Absolutely true. Steve Martin's "Novocaine" was a dark comedy that made fun of the issue of dentists that take advantage of their patients, sexually, while under anesthesia (and it covered drug abuse as well). That was a serious concern too, but they made a (relatively) good film out of it.
I'd say the issue is less the making of a dark comedy, and more that Americans have a hard time, in general, of coping with a tragedy. When is it acceptable to make a comedy about someone's death? Is it acceptable if they were complicit in the act?
I absolutely love dark comedy generally, but for some reason the idea of a comedy about this just rubs me the wrong way. I'm not sure why, but that's my reaction to it.
