Ridley Scott explained how studios didn’t realize ‘The Martian’ was a comedy.

  • Rob Bos
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    7 hours ago

    The book was a comedy as well. Tons of great dry jokes. The two are not mutually exclusive.

    • Jerkface (any/all)
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      2 hours ago

      There’s a chasm between being funny and being a comedy. Comedy is a genre, and I’d argue doesn’t strictly even need to be very funny, if at all.