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Romantic Comedy: Boy Meets Girl Meets Genre (Short Cuts) Paperback – Illustrated, October 1, 2007

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Romantic Comedy offers an introduction to the analysis of a popular but overlooked film genre. The book provides an overview of Hollywood's romantic comedy conventions, examining iconography, narrative patterns, and ideology. Chapters discuss important subgroupings within the genre: screwball sex comedy and the radical romantic comedy of the 1970s. A final chapter traces the lasting influence of these earlier forms within current romantic comedies. Films include: Pillow Talk (1959), Annie Hall (1977), and You've Got Mail (1998).
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    144 pages
  3. Language
    English
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    Wallflower Press
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    October 1, 2007
  6. Dimensions
    7.26 x 0.38 x 7.92 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1905674023
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1905674022
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This volume crams everything from Doris Day to The 40 Year-Old Virgin into its 117 pages. Each of its five broad catagories is examined over the lifespan of the genre and includes valuable case studies. Highly recommended. ― Empire

A very worthwhile addition to the media library. ― MEA Newsletter

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Tamar Jeffers McDonald is lecturer in film studies at Rutherford College, University of Kent, United Kingdom. She is the author of the forthcoming Hollywood Catwalk: Exploring Costume in Mainstream Film and editor of Virgin Territory: Representing Sexual Inexperience in Film.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wallflower Press; Illustrated edition (October 1, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1905674023
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1905674022
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.26 x 0.38 x 7.92 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars English textbook
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2013
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The teacher didn't end up even using this book;however, I have to say its a good book if you're studying genre in films(or popular culture)
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3.0 out of 5 stars Well Written
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2012
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I bought this book for a class. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Not too hard to read the author made some interesting arguments, but I would not have bought this book for thrills.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good intro to film analysis
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Hot Toasty Rag, June 6, 2017

When you think of the romantic comedy genre, you don’t normally think of its subgenres, unless you’re a student or reading this book, of course. Tamar Jeffers McDonald gives an interesting analysis of the genre on the whole, as well as devoting sections to subcategories of sex comedies, screwball comedies, and others within the original genre.

I read this during my time as a film student, but it wasn’t required reading. It’s rather short—the meat of the book is around 100 pages—and is more of an introduction to this type of analysis and deconstruction of the romantic comedy genre, rather than the book of authority. If you’re thinking of dabbling in the world of film studies, this is a good book to start out with and see if you like that type of analysis.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Web search "Romantic Comedy" get the information for free, and don't support Plagiarism.
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2015
Several pages of credits at the end, crediting the original authors that the bulk of this book was stolen from, earn it the 1 star ranking.

I give any work that is little more than a cut and paste job with possible rearrangement of what you will find if you look up romantic comedy on Wikipedia a zero. Add in the insulting price and this cut and paste unoriginal essay is worthy of minus one.

Web search "Romantic Comedy" and you will get more information from better sources and for free.
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