You may think the only thing you've absorbed from romantic comedies is that Matthew McConaughey has never worn a shirt, but if you probe the inner sanctums of your mind you'll probably find many life lessons you learned from these films. Here are our 14 favorite teachings from the world of romcoms. For more from The Frenemy, go here! - Alida Nugent
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Yup, when she's cleaning crime scene, she is still lovable! ;P
It goes the other way as well. There will be a couple that has been together for 5 years and is engaged. The significant other finds out they kissed their best friend 7 years ago before they even knew them and calls off the marriage.
What bugs me the most about them - and I've found this to be something of a 'thing' with rom-coms - is how they sanitize female sexuality. The female leads never ever - when the topic invariably comes up - admit to masturbating or even having sexual fantasies. Recall Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally relating to Billy Kristol's character her very lame, absurdly tame sexual fantasy. Or Katherine Hiegel in The Awful Truth becoming squeamish at even the thought of masturbating. There are many other examples.
These women appear to lead sexless, one-dimensional lives - which the men "save" them from. Its like they're not really allowed to be full, sexual beings. As such, they not very honest or realistic representations of *real* women and are, I think, rather sexist in that way.
In that sense, they only difference between these films and the more overly sexist Hollywood rom-coms of the 50s is a matter of degree.
2) You Got Mail is the only smart film in all of the films listed above. Probably because its loosely based off Pride and Prejudice.
3) I can count on one hand the number of times I ever thought a woman was "funny" in a television series or film. Probably because women are mostly cast for their looks and not for the comedic ability. They keep making Katherine Heigl rom coms even though shes not funny. She's beautiful, but shes not funny. Sorry.
Not The Break Up, Moliere or The Switch or Knight and Day
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From The Switch:
Never leave a sperm deposit cup in the hands of a guy thats looked at one more than once longingly.