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what happened with jordan peele that after years of comedy he just casually stepped into the role of The horror auteur of the decade

like i understand there’s a lot of overlap in the genres and in his work but i mean this guy was a sketch comedy person for years and then switched over to horror for his directorial debut and that one movie was so well done and struck such a chord with people (even winning for screenplay and being nominated for best picture despite being a low budget, black led film of the least award grabbing genre) that he’s already one of the respected auteurs of horror by the time the trailers for his next projects drop

in my brief experience in theater I learned that comedic acting is wayy harder to do than acting in dramas. In comedies, usually the characters ACT very seriously and it’s often the context that makes it funny. It’s why comedic actors can usually do serious roles pretty well but dramatic actors often have harder times with comedies

I’m not an actor but among writers it’s a known adage that “horror is comedy without a punchline”.  The audience usually doesn’t notice this because the punchline usually provides relief too quickly to consciously notice, but structurally, it’s true. Comedy is harder, because you have to sell the horror AND THEN the punchline.