The (F)Art of Comedies

It's a beautiful feeling,ain't it?
The elation and contentment one feels after having watched a good comedy.Light hearted,wholesome entertainment at it's best :)
It's a getaway from the humdrum of life,the monotony..the banality of it all.
They don't call it the best medicine for nothing you know!
But humor exists in varied forms in nature..crass,indirect,good natured,black,or downright vulgar etc..etc..appealing to the masses and the classes alike.Not to forget,it is one of the chief things one looks for in their gf/bf..(or that's what they say) a 'good' sense of humor. lol,whatever is that supposed to mean anyway!
Here I go veering of the topic I intended to discuss :D I'd probably blame it on my attention span.So here we go..
Remember the old day comedies our hindi film industry had..the likes of golmaal,chupke chupke,jaane bhi do yaaron.Classics in their own right!They all had some message to give albeit through a medium of their own. Whether it be the plight of the common man,or the deep rooted misconceptions of our society.
It's not like those kinds of movies aren't made anymore..case in point,hera pheri..
This one is a wonderful story etched around the common man problem..filled worth so many wonderful characters..and actors enacting the same.
There is always one quirk in such things that stands out..Take Tom and Jerry for instance,
the fact that Tom never feels anything even when jerry is having the time of his life wrecking it up in some way or the other.
Hera pheri had Babu Rao searching around for his spectacles on the ground thinking of the various items spread around to be his glasses :D (candle holder,guns!!lol)
Hilarious to say the least!
Now onto some facts,did you know that Hera Pheri wasn't a superhit at the box office?
In fact it was an above average grosser.Can't say the same for hera pheri 2 (phir hera pheri) can we! Inspite of it's insipid script,and unimaginative dialogues..it became a hit because it enjoyed brand value.
Part of the reason why most sequels turn out to be duds..(Matrix,rush hour,etc..) though exceptions like (the bourne series are always there),other reason being the narrowness that writers find themselves restricted to..with respect to plot,characters,story...that causes the degradation.

But that certainly doesn't validate the churning out of low grade slapstick comedies by the film industry..everybody thinks building a plot around some money making scheme,putting in loads of characters..adding to the mahyem and confusion will help their cause.
One thing that has undergone a radical change is the advertising involved with movies..
pre release,actors turn up at every second reality show to promote their movies.I support the advertising innovations but everybody is forgetting one key element in all the glamour..SCRIPT!
Where are the good stories?the original direct-from-the-heart type renditions??
I am okay with the leave-your-brains-behind genre but come on!!God gave us a brain so that we could use it!So why don't the makers start doing it instead of just thinking of new ways to earn shit loads of money!!
Ok,signing off now..gotta go grab tickets for de dana dan..(HEY!I didn't say I was boycotting them) :D
Peace out!