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− | == | + | ==Narrative== |
− | * | + | #“Stanley Cavell: "the comedy of remarriage" (from ''Pursuits of Happiness'') |
− | * | + | #*“...the couple as separated in the initial stages, only to be reunited by the end of the film after discovering that they still love each other" |
− | * | + | #"...the couple experiencing love at first sight yet being unable to be together, due to factors beyond their control. |
+ | #"...unrequited love. | ||
+ | #"...the couple who are at war with each other from the start” | ||
+ | ===Tropes=== | ||
+ | *“mistaken identity, disguise and masquerade, intimate tete-a-tetes (often meals), public humiliation, brides bolting from the altar, a race against time, confiding in friends and the 'meet-cute'." | ||
+ | **What are our films' "meets cute" and how are they "prophetic"? | ||
+ | ===The screwball heroine=== | ||
+ | *“crazy and unpredictable, she is capable of throwing a man's life into complete chaos, and has excessive energies and exuberance. In this respect she is a threat to society and needs to be contained by the restraints of marriage." | ||
+ | **How is the threat of the independent woman contained? Is that containment what you take away from ''The Lady Eve'' or ''Always''? | ||
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== Texts & resources == | == Texts & resources == | ||
+ | *Claire Mortimer, ''Romantic Comedy'' (New York: Routledge, 2010). | ||
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[[Category:BUI301F2022 Discussion]] | [[Category:BUI301F2022 Discussion]] |
Revision as of 18:11, 29 September 2022
Narrative
- “Stanley Cavell: "the comedy of remarriage" (from Pursuits of Happiness)
- “...the couple as separated in the initial stages, only to be reunited by the end of the film after discovering that they still love each other"
- "...the couple experiencing love at first sight yet being unable to be together, due to factors beyond their control.
- "...unrequited love.
- "...the couple who are at war with each other from the start”
Tropes
- “mistaken identity, disguise and masquerade, intimate tete-a-tetes (often meals), public humiliation, brides bolting from the altar, a race against time, confiding in friends and the 'meet-cute'."
- What are our films' "meets cute" and how are they "prophetic"?
The screwball heroine
- “crazy and unpredictable, she is capable of throwing a man's life into complete chaos, and has excessive energies and exuberance. In this respect she is a threat to society and needs to be contained by the restraints of marriage."
- How is the threat of the independent woman contained? Is that containment what you take away from The Lady Eve or Always?
Texts & resources
- Claire Mortimer, Romantic Comedy (New York: Routledge, 2010).