Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「In recent years, the flow of risqué jokes at the multiplex has dried up. The R-rated sex comedy, also known for flashes of (usually female) nudity and wildly uneven quality, had a double bringdown.⁠ ⁠ One: Comedies became more of a streaming commodity as studios devoted theatrical resources to superheroes and other spectacles that seemed more likely to assure opening-weekend crowds. Two: The basic ingredients for crass comedy became more volatile to work with. Generational and cultural shifts led more people to bristle at the genre’s cringey tendencies of the past (ogling women, reinforcing stereotypes) while stalwart fans called that criticism a buzzkill.⁠ ⁠ But now filmmakers sense people craving a release, and some studios are attempting a comeback for the R-rated comedy, with a half dozen of them in theaters this summer. August has brought cute dogs with foul mouths (“Strays”), middle-aged male strippers mounting a second act (“Back on the Strip”) and lesbian high-school losers forming a fight club to score with girls (“Bottoms”).⁠ ⁠ The makers of these new comedies say they’re not trying to reinvent the formula—they’re just turning the dials for changing norms and renewed relevance. That often involves different kinds of protagonists than the whiter, straighter, male-er characters at the center of bawdy comedy hits of the past.⁠ ⁠ “Bottoms,” released Friday, flips a typical premise—teens trying to get laid—by queering it. The filmmakers had to reckon with one of the genre’s staples: the sex scene. They initially planned to end one on-screen hookup with a kiss, then decided it should go further. But they made it clear that when a character takes off her shirt in that scene, her bra would remain on.⁠ ⁠ “We wanted to pay homage to the sex comedies that came before but not fall into the traps they created or to objectify female characters,” said director Emma Seligman. “However, our characters are horny and shallow, so it also felt like we needed to honor that.”⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ Photo: United Artists/Everett Collection」8月27日 4時20分