‘Scary Movie’ Returns Politically Incorrect Humor to Top of the Box Office
Roughly a decade ago, Hollywood decided that crude, politically incorrect humor was a commercial and cultural liability. The #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter movements were gaining momentum, and studio executives (largely liberal and intensely risk averse) stopped supporting offense-courting comedies like “Ted” and “Tropic Thunder.” Why invite a Twitter firestorm? That period of timidity — some would…
