Rom-Coms: How Romantic Comedies Have Increased Our Love Expectations in Relationships?
Romantic Comedies Every relationship is important in life but with love and relationships, it is always depicted that a man has to win someone’s affection. It is true to some extent as this relationship grows stronger only when the wavelength of both the people matches up to their expectations. Whether one is intentionally aware of it or not, but most of the rom-coms and romances in television and film have some elements of fantasy. Though fantasy isn’t a bad thing; some of the most popular films especially the old movies are set against such a background. But in the majority of the cases of the rom-coms, it creates fake concepts of love, relationships, and marriage. Think of the romantic film 50 First Dates, where Henry (Adam Sandler) basically, has to win over the woman he loves, Lucy (Drew Barrymore), every day they spend time together due to Lucy’s unusual medical condition. Such films demonstrate that there always occurs a problem where the involvement leads to such ext...