Essay - Romantic Comedy Film Genre the Romantic Comedy Film Genre Has...

Romantic Comedy Film Genre

The romantic comedy film genre has been around almost since the inception of ***** as we know it, and before that in countless theatrical productions and even prose and poetry that predates the ***** comedy ***** genre. Essentially, life and love are two of the most essential areas ***** self discovery that are universal to human existence and therefore call audiences from every human condition to look for models and st*****ards. Additionally, compris*****g the two, ***** romance, with comedy is essential in ***** fact ***** many w*****h ***** see and seek out imagery ***** thoughts that simplify and therefore make approachable the convoluted ***** difficult reality of human love relationships. In o*****r words, we all, rich-poor, majority-m*****ority, complicated-simple seek love and are much more willing to approach it and listen to the messages it ***** for us when it is given to us in the ********** of satire.

*****, i.e. ***** ***** the element ********** the genre ***** *****s even complicated human emotions approachable to all, ***** when it only remotely represents ***** real life experience of romance. Satire, allows the individual to approach complicated social issues, surrounding love and romance that transcend the human condition, including but not limited to race, class, distance, difference, betrayal, trust and complacency and even violence or fear of it in such a way ***** human lessons can be learned w*****h***** fear or real difficulties ***** be ignored ***** or suspended by being put into the context of fictional lives and characters.

Gehring 118) Siska, in ***** Handbook of American Film ********** describes the formula of a romantic comedy as; "man w*****s woman, woman expresses dissatis*****ion with being dominated and leaves man, ***** undergoes series of trials to win woman back" (363) Though this formulary may be over simplistic it still tends ***** override the genre and build the plot of a good, romantic comedy film.

The ***** ***** has also *****isti*****y evolved over the years to incorporate modern social issues, ***** as divorce, adultery, technology, single p*****nting, ***** sexual*****y, crime or fear of crime, object w*****ship or consumerism and so forth, all ***** which offer rich fodder for social commentary in romantic comedy as well as opportunity for comedic events ***** circumstances.

***** *****) Within the genre there are literally thousands of examples ***** ***** thinking of consummate ***** of romantic comedy in the modern era three films come to mind; The Breakfast Club (1985), When Harry Met Sally (1989) and You've Got Mail (1998). Each of these films has at least one message regarding ***** romance that is parodied to allow any viewer ***** commiserate with the characters and conflicts in the film.

***** Breakfast Club which hit *****aters in 1985 and served as a coming of age film for m***** served the purpose of challenging ***** class ***** stratification. In the film a group of unsuspecting and relatively diverse (although all Caucasian) high school students meet for Saturday detention and proceed to ch*****enge the social clicks of