Horror and comedy genres are similar in a lot of ways like timing being a key part and relying on a something being unexpected but I also find it interesting that they both seem to have a lot of tropes that have aged very poorly. Horror movies often portray people who are seen as other as weird or scary (an example would be the disabled sister from pet sematary like yikes) and comedies kinda do the same but portray them as subjects to be mocked. (See: like every instance of a queer character in a comedy ever before 2000) It could just be a coincidence and plenty of other genres do have moments that have aged poorly but I just feel like something about the nature of those two genres exposes a lot of harmful biases of creatives. These are just some thoughts I had though.
