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Should it not be classified as...

posted 4 years ago by [deleted]
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comedy?

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 4 years ago

No it shouldn’t

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

it's a parody.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 4 years ago

No it isn’t, it’s a historical fiction with some comic relief

[–] liscarkat (18605) 2 years ago

It's satire. It uses broad comedy to portray Mozart as an idiot and Salieri as a bitter loser, neither of which was true.