Get Out to run as a Comedy at the Golden Globes

Well it definitely wasn't a comedy.

But at the same time, neither are half the comedies they do nominate for best comedy.

I think movies like Get Out and The Martian suffer a lot from being hybrids of genres. To me, those movie are clearly comedies, to the point where I can't fathom the idea that people watch Damon in The Martian and don't think it's a comedy. Get Out and The Martian might not be movies that make you straight-up laugh, but the humor is there, the comedic elements are there. Their approach to sci-fi or horror is not a dramatic one.

Like you said nothing is set yet, but if it runs in drama, I don't see it scoring any nominations. I think there's just too much competition in drama, and I don't see the Globes going for Get Out over the other expected drama nominees like Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, The Post, The Shape of Water, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri with Darkest Hour as an alternative. 

Also I wasn't sure about it winning the Comedy/Musical Globe for Best Film, but I did see a lot of predictions for that. I thought it was a possibility, but I wasn't completely sold because I think Lady Bird has a lot going for it, and even The Disaster Artist or I, Tonya could surprise there. Or perhaps the buzz around The Greatest Showman on Earth will actually be wrong, and the Globes will go for that since they do love musicals. Anyhow this is all to say that a win at the Globes, even though I wasn't completely sold on it, would have really helped the film's Oscar chances if a group like the Globes would go for it like that, but if it's going Drama, I think it could be something that the guilds love, but the Oscars don't go for in the end. 

I think it's the right decision. Even if it decreases its chances of being nominated, drama is definitely a more appropriate placement than comedy.

Congrats on your 0 nominations, Get Out!


Agreed. Get Out falls somewhere in the middle for me because it's far less satirical and outwardly comedic than I expected going in, but I still wouldn't call it an all-out drama, and would be fine with it in either category. (And I'm not even getting into The Martian, which is so evidently a comedy for me that I'm still not sure where all the commotion came from.)

The whole comedy/drama divide is pointless anyway, because of how often that line is blurred. Last year's Elle and Toni Erdmann are perfect examples of laugh-out-loud funny films that also have plenty of gravity and depth to them, expertly treading the border between humor and drama. There were individual scenes in Toni Erdmann that made me want to laugh and cry at the same time; how do you categorize that when it's exactly that near-impossible balance that makes it stand out and work so effectively? By how likely you are to get nominated in each category, I guess.

Well, it's definitely more drama than comedy, if forced to categorize. It may have had a few laughs in it, mostly brought to you by the lead character's friend, but that doesn't make it a comedy. Even the Godfather had a few laughs in it.

I mean...it would be weirder if it went as a comedy tbh. It might be social satire but i wouldn't label it as comedy. So i wouldn't compare it to The Martian, which imo is a drama but had more of the workings for a comedy than something like Get Out. Any comedy in Get Out was too implicit for me to label as it a comedy, and any social satire defense can really just be used to augment the argument that it's a drama.

honestly, i think the biggest category issue for me is lumping comedy and musical together. it works for shit like Mamma Mia, which was light-hearted but...Les Mis?

I agree, it's all about the aproach, which in this movie is particularly ironic and sarcastic, the humor is there. The film might not be hilarious but it's a dark comedy. Many comedies have drama, perhaps even more dramatic moments than comic ones, but it all comes down to how the story (in this case, a satire) is approached and perceived by the director. 

I would disagree with that. I think the way he was treated by the older people at the party (and the father) and the parody of liberal racism was funny if not laugh out loud funny.

I'm fine with the categorisation either way. I would have said it was a funny drama, rather than a dramatic comedy.

Agreed. There are clear comedic beats too. My audience was rolling at certain parts. I don't understand the controversy about this.

They should just rename the category to something other than "Comedy/Musical" - Musicals are a rarity.