From Hollywood with love the rise and fall (and rise again) of the romantic comedy
Funny, charming, and reliably crowd-pleasing, rom-coms were the essential backbone of the Hollywood landscape, launching the careers of many of Hollywood's most talented actors and filmmakers, providing many of the yet limited creative opportunities women had in Hollywood. Yet rom-coms have rou...
| Main Author: | Meslow, Scott (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow,
[2022]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
Funny, charming, and reliably crowd-pleasing, rom-coms were the essential backbone of the Hollywood landscape, launching the careers of many of Hollywood's most talented actors and filmmakers, providing many of the yet limited creative opportunities women had in Hollywood. Yet rom-coms have routinely been overlooked by the Academy Awards, and dismissed by critics. Meslow tracks the genre from its heyday in the '80s and the '90s, its decline in the 2000s, and its explosive reemergence in the age of streaming. He examines the evolution of the genre from its establishment of new tropes, the Austen and Shakespeare rewrites, the many love triangles, and even the occasional brave decision to do away with the happily ever after. - adapted from jacket |
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| Physical Description: |
xi, 413 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-413). |
| ISBN: |
9780063026292 0063026295 9780063026308 0063026309 |