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    the film Toni Erdmann by the German director Maren Ade, there are many interesting techniques which help the viewer gain a better understanding of what’s going on. In using these techniques, Ade is attempting to display something to the viewer that they may not have otherwise caught or understood, such as facial reactions which contain useful information as to what is happening in a given scene. In addition to this, Ade brings back and somewhat recreates the genre known as the screwball comedy, which

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    Filmmakers have been making romantic comedies since the beginning of the art. The genre includes light-hearted scenes with two beautiful main characters showing their idyllic struggle and journey to finding their love. The genre, most like most movies are not realistic, but it proves great for escapism from your stressful everyday life. Romantic comedies, also poorly nicknamed as the ‘chick-flick’, have almost sturdy societal gender roles representing the two main characters. One cis male and one

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    The Break-Up is categorized as a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, as Brooke Meyer, and Vince Vaughn, as Gary Growboski. The film portrays what happens when individuals in a relationship gets comfortable. Romantic comedies are typically funny with a happily ever after, but this movie was more dramatic than funny. It gives us a glimpse of the actions taken at times to get the others attention. The Break-Up shows the heartache of what happens when people don’t communicate, because sometimes

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    one, they are all obviously romantic comedies. But, what makes them romantic comedies? Probably the most obvious trait they share is that each of these movies creates a lighthearted, whimsical, and amused feeling for their viewers.. There are no times during the movies that the audience feels uneasy or confused. The filmmakers for these movies also creates characters that the viewers like and root for. For these reasons, Punch Drunk Love is not a romantic comedy. When compared to the previous examples

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    A haziness exists when classifying the genre of a film, as they are often determined and shaped by the film industry, scholars, advertisement, merchandise, and audience members with various opinions. Genres are classified by examining elements that are repeated in other films of the same genre, including reoccurring themes, plots, characters, and emotional responses. As Professor McHugh explained in lecture, “genre is a process” as it “is always unfolding and changing depending on audiences’ expectations

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    In the 1977 film, Annie Hall directed by Woody Allen, Alvy Singer played by Allen is followed through his relationship with Annie Hall, played by Diane Keaton. The thematic elements of the relationship between Alvy and Annie is an example of the 1960’s and 1970’s film era. The relationship demonstrates the new youth directed aspects, the explicitly of drugs and sexuality and the offbeat new values and point of view of youth. The relationship between Alvy and Annie is complex and modern. The young

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    private driver just to bring her Smartwater to her St. Regis Atlanta: Buckhead hotel on Aug. 24. The 46-year-old the said drink brand ambassador traveled too many cases via a private jet to Atlanta. The American actress will stay in the capital of Georgia until Sept. 11 to shoot the 2016 comedy film “Mother’s Day.” She also let her friends indulge and drink-up the electrolyte-spiked H20 according to Us Weekly. “She’s converted Courtney Cox into a big fan too!” a source said. The director is very meticulous

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    Heroines in traditional romantic comedies generally show their female charm dominated by the heroes, and docile. However, in Romantic Comedy vs. Screwball Comedy Gehring depicts the screwball comedy as “dripping with eccentrics starting with the archetype zany heroines.” Also, Gerhing says, “heroines assisted by the fact that only she knows a courtship is occurring. ” In other words, he means that heroines in screwball comedies always show their unique nuttiness and try to pursue what they desire

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    Women model their behavior after the female protagonists they see in films because they see them being successful in love and wish for the same. Women modeling this behavior are an example of social cognitive theory. In the 1980s, this theory was expanded by film theorists who drew from different fields and since then many studies have been conducted to see how films influence society (Nannicelli). Stereotypes in film influences society in the ways it portrays romance, explained by social cognitive

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    many historical films and the pattern still continues in modern films as well. Watching romantic movies has a giant negative influence on the viewer's analysis of what love and relationships should really be like. These films give the wrong impression of reality when it comes to dating, marriage, having children, and even how to manage a relationship in

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