As a gamer who grew up with Vince Vaughn‘s hilarious antics gracing my screen during late-night movie marathons, I can’t help but empathize with his frustration towards Hollywood’s current approach to R-rated comedies. The golden age of raunchy yet relatable comedies seems like a distant memory, and it feels like executives are playing a game of Battleship instead of creating something meaningful.
Vince Vaughn believes that Hollywood producers tend to overanalyze the process of creating the kind of adult-themed comedies he’s well-known for.
The actor from the popular show “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” who gained popularity in the late ’90s and early 2000s due to his roles in uncensored movies like “Wedding Crashers,” “Old School,” and “Swingers,” expressed his thoughts on how such films wouldn’t be produced today during a recent interview on “Hot Ones.”
Vaughn explained to Sean Evans that the executives tend to overanalyze things, and it’s as if they create unnecessary rules, similar to saying 87 degrees is a right angle in geometry when it should be 90 degrees. This results in confusion, and they insist on things like having an IP (Intellectual Property) unnecessarily.
As a passionate gamer, I once noticed how Battleship, the classic board game that inspired the 2012 movie, was casually mentioned as an irrelevant illustration of intellectual property (IP). Yet, it was labeled as a “storytelling vehicle” simply due to its well-known brand. But when I first stepped into Tinseltown, IP wasn’t about recognizable names or games; it was the shared life experiences we all have. For instance, take my 2003 movie, Old School. It told a tale of friends, including myself (Vaughn), Will Ferrell, and Luke Wilson, revisiting college in our more mature years.
Vaughn explained that those in authority prioritize job security over ambition for groundbreaking achievements. To maintain their positions, they tend to adhere to rigid guidelines, which although inflexible, may not yield tangible results. However, as long as they stick to these rules, they can defend their work, such as a film based on the board game “Payday”, even if it fails, by saying that they followed instructions and should therefore not be dismissed.
As a game enthusiast, I’d say: Despite the current scenario, the charismatic actor behind Bad Monkey is optimistic about the future. He foresees a return of the kind of R-rated comedies he’s known for, gracing our screens once more.
“Individuals are drawn towards humor and content that has an edge, or seems a tad risky,” Vaughn clarified. “In my opinion, such content will become increasingly prevalent in the movie industry over the next short while.”
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2024-08-02 04:54