Comedies don’t necessarily have to be pleasant, nice, or heartwarming to be funny.
2011’sRed State, for example, almost entirely does away with comedy, instead being atense and unpredictable action-thriller.
His next film after that one2014’sTuskis similarly wild compared to Smith’s usual movies.
Maybe that’s intentional, to make scenes in its second half more shocking.
Societyis a satirical, dark, and sometimes a very gross movie.
It’s certainly not subtle when criticizing the media and the general public’s obsession with violence.
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Truly, it’s a film that looks and feels like no other.
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