The thread title speaks for itself.

I'm writing a musical about psychosis, revenge, serial killings, cannibalism and all that other fun stuff.

So who else is poking at the darker side of comedy? What are you writing?

I suppose it depends on what you mean by "dark". In mine, my MC is forced by circumstances to do a lot of things she wouldnt normally do -- some of them, to her, pretty unpleasant... not murder or anything like that, but the kinds of things she finds morally disturbing. She lives in fear her husband will find out, even though she's doing all these things for all the "right" reasons (like, if she doesnt, their lives are pretty much shot to Hades). It's a combination 30s screwball comedy meets 70s black comedy with more than a little social comment thrown in for good measure. And it just might be the most commercial thing I've ever written. :)

Well, I guess KANE qualifies.

It's about a teenage girl who transfers high schools during a scandal, and develops a crush on her new school's idol, Kane. Highjinks ensue as she goes through awesome odds to win him over, earning the admiration of his best friend, Aizawa, and even the basketball team captain.

However, the more she learns about Kane, the less likely it is that she'll ever become his girlfriend. Frigid parents and a possessive Doctor acting as his guardian are two relatively minor problems when compared to Kane's childhood friend, who seems to think that Kane is, in fact, his deceased twin sister.

Recurring themes in this series involve violence, self-inflicted and otherwise, bullying, threats, attempted murder, and servitude bordering on slavery.

Saleability is a little iffy to me right now, but if I don't start here, I can't write about Kane's Happily Ever After in the series after this.

Not to mention this one's fun. ^_^

Between kidnapping, bribery, embezzlement, and a criminally insane man going to the Middle of Nowhere, Argentina, I think it's safe to call my work dark comedy.

Mine is about a man slowly going through a mental breakdown-type thing as he searches for his son- who he thinks has been kidnapped, but in actuality might have been dead for the past 3~4 years. He also ends up picking up a street girl with memory issues...

And did I mention this was based off of Finding Nemo?

I'm doing a "new" twist on the zombie theme. I can't say too much because I'm slightly superstitious about writing, but when it's all over, there will be plenty of blood and guts along with lots of moans, groans and laughs. And brains. Lots and lots of brains. I only hope that mine holds up until the end of April.

I think I'd consider my script a dark comedy. It takes place in a retirement community where several of the old folks are blackmailed, one dies supspiciously during a murder mystery game, and one is believed to have been kidnapped (but it turns out she locked herself in the kitchen pantry)...

I love me some dark comedy. Everything I write ends up being a dark comedy anyway! I've been saving this idea for a whole year just for Screnzy, haven't plotted or anything, it's still fresh and exciting. It's based on the Sublime song, "Doin' Time", that line where Brad goes - "I've like to hold her... head underwater." It's about a guy who works in a pet store selling fish who drowns his girlfriend. He's also a stalker. I haven't really planned very much of this out, all I know is he kills her and stalks somebody else, but in my head it's got a laid back tone.

Mildly. The last half hour or so is taken up by a murder trial, with no facts in question. The "murder" is on-screen. Before that it's more light-hearted, though. A little bit of "we went there," but nothing on that level.

Mine went officially into dark comedy when the project I was *going * write had to be shelved (too much like a recent film I hadnt seen until last night), so I'm returning to an older, never-really-started project about an out of work actor who finds himself playing Christ in a Macy's-style commercialization of Easter, complete with a Superbowl-style football game and an over the top halftime show that blends the Rockettes with the Crucifixion.

I wanted to take a stab at adapting fight club into a musical (I know it sounds crazy but I'm a man with a vision) but I really think a month is too short to produce a 100 page musical. so that's going to be my off season project. oh and I can't really do it because it might or might not be copyright infringement. I'm not sure but I don't want to risk it.

OH. MY. GOD. Tye-Dye-Guy.

I've been seeing your posts around and thinking, "Tye-dye-guy.... he knows what's up." But this? Brilliant!!! Adaptations are wonky copyright-wise. I know whereof I speak. Why not write it, though.... then figure out how to get it done? OK- OK. I really just wanna see it.

And of course, if you write it. The first rule is...

