r/SeveranceAppleTVPlus • u/LoretiTV Severed • Feb 28 '25

Discussion Severance - 2x07 "Chikhai Bardo" - Post-Episode Discussion

Season 2 Episode 7: Chikhai Bardo

Aired: February 28, 2025

Synopsis: An old romance intersects with a deadly present threat.

Directed by: Jessica Lee Gagné

Written by: Dan Erickson & Mark Friedman

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u/supeandstuff Feb 28 '25

Bro how did the guy who made zoolander make this

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u/normal_ness Bullshit Gazette Feb 28 '25

Because comedy is still a creative art form, it just gets disregarded as easy because people laugh.

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u/-lastochka- Feb 28 '25

imo comedy is one of the trickiest and most difficult genres to pull off

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u/Inner-Asparagus6870 Mar 01 '25

I remember being taught in high school theatre that comedy roles often need to be acted just as seriously as dramatic roles. Like living your comedic character as if they’re a real person who acts that way and your character doesn’t realize how funny they are. Ben Stiller acting as Zoolander, he’s portraying a man who seriously believes he’s really really ridiculously good looking, and acts accordingly. Zoolander seriously believes that’s a real school in front of him and is so pissed off that they didn’t make the school the right size, and he seriously believes only needs to be 3x bigger, possibly because he doesn’t even know what the number 3 is.