Friday, August 19, 2011

What makes a comedy "romantic"?

Seriously. Somebody help a brother out.

Discussion at Freeman's revolved around movies. We were to name the best rom-coms we'd individually seen. While Michelle tried her best to draw the line between romantic comedy and just plain comedy, I'm hoping someone else can explain the true dividing line. For example - My Best Friend's Wedding is always classified as a romantic comedy due to the setting at a wedding, etc., but Julia Roberts is a solitary lady scorned in the end. Romantic?

On the other side is High Fidelity, which is very romantic and very, very funny... but no one felt comfortable last night classifying it as a romantic comedy. I guessed it was because it was from a guy's point of view. True? But Say Anything and Singles are also from a guy's point of view, and very funny throughout. And I think people classify both as romantic comedies.

Who can help with the definition?

Oh yeah - the Hammers won by default when Random Fling had only one girl as of 6:45. A couple Hammerettes joined the Flingers for a scrimmage which was marked by good-natured laziness and the teams taking turns throwing deep bombs with the wind at their backs. Good times. The game officially goes in the books as a 7-0 win.
Player of the game to Marcie for consistently throwing the nicest discs during scrimmage and for showing off ridiculous movie knowledge during our game of D-E-N-I-R-O at Freeman's. I still can't think of a movie in which River Phoenix appeared.

Next week - doubleheader at Wanderers' Ground! Sharpen your cleats and bring extra anger!

2 comments:

muiseam said...

While I have little personal insight to offer re: rom-com definition, I did find this handy blog...

Also, my personal favourite, based on the working Freeman's round table discussion definition, would have to be... Bridget Jones' Diary, or, Date Night.

Judge me. Go ahead.

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How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days.