It’s an approach that does come with its own set of complications — specifically when it comes to the amount of production time it takes up — but in the making of the new Amy Poehler-Will Ferrell comedy The House, there was one particular scene involving a Town Hall meeting that director Andrew Jay Cohen just felt the need to basically hand over to his incredibly skilled cast.
Improvisation has become a ubiquitous part of comedy filmmaking in the modern era.
As great as a script can be, delivered by talented writers, there is a strong argument to be made for hilarious comedians being allowed to do what they do best.