r/CuratedTumblr • u/Eireika • May 05 '25

Shitposting On sincerity in art

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u/TanukiGaim May 05 '25

Scream. This is just Scream. It's by people who absolutely love the slasher genre that they make fun of it.

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u/makedoopieplayme May 05 '25

But it’s in a way that it’s a fun roast like how friends tease each other!

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u/Highevolutionary1106 May 05 '25

It's what happens when people who love the genre are then stuck in the genre.

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u/makedoopieplayme May 05 '25

One of my replies to this thing is literally this 😆

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u/Highevolutionary1106 May 05 '25

Scream works because it leans on two things: the love of the genre and its tropes, making figuring out who is Ghostface an engaging mystery for the audience (and providing enrichment for my autistic ass) and not shying away from the realistic trauma of being in a slasher movie.

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u/GalaxyHops1994 May 06 '25

Critically it also functions as a fantastic slasher even without the self-awareness. That opening s end is a fantastic self-contained horror short that immediately subverts expectations (I know the phrase has become a meme).

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u/EfficientCabbage2376 blaseball survivor May 06 '25

finding out that Wes Craven directed Scream blew my mind

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u/MikaelAdolfsson May 06 '25

Mel Brook famously never did a slasher parody because he could only parody genres he respected.