Oscar Funny Bones: ‘Banshees’ and ‘Everything Everywhere’ Among the Comedy Scripts Angling for Academy Attention

Don’t underestimate the power of chuckles. The Oscars favor cradle-to-grave biopics and sprawling epics, but once in a while they embrace the comedy genre that so often gets passed over, especially…

favor cradle-to-grave biopics and sprawling epics, but once in a while they embrace the comedy genre that so often gets passed over, especially in major categories such as screenplay and directing.

Coming off a global pandemic, voters are looking to be in a good mood — see last year’s best picture winner, “CODA.” Audiences and industry folks alike want to walk out of a movie and feel good about life and its prospects. This year presents opportunities to recognize more than one artist from the lighter genre, albeit in varying guises.” examines the dissolution of a friendship amid cute donkeys and severed fingers, all wrapped in the shroud of laughter.

Ruben Östlund has created the year’s most satirical international feature with “Triangle of Sadness.” What pooping in a sink did for “Bridesmaids” and supporting actress nominee Melissa McCarthy, puking on a yacht could do for the Palme d’Or winner. Let’s hope it can hook in breakout star Dolly de Leon as the cleaner-turned-leader on a desert island.

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