the norm. So you know, 30 percent - that's three out of 10 people thinking it's funny. It's not a lot.
This just reinforces the idea that you can't please everybody. And when it comes to comedy — 3 out of 10 is good enough.
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