Romantic Comedy And Annie Hall

The Film "West Side Story" illustrates how the Puerto Ricans of New York faced discrimination and were used as scapegoats by the American people during the cold war time period to escape their anxieties. Due to the fear of communism and possible nuclear war the 1950-1960s time period was a very fragile time for the American people which produced an air of xenophobia throughout the country. The air of xenophobia is present throughout the play due of the repeated mention of stereotypes about Puerto Ricans and the constant feeling that the Puerto Ricans do not belong. The people of American often dealt with these anxieties in one of two ways, through escapism or through and through the scapegoating. This is made very clear through the comparison of West Side Story to the play The Music Man in the document “West Side Story and The Music Man: Whiteness, Immigration, and Race in the US during the late 1950s”. Like many waves of immigrants, the Puerto Ricans faced discrimination when they arrived and for some time after. This came in the form of people being discriminatory directly to them, housing discrimination and job discrimination. Therefore, the play “West Side Story” expresses the discrimination that Puerto Ricans faced due to the xenophobic nature of the time period.

Romantic comedies are loved by many; however, not many stop to think about how these women are stereotyped every time, giving the female character limits on their personality. Actress, comedian, writer and producer Mindy Kaling in her essay, “Types of Women in Romantic Comedies Who Are Not Real” classifies the stereotypes given to women in romantic comedies. from her 2011 collection of essays Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), is a comic essay on how she loves romantic comedies, but knows that female characters are fictional, and explains how they can still be appreciated. Kaling in her essay presents the female stereotypes by classifying them, and doing so with humor. The seven classifications she used are, “The Klutz”, “The Ethereal Weirdo”, “The Woman Who Is Obsessed with Her Career and Is No Fun at All”, “The Forty-Two-Year-Old Mother of the Thirty-year-old Male Lead”, “The Sassy Best Friend”, “The Skinny Woman Who Is Beautiful and Toned but Also Gluttonous and Disgusting”, and “The Woman Who Works in an Art Gallery”. This essay is fun informative and great for Kaling’s fans, and romantic comedy fans alike. This essay transitions throughout, from entertainment to a slight defensive yet still humorous. Kaling is a talented woman who struggles as the career of an actress is not easy for a woman who does not follow the strict guidelines. Being thin, as she

Annie Hall is a 1977 romantic comedy directed and co-written by Woody Allen. The film takes place in New York City and explores the relationship between Alvy Singer (Woody Allen), an intellectual, neurotic, forty-year-old comedian, and Annie Hall (Diane Keaton), a ditzy and insecure, aspiring nightclub singer. The movie centers around Alvy’s stream of consciousness as he looks back to figure out what went wrong with he and Annie’s relationship. Annie Hall received critical acclaim and won many awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. The movie did well at the box office, setting a new precedent for romantic comedies and is now considered one of the greatest films of the century

Over time, every one changes or transforms. Most often people transform after a traumatic incident or after a failure. Woody Allen’s film Annie Hall captures the changes of a man named Alvy Singer. Alvy is just coming out of a failed relationship to a woman named Annie Hall. Although Alvy is sad, he begins to learn from his mistakes. Alvy (played by Woody Allen) begins the film as a death obsessed comedy writer with a bleak outlook on life. He is consumed by the fear of death and the desire for physical affection. Annie Hall is the story of Alvy’s growth as a person after the relationship has ended. While sifting through the good times and old haunts of the relationship, Alvy begins to realize what he did wrong and what he can take away from the experience. As Alvy relives moments from the relationship, he realizes how he can change into a better person. The first change is Alvy’s outlook on life. By the time the film has ended, Alvy begins to live life with hope and not fear. Next, Alvy transforms from a closed off man, into an open guy. Alvy does this by trying new things and even writing about his personal life. Then, Alvy slowly begins to reach out to people in his life. As the film is ending, Alvy and Annie meet again for lunch, which helps bring closure and security to Alvy. Last, Alvy begins to come to terms with himself. He begins the film with a lack of self-confidence and an inability to let himself enjoy the world around him. But before

Although passion and love have a strong influence on Oscar's personality, he is not able to get a girl and this deepens his depression and weight problem. He is the exact opposite of the macho standardized figure.

Everything begins when Oscar at the age of seven his mother finds him crying for a girl and his mother tells him to be respected by women, before this event Oscar was seen in the community as a small playboy Dominican Rubirosa, he has a relationship with two girls at the same time for a week, a week before the girls ask him to have to choose which of the two is going to stay and then the two left him.it can be said that from that moment everything began.

The purpose of this essay is to look at the Tropes that are present in the play Much Ado About Nothing and explore how they’ve influenced Modern Media. Specifically the genre of the Romantic Comedy which borrows heavily from Shakespeare’s Comedy plays. TV Tropes is a website dedicated to documenting and explaining these kinds of tropes so this is a necessary resource for this essay. In explaining what Romantic Comedy is and for the sake of having a consistent label for the tropes that will be discussed within this essay.

