From Hollywood with love
the rise and fall (and rise again) of the romantic comedy
From Hollywood with love
the rise and fall (and rise again) of the romantic comedy
Book - 2022
"From culture writer and GQ contributor Scott Meslow, an in-depth celebration of the romantic comedy's modern golden era and its role in our culture, tracking the genre from its heyday in the 80s and the 90s, its slow decline in the 2000s, and its explosive reemergence in the age of streaming, featuring exclusive interviews with the directors, writers, and stars of the iconic films that defined the genre"--
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow,
[2022]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a When Harry Met Sally... -- Meg Ryan : America's sweetheart (until she wasn't) -- Pretty Woman -- Sandra Bullock : Miss Congeniality -- Four Weddings And A Funeral -- Hugh Grant : the hardest-working cad in Hollywood -- Waiting To Exhale -- Bill Pullman, Patrick Dempsey, et al : the other guys -- My Best Friend's Wedding -- Judy Greer : the best best friend -- There's Something About Mary -- Adam Sandler : the unlikely leading man -- Bridget Jones's Diary -- Drew Barrymore : the self-made superstar -- My Big Fat Greek Wedding -- Jennifer Lopez : the triple threat -- How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days -- Reese Witherspoon : the prodigy -- Love Actually -- Will Smith : the rom-com hero we barely got -- Something's Gotta Give -- John Cusack : the reluctant romantic -- Knocked Up -- Kathleen Heigl : the apologist -- Friends With Benefits -- Ryan Reynolds and Dane Cook : two roads diverged -- Untitled royal wedding comedy -- Mindy Kaling : the scholar -- Crazy Rich Asians -- Henry Golding : new star in town -- To All The Boys I've Loved Before -- Conclusion. | |
| 520 | |a "From culture writer and GQ contributor Scott Meslow, an in-depth celebration of the romantic comedy's modern golden era and its role in our culture, tracking the genre from its heyday in the 80s and the 90s, its slow decline in the 2000s, and its explosive reemergence in the age of streaming, featuring exclusive interviews with the directors, writers, and stars of the iconic films that defined the genre"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [385]-413). | ||
| 520 | |a Funny, charming, and reliably crowd-pleasing, rom-coms were the essential backbone of the Hollywood landscape, launching the careers of many of Hollywood's most talented actors and filmmakers, providing many of the yet limited creative opportunities women had in Hollywood. Yet rom-coms have routinely been overlooked by the Academy Awards, and dismissed by critics. Meslow tracks the genre from its heyday in the '80s and the '90s, its decline in the 2000s, and its explosive reemergence in the age of streaming. He examines the evolution of the genre from its establishment of new tropes, the Austen and Shakespeare rewrites, the many love triangles, and even the occasional brave decision to do away with the happily ever after. - adapted from jacket | ||
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