I’ve gotten into a fair few of my personal hobbies over the
course of these reviews. Beyond the obvious, that is. Comic books, anime,
music, hip-hop first and foremost, and just about anything I can pull from as a
reference point over my 24 years of pop culture intake. But more than any of
those, even the ones that I’ve dedicated a solid junk of my own life to immerse
myself in, my first love will always be comedy.
Cracking jokes with friends, putting random shit out on
Twitter to see if it gets a reaction, looking for any excuse to twist the topic
of conversation into a punchline: I live for that shit. I’ve spent more time
thinking about my own philosophy regarding comedy and what makes people laugh
than any sane human being should, although you’d be forgiven for not picking up
on that just from what I write on here, as rambling and didactic as it
frequently turns out. My point is that the art of comedy is very important to
me, and I take great pride in any laughter I get over the course of my day-to-day
routine, and when films like this come out, I can’t help but jump out of my
seat and basically yell at the screen “Thank you! Someone else out there gets
it!”
