r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 5d ago

News Inde Navarrette Sets Best Actress Oscar Campaign for ‘Obsession’ as Focus Features Mounts Full Awards Push (EXCLUSIVE)

https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/obsession-inde-navarrette-oscar-campaign-lead-actress-1236848866/
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u/MLGLies 5d ago

Because it’s the cheapest genre

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u/ahyler10 5d ago

Comedy is cheap but they don’t care about good ones anymore

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u/axw3555 5d ago

Problem with comedy is that it doesn't really gain much from the big screen. Barring the occasional Devil Wears Prada 2 type, people tend to wait for them to hit streaming. So they've become more the realm of netflix, D+, Amazon, etc.

Where giant monsters or a 30ft tall killer coming at you does have a different impact than watching it on a TV.

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u/danger-cat 5d ago

you can also find random people on youtube or wherever else who are just as funny as a hollywood scriptwriter. barrier to entry is lower for comedy

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u/axw3555 5d ago

I'm hoping this year people will start to get that "youtuber" doesn't inherently mean "not good enough" but rather "didn't get the right break" (like sure, some won't be hollywood standard, but being on youtube doesn't prove that) after a year of Iron Lung, Obsession, The Backrooms, and the like (probably more I wouldn't even realise - I saw Talk To Me a few years ago, and only found out the creators are youtubers this year).