At a young age, Oscar was what nowadays you may call a “player”, he had girls left and right and at times couldn’t even decide which one he wanted more. He was “one of those preschool loverboys who was always trying to kiss the girls, always coming up behind

There's a scene in the new musical "RENT" that may be the quintessential romantic moment of the '90s. Roger, a struggling rock musician, and Mimi, a junkie who's a dancer at an S/M club, are having a lovers' quarrel when their beepers go off and each takes out a bottle of pills. It's the signal for an "AZT break," and suddenly they realize that they're both HIV-positive. Clinch.

Oscar's relationships although he is committed as he is he is alway comes off to the women in his life as either really creepy or as someone who they care about only as friend. An example of this is when anna started talking to oscar he is in love but she only sees him as a friend” poor oscar without even realizing it he had fallen into the let's be friends vortex”(41) this explains the theme as we see oscar has found someone for him but this love unobtainable as she is a relationship with someone who she actually cares about. My second explanation involving

The soundtracks fit the scenes perfectly. Although it’s a dark comedy film, we realize a few life lessons we could apply to ourselves. The movie stresses out significant advice on every relationships-intimate, family, nature, and toward other people. The characters frequently react gently or like credible human beings to the script’s impossible notions (Ortega). Maude unintentionally falls in love with Harold though she was four times his age. Love knows no barriers. Love recognizes no boundaries. She is a human being capable of love and loving. Her age gave her wisdom through her experiences in her younger years. Her kind of love doesn’t ask anything in return. Love is a wonderful thing; it is selfless. And Harold was the recipient of her love. Her lively and positive outlook in life is the outcome of the rough times she had in the past. And she is thankful she’s able to watch the sunset and glorious birds with a Harold. Philippians 2: 4 “Let each of you look not only to his own interests but also to the interests of others”. Though she fell in love with Harold before her 80th birthday, her plan sustained. She feels she completed her journey and has lived her life to its fullest and it’s time to go. It may be selfish to do, but she knows Harold has a life ahead of him and she doesn’t need there. She taught him everything she knew so he can lead a happy life. She took Harold out of his life in a nutshell to a life he can live on. On the other hand, Harold embraces the beauty of life out of his love for Maude. He drives his hearse over the cliff ending his obsession for death. His life is forever changed because of the love that he found in Maude. As Bruce Feiler mention on one of his interviews; “The central way to be unalone is to be within other. Love is a story we tell with another person. It’s a two story, not a one story. It’s a co-creation through co-narration”. Harold has the story that

The film Bringing Up Baby (1938) and the film Annie Hall (1977), respectively directed by Howard Hawks and Woody Allen, both hold a significant impact on the history of the screwball comedy genre. The screwball comedy is a principally American genre of comedy that became popular during the Great Depression, originating in the early 1930s and thriving until the early 1940s. Bringing Up Baby, directed by Howard Hawks, is considered as the greatest screwball comedy and is often considered the state-of-the-art screwball film. On the other hand, Annie Hall is a screwball that targets a very small population because it requires prior knowledge in order to understand the jokes. Symons (2013) expresses the idea that Annie Hall is considered a “high

Annie Hall, an American romantic comedy released in 1977 retells the story of a man named Alvy Singer (portrayed by Woody Allen) and his attempt at comprehending why his relationship with Annie Hall failed. Annie Hall incorporates many cinematic techniques into its story which help solidify its place regularly on lists of best comedies (Snider). It uses conflict, different types of narratives and a classic three act structure. The movie beautifully conveys a story in New York in which one really feels the characters are actual citizens and not actors (Barsam 166).

Max Shulman’s piece, “Love is a fallacy” expresses many arguments expressed during every day social interactions. In the piece, the author comes into contact with his roommate, Petey Bellows and a possible love interest, Polly Espy. The author makes many unjustified guess pertaining to their wisdom and intelligence, and these false pretenses contribute to his interactions with the two, and he aims to take advantage of the opportunity of manipulating the two into achieving his own selfish desires. His plan backfires, and he is forced to reconsider his actions. In the process, Max Shulman reveals that his piece is both anti-women, anti-men, and Shulman underestimates the intuitive and emotional aspects of love.

Classic Disney films, for years, have fueled ideas of true love and romance in the eyes of viewers. The practically unreal romance scenes, including the thought of love at first sight, have attracted viewers of all ages. The romance contained within many Disney scenes and movies is one characteristic that is appealing to fans of Disney. In just about every Disney princess movie, there exists the idea of love at first sight. For example, in “The Little Mermaid”, Ariel is practically love struck when she sets eyes on Prince Eric for the very first time. Without speaking a single word to him, Ariel is somehow in love. This classic Disney film has won the hearts of fans of all ages. Why? Well, as a viewer, there is something very attractive and