Romantic Comedy Argument
Throughout a person’s academic career the saying” you will see this again in life” is always said and it is common to push pass the thought because to be honest what are the chances of using a quadratic formula to solve any problem that we face today? Megan Garber of the Atlantic broke down the genre of romantic comedy while giving a refreshers course on core concepts we learned in school. Garber shed light on key issues that affects the genre and explains why there is a negative stigma on romantic comedies. The negative stigma stems from three major problems that interact significantly to produce a successful film in the film industry’s current procedure. The failure to recognize the evolution of romance is the key problem because ignoring the progress leaves the genre on the bad end of adaptation. The same uses of algorithms in the process of creating a romantic comedy is becoming stereotypical. Garber notes, “The fussy woman, the caddish man, the love lost and re-gained, usually at a wedding and/or an airport—have also been a large part of their appeal.” The apparent fact that love is becoming more data driven is having …show more content…
In Garber’s view, “They are usually some ungodly, unseemly, unsexy combination of: stale, trite, silly, and formulaic.” The derogatory underling of disrespect towards women and worn out usage of “simple and brainless” characteristics is becoming repetitive and the public has become immune to it in a way which they expect the typical “worse”. The same system that was once good years ago worked for the most part, but film creators fail to realize that there is a change that needs to occur. The process in a way reflects the saying “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”. Romance itself is beginning to evolve in many ways and the fact that film executives fail to notice the cultural change is hurting the genre in the
Throughout a person’s academic career the saying” you will see this again in life” is always said and it is common to push pass the thought because to be honest what are the chances of using a quadratic formula to solve any problem that we face today? Megan Garber of the Atlantic broke down the genre of romantic comedy while giving a refreshers course on core concepts we learned in school. Garber shed light on key issues that affects the genre and explains why there is a negative stigma on romantic comedies. The negative stigma stems from three major problems that interact significantly to produce a successful film in the film industry’s current procedure. The failure to recognize the evolution of romance is the key problem because ignoring the progress leaves the genre on the bad end of adaptation. The same uses of algorithms in the process of creating a romantic comedy is becoming stereotypical. Garber notes, “The fussy woman, the caddish man, the love lost and re-gained, usually at a wedding and/or an airport—have also been a large part of their appeal.” The apparent fact that love is becoming more data driven is having …show more content…
In Garber’s view, “They are usually some ungodly, unseemly, unsexy combination of: stale, trite, silly, and formulaic.” The derogatory underling of disrespect towards women and worn out usage of “simple and brainless” characteristics is becoming repetitive and the public has become immune to it in a way which they expect the typical “worse”. The same system that was once good years ago worked for the most part, but film creators fail to realize that there is a change that needs to occur. The process in a way reflects the saying “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”. Romance itself is beginning to evolve in many ways and the fact that film executives fail to notice the cultural change is hurting the genre in the