The comedy movie is in trouble folks, and Liam Neeson is calling on all of us to do something about it. The good news is that an opportunity is right in front of us — buying a movie ticket for The Naked Gun, starring Neeson.
In its latest bit of clever marketing, The Naked Gun has released a faux PSA about the dire need to save comedies. Featuring slow-mo clips of classic comedies (all of which just happen to be either streaming on Paramount Plus or are titles that Paramount Pictures has the rights to) played over a slow piano tune, we’re told that “Every single hour in Hollywood a comedy script is rejected” and that last year fewer comedies came out than ever before (you’ll have to give us some time to fact check those stats). The last bit of text warns that soon, if the trend continues, no new comedies could come out.
