New York Magazine has a list of reasons why the newly expanded Best Picture Oscar nominee slate is a good thing. Most of their reasons are crap, but one stuck with me:

7. Hey, comedy might finally get its due! With five extra slots, surely at least one funny movie will be nominated (Funny People, maybe?). And perhaps someday the studios will program a few non-depressing movies for the fall, instead of just broken-family dramas and Holocaust-y stuff. And this could push a few of our more serious thespians over to the light side — wouldn't it be great to see Daniel Day-Lewis and Viggo Mortensen loosen up in an Apatow bromance?

Well, no, actually, it wouldn't. But so many great comedies have been overlooked so consistently over the years, that the thought of a door being opened even a crack is encouraging. So ... thanks, New York.