I like to think I understand comedy on some deeper, cosmic level, but really, I just enjoy making silly things. I try my best to make a statement with my work, but sometimes the statement I’m trying to make isn’t what people take away from it. For instance, I made a video this week that was intended to be a subtle commentary on how corporations utilize social media to exploit our nostalgia and serve us ads. I wanted to point out how we can now indulge in endless scrolling of the past and the only people who benefit the most from our longing are the advertisers and those serving the ads.
I've just been indulging in bit of nostalgia with "Back to the Future," but it's nostalgia for a future that isn't quite here (where are the flying cars, hoverboards and the Weather Service that precisely controls the weather?):
If you brought joy to others through your work (and you did), that is the goal of comedy, I think, in my humble opinion. As for the takeaway, or the meaning, no author or creator can control how the audience will react or what they will take away with them. But as long as they got something that helped them, then you've gone beyond the confines of comedy or art.
This made me smile way too hard. Ah, nostalgia.
I've just been indulging in bit of nostalgia with "Back to the Future," but it's nostalgia for a future that isn't quite here (where are the flying cars, hoverboards and the Weather Service that precisely controls the weather?):
https://moviewise.substack.com/p/the-best-time-traveling-movie-of
If you brought joy to others through your work (and you did), that is the goal of comedy, I think, in my humble opinion. As for the takeaway, or the meaning, no author or creator can control how the audience will react or what they will take away with them. But as long as they got something that helped them, then you've gone beyond the confines of comedy or art.