But most good movies have a gun in them.

Taken at face value, the line is a dry, deadpan observation about popular storytelling: mainstream films often rely on the presence (or threat) of violence to create stakes, momentum, and catharsis. Read as Sedaris-style humor, it also needles the audience’s expectations—how quickly “good” becomes synonymous with suspense, danger, and spectacle, even when those elements are morally troubling or narratively lazy. The sentence’s bluntness makes it sound like a practical rule of thumb, which heightens the irony: it reduces the complex art of cinema to a single prop. It can be heard as both a joke and a critique of cultural desensitization.