ROMANTIC COMEDIES TO TAKE SERIOUSLY.
"Romantic comedies, from classics such as Trouble in Paradise (1932) to recent hits like Knocked Up (2007),
have been a cornerstone of Hollywood entertainment since the coming of sound... In spite of being popular movies with a
long and continuous history of production, romantic comedies have won only a few Oscars for Best Picture.
Romantic comedies are often dismissed as formulaic stories promoting fantasies about love.
But these comedies have a pedigree that includes William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Oscar Wilde.
Moreover, these films reward study because they deal with dramatic conflicts central to human experience.
From those conflicts arise the familiar conventions that form the foundation for the romantic comedy and portray our social manners surrounding courtship, sexuality, and gender relations."
- Leger Grindon
have been a cornerstone of Hollywood entertainment since the coming of sound... In spite of being popular movies with a
long and continuous history of production, romantic comedies have won only a few Oscars for Best Picture.
Romantic comedies are often dismissed as formulaic stories promoting fantasies about love.
But these comedies have a pedigree that includes William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Oscar Wilde.
Moreover, these films reward study because they deal with dramatic conflicts central to human experience.
From those conflicts arise the familiar conventions that form the foundation for the romantic comedy and portray our social manners surrounding courtship, sexuality, and gender relations."
- Leger Grindon