Stoner film is a subgenre of comedy film that revolves around the recreational use of cannabis. Generally, cannabis use is one of the main themes and inspires much of the plot. They are often representative of cannabis culture.
The creation of stoner films is an affect of of the 1930 motion picture production code. This is where most films from 1930-1968 followed a very strict guidelines to push for more family friendly environment in the movie theatres. The code brought along an era of movies that pushed for anti drugs in the public as well as a safer environment for communities to come and watch movies.The series of movies from 1978 to 1985 starring Cheech & Chong are archetypal "stoner movies". The historic film Reefer Madness (1936) has also become popular as a "stoner movie" because its anti-drug message is seen by some modern viewers as so over the top that the film amounts to self-parody.[citation needed] Other examples include Assassin of Youth (1937), Marihuana (1936) and She Shoulda Said No! a.k.a. The Devil's Weed (1949). Playing on such parody, a musical comedy remake set in 1936 (as the original film was), Reefer Madness, was released in 2005. The motion picture production code otherwise known as the Hay's code also was also formulated to censor nudity and anything thought to be sin. In the late 60's this code was disbanded and came forward the serie cheech and chong that gave headway into Hollywood mainstream. The subgenre was meant to connect with teens, young adults and overall weed users. The films have a tendency to originally be looked at as humorous while avoiding the main struggle these movies have in their main characters. Giving the movies deeper meaning and the ability to grow as classics because the youth will re watch these movies and give new meaning and light to the shows or films when they grow older. This goes for films like How high, knocked up and the big lebowski who all have aged well for there times because of the movies change in context over time. As of the 21st century actors given most credit for stoner films are Ice Cube, Seth Rogen, James Franco for films like superbad, Pineapple express and Friday.
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