Romantic comedy
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Romantic comedy (also known as the portmanteaus romedy or romcom) is a genre with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles.[1] One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily".[2] Another definition states that its "primary distinguishing feature is a love plot in which two sympathetic and well-matched lovers are united or reconciled".[3]
Romantic comedy films are a certain genre of comedy films as well as of romance films, and may also have elements of screwball comedies. However, a romantic comedy is classified as a film with two genres not a single new genre.[4] Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies.
In a typical romantic comedy the two lovers tend to be young, likeable, and apparently meant for each other, yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance (e.g., class differences, parental interference; a previous girlfriend or boyfriend) until, surmounting all obstacles, they are finally reunited. A fairy-tale-style happy ending is a typical feature.[3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Bill Johnson. The Art of the Romantic Comedy Available online at: http://www.storyispromise.com/wromance.htm
- ↑ Accessed June 20, 2011
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Comedy and Tragedy".
- ↑ Romantic comedy: boy meets girl meets genre. Tamar Jeffers McDonald. Wallflower Press, 2007. p.3
External links[edit | edit source]
- Romantic Comedy Movies – from the 1940s to future releases, with box office performance The Numbers
- Market Performance of Romantic Comedies in United States – year-by-year analysis of box office performance of romantic comedies The Numbers
- Romantic Comedy Movies – Top 290 (1978–present) by Box Office Mojo
- Top Rated Romance Titles by IMDB