Romantic comedy film

Easy A is a romantic comedy film written by Bert V. Royal and was directed by Will Gluck in 2010. The journey follows the story of Olive Penderghast, as she becomes a victim of the rumour spread around high school after lying to her best friend, Rhiannon, regarding a weekend affair. The screenplay is partially inspired by The Scarlet Letter, a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, as well as containing various intertextual references from a series of 80’s films. Examples of these intertextual references include allusion to Say Anything, Pretty Woman, Can’t Buy Me Love, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Scarlet Letter. The techniques used in these range of films, enhance the audience’s understanding regarding…

be one of the strongest influences a person can face. The media can affect how an individual views love and sex, whether it be through music and movies or pornography. Having a relationship is something men and women think about constantly; it can be the case of the young girl looking for prince charming or the college guy who just wants a one-night stand. The affect the media has on society is astonishing; the media is constantly telling people how their relationships are supposed to be played…

Starcrossed (and Crossdressed) Lovers William Shakespeare’s comedic plays often times seem to come across as a heightened language version of the romantic comedies we see in present day. One of the prime examples of this is his play Twelfth Night, or What You Will. Shakespeare uses one of his ever-present techniques of crossdressing to create commotion, that eventually resolves itself and allows the characters to receive a happy ending (at least those who deserve it). A perfect example of…

Mindy Kaling in her personal narrative, “Types of Women in Romantic Comedies who are not Real,” criticizes the movie industry in a humorous way. Kaling uses her love and extensive knowledge of Romantic Comedies to begin to expose the unrealistic images of women that Hollywood immortalizes. She provides extensive details throughout her essay to prove her overall point. Kaling applies allusions, segmented organization, and sarcasm to prove the improbability of these women in real life. Mindy…

Watching movies is one of America’s favorite hobbies. A good movie can be incorporated in many situations, such as a date, a girl’s night, family time, a rainy day, among others. As unique individuals, we all have different tastes in what we look for in a movie. Some like to be scared with the classic horror movie and others enjoy a good laughing with a comedy. Choosing a movie that suits our personal taste is one of the most important decisions in the film watching experience. Genre is a set of…

Screwball is a comedy film that became exclusive during the Great Depression. This film brought laughs and joy to those who watched it, at the time of the Great Depression. Screwball originated in the 1930s and became very popular in the early 1940s. During the time of the Great Depression the demand for social films skyrocketed. Screwball was a form of comedy that allow for victims of the Great Depression to escape from that troubling time. This form of comedy made it safe to discuss things…

Romantic comedies have existed as long as film has existed. They often make a decent profit, and have lower than average production costs. They provide an easy escape from reality, with light hearted plots and an almost guaranteed happy ending. This genre includes a multitude of conventions, such as the meet cute and the grand declaration. This genre has also gone through many phases and eras. City Lights, released in 1931, is arguably the most famous romantic comedy of the silent era.…

One of the significant values of genre in film is that genre, as Dr. Casper has noted, is used to “sugarcoat the pill” of challenges in human life, and the romantic comedy genre follows this value (Casper, 260). Comedy, as a whole, reveals the “fragmentation of man” in a digestible, enjoyable manner for audiences. Romantic comedies, specifically, reveal the fragmentation of each partner in a relationship and the fragmentation of the relationship. Throughout the history of film, romantic comedies…

Another difference between these two films is the relationship portrayed on screen. As discussed in Denby’s article in Common Culture, Knocked Up, and other contemporary comedies, portray a slacker versus striver relationship unlike Adam’s Rib, which is a screwball comedies. In Knocked Up, Ben is the stoner, Canadian, illegal immigrant who lives with __ other unemployed men. In contrast, Allison is put together, and works at E! Denby argues that Adam’s Rib contains more value over Knocked Up…

Capra’s 1934 film. The film explores the idea of relationships formed around the concept of class all while set in the Great Depression. The Production Code idealized American for the sake of the upkeep of morality according to those in favor of censorship. In Capra’s film ideal America cracks with screwball humor, pointing out the absurdity of grown adults behaving in such a restrained manner. It Happened One Night is a classic screwball comedy; however, Capra goes one step further with a film…