Adam Devine står bag den sjove komedieserie Workaholics (Comedy Central) og har for nylig medvirket i Netflix-komedier som Game Over, Man og The Out-Laws.
I det seneste afsnit af komikeren Theo Vons podcast (via NME) utryrer han sin holding om komediegenren, som han mener er døende. Og det skyldes ifølge Devine ikke mindst produktionsselskaber som Marvel.
"You watch comedies nowadays and you're like, this is not a fucking comedy. Where are the jokes? Where are the bits? There's still good [comedy] shows, but movie comedy... it's hard. My theory: I think Marvel ruined it.
Devine uddyber sin kritik:
"I feel like superhero movies ruined comedies because you go to the theater and you expect to watch something that cost $200 million to make, and comedy movies aren't that. So you're like, 'Why would I spend the same amount of money to go watch a little comedy in the theater if I can spend that and watch something that is worth $200 million? They still make those movies kind of funny, like, 'Oh my god, is that raccoon talking? This is hilarious!' Which it is, but it's not a real comedy... Every studio used to put out several comedies a year, and there were like 45 comedies in the theater per year. So every week or so, there's a new comedy in the theaters. Now, last year, there was like 6 or 7. It's crazy."
Har Devine ret i, at superheltefilm har været med til at undergrave komediegenren?