Romantic comedies

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Romantic comedy films, also known as "rom-coms" or "romedies,”

Romantic comedy

• are films with light-hearted humorous plotlines• centered on romantic ideals such as that true love

is able to conquer all• primary distinguishing feature is a love plot in

which two sympathetic and well-matched lovers are united or reconciled

• Romantic comedy films are a sub-genre/ hybrid of comedy films as well as of romance films

• Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies

• The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two characters, usually a man and a woman, meet, part ways due to an argument or other obstacle, then ultimately reunite

• While the two protagonists are separated, one or both of them usually realizes that they are ideal for each other, or that they are in love with each other.

Rom com

• Then, after one of the two makes some spectacular effort (sometimes called the grand gesture) to find the other person and declare their love, or through an astonishing coincidental encounter, the two meet again

• Then, perhaps with some comic friction or awkwardness, they declare their love for each other and the film ends happily.

Rom com

• There are many variations on this basic plotline.

• Pretty Woman is considered by many critics to be the most successful movie in the genre

• Famous rom com tv series:– The Nanny (1993–1999) (CBS)– Sex and the City (1998–2004) (HBO– Desperate Housewives (2004–2012) (ABC)

– Ugly Betty (2006–2010) (ABC)– The Big Bang Theory (2007–) (CBS)Film:

It Happened One Night (1934)Roman Holiday (1953Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)The Graduate (1967)Working Girl (1988)Sabrina (1995)

– You've Got Mail (1998)– Sweet Home Alabama (2002)– The Wedding Date (2005)– The Devil wears Prada(2006)– Sex and the City (2008)– The Ugly Truth (2009)