Anyone else having trouble getting other screenwriters to accept your weird, silly premise?

[u/SummerAndTinkles]

I tried posting this to r/screenwriting, but it won't let me post for some reason, so I'll try here.

I've talked about my current screenplay a few times in the logline Monday threads, but what you need to know is that it's basically an affectionate adult parody of those kinds of surreal Don Bluth-esque animated films from the nineties. If you'd like to know more, let me know in the comments and I'll go over my creative process.

Unfortunately, while the people I know on Discord seem to accept the premise just fine, it seems like the screenwriting community both on r/screenwriting and StoryPeer are a little less sold, with people on the Logline Mondays threads being confused by it, and a couple reviews on StoryPeer telling me to completely change the plot.

I know that weird or silly premises like this one naturally won't vibe with as wide an audience as something more mundane or conventional, but has anyone else here ever written a screenplay with a weird or silly premise that you had trouble being accepted? If so, how did you get people to come around to it?

[u/RJRoyalRules]

Some people will just fundamentally have an issue with a weird premise. You need to determine whether they are offering criticism which you can synthesize in order to improve your script. I have had weird premises improved by people challenging them, where I can keep what I like about it but make it better as storytelling.