While I was at Sundance, a friend pointed out that there seemed to be a shortage of great indie comedies in the last couple of years.

By my estimation, though, that isn’t quite true. Instead, I’d say there seems to have been a shortage of great indie films in general.

The difference is, if you make a dramatic film, and it doesn’t quite work, the audience leaves thinking, “maybe I didn’t get that.”

And if you make a comedy, and it doesn’t quite work, the audience leaves thinking, “I got that, and it sucked.”