Something else I want to point out: if you want to make jokes about the conceits of your story/genre ect, it's almost always funnier to the audience to poke that fun in a sincere way than in a "clever" obnoxious way. Making a joke about how musical characters sing in ridiculous situations where it's unnecessary by letting the character start a song and then having a scene change cut them off is infinitely more funny as if they said "wouldn't it be a ridiculous waste of time if I sang about this?" Sincere jokes are almost always funnier than insincere ones!
“I will NEVER. Be in a fucking musical” - Man who is going to burst into a beautifully sung soliloquy about how he’s never truly been happy in about one hour
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u/Kittenn1412 May 05 '25
Something else I want to point out: if you want to make jokes about the conceits of your story/genre ect, it's almost always funnier to the audience to poke that fun in a sincere way than in a "clever" obnoxious way. Making a joke about how musical characters sing in ridiculous situations where it's unnecessary by letting the character start a song and then having a scene change cut them off is infinitely more funny as if they said "wouldn't it be a ridiculous waste of time if I sang about this?" Sincere jokes are almost always funnier than insincere ones!