I’m rewatching some older sitcoms and the laugh track is so odd to me. I remember thinking nothing of it growing up, but now that I’ve been watching sitcoms without it, it feels completely pointless. Who thought it was a good idea and why?
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Mostly applied to sarcastic comedy, which a lot of American producers thought the majority of viewers wouldn’t get.
Maybe it’s true? Maybe they wouldn’t. However, I remember also reading a report, many years back, that said the sound of laughter was psychological in making the viewers more likely to think it WAS funny. Others laugh, viewer hears laughter, must be funny, laughs also.
Came from a throwback to comedies being filmed in theatres, in front of an actual audience.
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