Thursday, March 02, 2023

The Components of a Romantic Comedy



There's a reason you suspect that all rom-coms are the same. But why call it a comedy when it's really just a romance movie? The only comedy is the wacky best friend, and that person is only there so they can call it a comedy. Oh yeah, the "twist" (wrong assumption) that gives these movies a veneer of drama is sometimes meant to be comedic, but it mostly just makes us slap our heads and think, "There would be no problem here if y'all just communicated with each other!" This comic is from John Atkinson at Wrong Hands. 

2 comments:

Bicycle Bill said...

This sort of thing will never happen again.  When's the last time you saw a bookstore, except in REALLY big cities?

-"BB"-

Miss Cellania said...

We've got two of them in my town of 8,000.