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In Reply to: Fargo was practically a comedy like Raising Arizona posted by Jazz Inmate on February 19, 2008 at 17:10:44:
hardly are knee-slappers.
You didn't address any of the critical points I raised.
It's a nihilistic film.
I don't think anyone could see "Fargo" and think it was comedic. It was terribly brutal but it also showed some human feeling, expressed most often as humor, though the sheer number of murders and their brutality were as dark as those in any film. Hell, even Shakespeare, in a tragedy such as "Hamlet," balanced it with a few sprinkles of humor. Did those ruin the tragedy for you?
Film noir classics almost always had the bad guys get their just desserts. Showing them getting away, after a terrific shootout, rarely occurred but NEVER did they escape because of the cowardice of their pursuers.
It's an entertaining film, JI, but art shouldn't debase humanity.
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