Comedy of the Masses

For our 2nd blog post, our assignment is to write about an aspect of film or films that we see today, or traits that are common or reoccurring throughout different films, or genuinely anything to do with movies today. Since I have no exact outline of what to cover in my "spiel" on present day comedy, Ill be just covering a generic outline of what I feel is portrayed so fervently today. As evident in many of the last "amazing" or blockbuster hit caliber movies, (Superbad, Knocked Up, 40 Year Old Virgin, Blades of Glory, Anchorman...I'm sure there are more that I simply cant remember) sex is no longer used as one of those topics directors "tiptoe" around or "steer clear of", but more or less embody completely and use jokes based on sex to catapult their films to the top. There is always severity of things and sexual jokes in movies is no different. For instance Superbad, the goal of the main characters is to "get with" or "hook up with" the girls at the party by the end of the movie. Less monumental an occasion is in Blades of Glory when Jon Heder's character stops focusing on the routine in order to hook up with their opponent's sister, thus causing drama and hilarity in he process. This kind of a trend has been continuing for less then the last 10 years of films that I have seen, however this does not rule out anything before 95 and on. In my opinion, these jokes are attention grabbers towards the audience and almost make them feel more a part of the film. I think that they trend will continue and even upscale in movies until it becomes a "social norm" to accept such comments and quotes.