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.