In this blog post, I’ll examine the reasons modern romantic comedies resonate with audiences—and the points where their patriarchal limitations become apparent—through an analysis of the plot and characters in ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’. Introduction We all want to live happily. While the definition of happiness varies from person to person, in many cases, relationships in which...
How has the history of the romantic comedy unfolded?
In this blog post, we’ll summarize the major trends and characteristics of the genre, from the emergence of screwball comedy to the evolution of modern romantic comedy. The Hollywood Landscape of the 1930s By the early 1930s, the American film industry was built on relatively solid ground. Despite the global economic downturn of the late 1920s, the number of films produced actually...