Directed by Tyler Cornack
Written by Tyler Cornack & Ryan Koch
Starring Tyler Cornack, Tyler Rice & Shelby Dash
Running time 1 hour and 40 minutes
MPAA rated ???
Classic joke structure is as follows: the Set-Up does exactly what the name implies, giving you all the information you should need to understand the joke and the Punchline provokes a laugh, usually through wordplay or by subverting expectations in some other way.
A man goes up to an aerobics instructor and asks "Can you teach me to do a split?". The instructor says "Maybe. How flexible are you?" and the man replies "I'm only available on Tuesdays."
Of course there are as many alternative joke forms as there are variations on that one, though that's generally how it goes: Set-Up = normal, Punchline = wacky.
Based on a short made for the Tiny Cinema youtube channel, Butt Boy attempts to reverse the traditional joke format by having the Set-Up be eye-rollingly silly while playing the aftermath completely straight. As far as execution of the concept goes I'd say they nailed it, though that doesn't make it "good". I can't believe I'm about to say this about a movie where a man sucks objects into a parallel dimension through his asshole: this movie is kind of boring.
