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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"romantic comedy"”.
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The Comedy of Errors: A Romantic Comedy
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare is mostly performed as a knockabout farce. Despite undeniable farcical moments the play possesses a strong romantic strain, and the directors challenge is to reconcile these two aspects. For my thesis production of The Comedy of Errors in High Park this …
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Teen ages: Youth market romance in Hollywood teen films of the 1980s and 1990s
This thesis examines the differences between teen romantic comedy films marketed to Generation X teenagers in the 1980s and Generation Y teenagers in the 1990s, focusing on the presentation of gender roles, consumptive behavior, and family. The 1980s films are discussed within the social context of …
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From love at first sight to soul mate: Romantic ideals in popular films and their association with young people's beliefs about relationships
Romantic comedy films have been popular since motion pictures first entered the media world. Scholars have speculated why these movies remain appealing to viewers and have argued for several reasons. These movies might foster hope about real-life romance (Galician, 2004), or demonstrate that that …
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Z Word
… three scripts for <em>Z Word</em>, an original romantic comedy series. Frank is just an average guy until a fatal car crash changes everything. He wakes to find his mother has had him turned into a zombie. Along with his fiancee, Sarah, Frank does his best to deal with life after death.</p>
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Butch
“Butch” is a 7-minute romantic comedy following the trials of Butch, a large left boob who struggles with his masculinity, as he works to impress his new crush in unfortunately toxic ways. Butch may or may not end up getting the girl, but in trying he goes through anxiety, humiliation, and a …
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Impoliteness as a vehicle for humour in dramatic discourse
… offensive to others, the film is classified as a romantic comedy. As such, it offers a good basis on which to test out my ideas regarding the proposed relationship between impoliteness and humour, and more importantly, how and why we may feel the need to laugh at what is essentially socially …
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Bollywood Broads: Reconstructing the Femme Fatale in Popular Indian Film
… to more genre specific action, horror and even romantic comedy musical. Within this genre expansion, a nod to a classic—and specifically Western—cinema form has occurred. By borrowing the Femme Fatale from Film Noir and recreating her as the City Siren, Bollywood has achieved liberation for the …
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Ground zero : three novellas
… 1980s and early 1990s. "Midsummer" is an ironic romantic comedy, in which the happy ending is, on reflection, deeply problematic. "Ground Zero" is darker in tone, dealing with dissolution and disintegration. "Pesadilla Beach" involves memory and different generations in the same community. These …
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Architecture beyond the frame filmmaking and the adjacent space
… common visuals with action, fantasy, drama and romantic comedy genres.
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Comedy and the middlebrow novel :Elizabeth Taylor and Elizabeth von Arnim.
… to the status quo are concealed by their use of comedy and irony.My analysis of the use of comedy offers a new understanding of these novels. Utilising Freud's theory of 'joke-work' I demonstrate that the sharing of jokes requires shared attitudes and repressions as well as shared knowledge; what …
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Understanding personality through preferences in popular mass media: An archetypal approach
… For example, knowing that someone likes romantic comedy movies and jazz music arguably paints a more useful picture of personality than saying that one is high in both extraversion and openness. In such cases, a media-based self-description provides a clear and tangible metric of …
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Oscar Wilde's Contribution to the Comedy of Manners
… to trace the growth and the development of the comedy of manners through its various phases, up to about 1900. It will especially endeavor to bring together findings concerning the contributions of Oscar Wilde to this type of drama; an incidental problem is to find a link that connects the …
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To Love Again?
<p>A screenplay. The story addresses the question whether or not a person should forgive someone who as caused them great heartache. The main character, Michael Phillips, loves his wife Kiera, but believes she is having an affair with his brother Tony. His jealousy consumes him and he abandons his …