I'm doing a comedy that parodies dark, though it's not necessarily dark in and of itself. I've done so many serious works over the past many Nanowrimos--they don't sound serious in draft form, but they're all intended with sufficient editing to get pretty intense and heavy. I thought I needed to do something completely different this time around, so I thought I'd do an adaptation of a comic strip I did, parodying a D&D Ravenloft gaming campaign I played in back in 1991, called "Ravenlost."

I thought at first of scripting it as a comic book, but I'm now thinking of doing it in a sort of mixed form, of a movie script, with the idea of adapting it into a "comic adaptation of a movie."

The original drawings are long since lost, and some of the old jokes were pretty inside-joke humor, meaning that they wouldn't be that easy to get for most people. Even so, it was a riot, and I had a lot of fun with it, so I'm looking forward to its revival.

I'm doing the reuinion of the last 4 members of a Murder Club formed 20-some years ago. Unfortunatley, it's the 4 biggest dorks that survived. They've gathered to claim the final prize as soon as 3 of them are killed off. Act One is basically a reunion, they get drunk and talk about who they've killed and how (graphic, gruesome stuff) Act Two, the plotting and killing starts and it's quickly revealed they're all full of BS, they've never killed anyone, at least, not yet . . . And it's got a good element of spoofery to it, at one point someone will say "Does this remind anyone of Highlander?"

I'm going in pretty blind, but I'm pretty sure mine'll be a dark comedy overall.

It's basically a satire of all the blaming of the media for kids problems. The main character is a girl who's mother was recently murdered so she's sent to live with her famous, sometimes abusive father and starts posting violent videos on the internet. So people blame violence in the media for her problems instead of doing anything to help her.

I am starting on a Science Fiction(ish) comedy. I think it would do well as a dark comedy, but, who knows during page one.

So far, I am playing with an aliens comming to Earth type of framing.

Doing a zombie comedy, based off the general concept of an old play for a writing class -- but blown up to epic proportions. Basically the script I've wanted to write for the last umpteen years, and never just sat down and figured out what I'd need to do to get it down. Not 100% sure how it will all play out, but I think relentless zombies that walk at 2kph chasing skiers, and giant minigun wielding sentry robots that hump your leg would put it in the realm of dark comedy.

Mine is sort of a dark comedy, more tongue in cheek darkness than opressive. It is about a uptown demon soul harvester, named Gold, who gets burned out doing his work and decides to take a sabatical. By Gold taking time off he puts an angel named Louis, who's job is to counter his efforts, out of work.

Louis then decides to force Gold to get back to work by sending hard luck souls in his way. He finds it hard to let these easy souls pass so he can relax.

Now all I need is to start writing the dang thing.

Is it possible to write a COMEDY [ = political satire] based upon:
i) Rising Unemployment figures
ii) Uncontrolled immigration and
iii) Hyperinflation ??????????

I'm going to give it a try ........ !!

Take heart, Paul M! These folks just did exactly that-- http://avltheatre.com/ -- it's called Dirty Math.
Break a leg!

I'm writing a dark comedy based around the strange people that hang out at a coffee shop. It's called "Barista" and, in tone, it's sorta like "Heathers" or "Mean Girls", but not in plot or character. I can already see it heading towards the first rewrite because I'm not structuring it how I'd like. But hey, what script was never re-written?

I am because it is kind of how I speak normally anyway, In a dark way, while still being funny.
It has to have humour because it would be counter intutive for me to write without any humour and it is going to be dark because I hate farce.

My first writing teacher (I was in grade school) told me to just write the way I speak and that stuck.

Some people around here are worried about wrting jokes, but if I had to write actual jokes, I would not being doing comedy, I would reach down deep and do a tragedy or something.

I can write funny situaions and funny people, but I don't write funny jokes, so I don't do jokes. lol

Are people around here writing that kind of script, where they have to write actual jokes?

addie

I think the best humour comes out of situations. I can never remember a joke, but I can make my friends laugh continually with my weird way of turning situations on their head, and highlighting the stupid things in life, etc.

And sometime just way too serious in the wrong situation is twice as funny as anything else...

So no, not writing jokes specifically. But a lot of humour. My script is actually way more funny than I thought it would be so far, which is nice... :-)

Me. At least I'm trying! In need of some funny scenes re: teens with cell phones. Any assistance welcome!