by Timon the great » November 2nd, 2015, 5:27 am
To me, I lean on the comedy side. Aside from the fact that all three films have an "experimental" feel to them (particularly the first and third), and all of the dramatic scenes combined, I really don't see the first film as anything like an official drama.
There are a Good deal (and I emphasize that with a capital G) of comedy scenes / moments (even mixed into dramatic ones), and every single character here on the first film exhibits some kind of comedy in one way or another, including Mufasa, Sarabi, and Sarafina who aren't considered comic relief characters at all. I was even surprised when I came back to the films a few years ago to see even Scar as not all that of what would be considered a "real villain" despite him killing Mufasa. Be it, dark type of humor or not coming from him.
Comedy and funny stuff is basically inevitable on any kind of media you can think of nowadays, and I like it that way *although that generally may be getting more replaced by violence material now as of late*. Though, just because it's funny doesn't mean it's not sincere. Laughter is always good medicine. And Timon is one of those who does a wonderful and thoughtful job on that.
[quote="S1mb4 D4 L10n"]:lol: That doesn't even sound like a word XD. English is such a derpy language[/quote]
I think that's the product of a language that's classified as "alive". Meaning, words never cease to be added or changed around in the society dictionary as I learned about in my first English course in college. So something like "tragi-comedy" obviously didn't exist in the English dictionary back in the 1700s or possibly even much later back in the mid-1900s.
"I found a place that was beyond my wildest dreams. But..., it still wasn't home." - Timon; Lion King 1 1/2 (3)
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