Article: Watching romantic comedies 'could ruin love lives'.

Article: Romantic comedies can ruin your love life.
Asian News International;  December 16, 2008 ;     680 words ... ... this weekend? Well, scrap all your plans, for according to a study, 'rom-coms' can ruin love lives. The study has found that romantic comedies such as Bridget Jones's Diary and Notting Hill give people unrealistic - and potentially unhealthy ...

Article: ROMANTIC COMEDIES CAN RUIN YOUR LOVE LIFE
The Hindustan Times;  December 16, 2008 ;     592 words ... ... this weekend? Well, scrap all your plans, for according to a study, 'rom-coms' can ruin love lives. The study has found that romantic comedies such as Bridget Jones's Diary and Notting Hill give people unrealistic - and potentially unhealthy ...

Article: DREAM PAIRINGS FOR SEXY ROMANTIC COMEDIES.(Living)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  May 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... out of Hollywood in some time. The romantic comedies that can be found at all, amid all ... for traditional, easy-viewing romantic comedies -- movies where gags stop short ... showed in "Hitch," one of the few romantic comedies of the past few years that worked ...

Article: How romantic comedies can harm your love life.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  December 16, 2008 ;     685 words ... ... date. But according to a study, romantic comedies such as Bridget Jones's Diary and ... Researchers found that those who watched romantic comedies were more likely to believe in predestined ... notion of destiny and couples in romantic comedies immediately understand each other ...

Article: "We're in a tight spot!": the Coen brothers' screwy ...
Journal of Popular Film and Television;  September 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... connections between their ostensibly romantic comedies and the classical screwballs of the ... connections between their ostensibly romantic comedies and the classical screwballs of the ... contemporary audiences. The Coens' romantic comedies contain all the elements of textbook ...

Article: Nothing funny about romantic comedies
Jerusalem Post;  July 31, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... 07-31-2009 Nothing funny about romantic comedies Byline: HANNAH BROWN HANNAH BROWN ... and is set to open here soon: "Romantic comedies are an increasingly debased genre ... Watching enough of these contemporary romantic comedies is simply a demoralizing experience ...

Article: Book goes behind scenes of romantic ...
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA);  October 9, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... adapt the formula to a selection of romantic comedies from the 1930s to the present, several ... Behind the Scenes of the Great Romantic Comedies" (Ivan R. Dee, $26.95 ... relationship," Mr. Kimmel said. "Most romantic comedies use that pattern." Mr. Kimmel ...