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MCN: This is the Year of Reconstructed Rom-Com.
Antibody
Dec 01, 10:17
This feels like a huge reach. Pretty much every movie he listed was
parthm_
Dec 01, 10:29
*remotely
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parthm_
Dec 01, 10:29
' Rom-coms that don’t want to be rom-coms." That's the point.
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Antibody
Dec 01, 10:34
then they're not actually rom-coms so . . .
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slipping jimmy
Dec 01, 10:44
So Deconstructed Rom-Coms?
Antibody
Dec 01, 10:58
this is like me saying i'm going to deconstruct the action movie by writing one with no action. if you put your love interest in a coma for
slipping jimmy
Dec 01, 11:01
Well, The Big Sick is basically a de/reconstructed version of While You Were Sleeping, a traditional RomCon.
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Antibody
Dec 01, 11:03
but it didn't play out like a rom com. rom coms skew very female (2/3). Big Sick was closer to 50/50 or like an indie drama
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Moviesnob
Dec 01, 11:14
yeah. which again, i was fairly engaged with (I love a good James Brooks as much as anyone). but i was expecting something else
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slipping jimmy
Dec 01, 11:16
I saw it at Sundance so it was hard not to expect a Sundance film. I should clarify that it was majority female, but not as heavily as most
Moviesnob
Dec 01, 11:24
His argument is that they are romantic comedies which don't have the familiar tropes. I'm saying they aren't romantic comedies at all
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parthm_
Dec 01, 10:57
Seriously, this is one of the worst articles ever written. I award David Poland no points and may God have mercy on his soul.
JSpicoli13
Dec 02, 01:33
Honestly DMac, linking to this garbage is beneath you.
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JSpicoli13
Dec 02, 01:34