Where's the pop-culture references?
I was trying to watch this boring ass old comedy called Some Like It Hot and I kept waiting for hilarious pop-culture references to pop up. Alas, they did not! When I watch a comedy, I want as many pop-culture references as possible! That is why I love Family Guy and the Scary Movies, because they totally rip on pop-culture! There's nothing funnier than referencing other people's ideas and making a joke out of them! I remember when I saw the first Scary Movie, I laughed for like ten minutes after Marlon Wayans said, "I see dead people!" Because it was referencing The Sixth Sense and I got the joke, because I saw The Sixth Sense. Pop-cultures references are the backbone for all great comedies. Remember that scene in Shrek, in which Princess Fiano takes on Robin Hood and his Merry Men Matrix-style? That was hysterical. It was so clever! Who wants originality in comedies, when filmmakers can just mock scenes from other movies? There's so much comedy gold waiting to be mined, why even take the time to think up your own ideas? I sure hope there's a Scary Movie 5, so they can make fun of When a Stranger Calls, V For Vendetta, Harry Potter, and other upcoming films! It would be so awesome to see a Superman Returns parody thrown in the mix!
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I sat down to write a screenplay but instead just typed in the names of funny movies I liked and then stapled pages of their screenplays together. I'm waiting to hear back from my agent if the Wayans or else Dreamworks.
They need to remake Some Like It Hot. It is outdated and irrelevant in our times. Marilyn Monroe is a chunk. They should cast Paris Hilton in the title role. They should make it darker also, with high contrast lighting and bad-ass angles.
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