A Fine Romance-Pierzchala
Today’s reading, like Monday’s, was really interesting due to its relatibility to audiences in the collegiate demographic. The article by David Denby, titled “A Fine Romance,” is yet another summary and analysis of certain famous movies of today. The main focus of the summarized films in this reading are centered are mainly romantic comedies centered on the idea of male and female development. The article analyzes current romantic comedies and the clashing roles of their male and female leads. The males, as argued by this article, are quite childish and immature and need to overcome these adversities in order to ultimately get what they want. This tends to be the girl. The females, on the other hand, tend to be more up-tight and straight edge. They must also, in a sense, overcome this in order to truly get what they want. This tends to be the guy. In a sense, he has to grow up and she has to loosen up. The article goes on to argue how this new genre of “romantic comedy” more or less always goes the same way. There is a lead male and a lead female actor. The lead actor is very childish in one, if not multiple, aspects of his life. He tends to associate mostly with his buddies and has little or no interaction with the female sex. Then, in some semi-dramatic event, the lead male meets the lead female. The story then progresses to show how he must prove himself “worthy” in a sense to be with her. The lead female, at the same time, learn certain things about herself and how to be happy through the lead male.
I think these films are quite interesting because they are more or less exaggerations of todays norms. The majority of guys have certain childish quarks which a women ultimately helps them get over in order to fully mature. While this is happening, most girls try to act older then they really are. The male species helps bring them back down to earth and learn to live in the moment a little more. While this is obviously not true for everyone, it seems to me to be fairly consistent with everyday life. Most importantly to me, I can see certain things about the way I live and behave represented in the films. It makes one really wonder what will happen next in their life.