Romantic Comedy

I found this reading to be very engaging, as I have a great passion for all film. Romantic
comedies are no exception. Among my favorites are "Love Actually" and "The
Philadelphia Story" among others. However, if you were to ask me to define "romantic
comedy" before I read Chapter One of McDonald's very informative book about this
specific category of cinema, it would have been difficult for me to answer. McDonald
explains that "genre films" are generally associated with "bad American cinema" and
even states that for many film critics, as "the lowest of the low." Perhaps, she is
referring to the more contemporary romantic comedies that have been released for the
past few years, (those have been rather terrible for the most part.) Whatever the case,
near the end of the chapter, McDonald brings up a fascinating point that the main goal of
the romantic comedy, be it classic or contemporary, focus on the "old-fashioned"
fantasies of finding true love and happiness for "forever after."
I already know that I will enjoy this book, and look forward to discussing the material
further in class.