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romantic comedy
noun
- a light and humorous movie, play, etc., whose central plot is a happy love story.
- a genre of comedy represented by such works.
Word History and Origins
Origin of romantic comedy1
Example Sentences
Growing up, she loved romantic comedies like You’ve Got Mail, 10 Things I Hate About You and 13 Going on 30.
A trope in romantic comedies is that storybook ending where every end is tied up in a bow and it feels great because they lived happily ever after.
This comedy-superhero-adventure hybrid is at its best when it tosses the formula completely and gives in to the idea that a superhero movie can really be anything, even a romantic comedy.
Sure, we had 2018’s “Love Simon,” but that was more a less a teen romantic comedy.
This might not be especially important if you’re watching a romantic comedy, but if you’re listening to music or gaming, it’s pretty essential.
But she still wants to make the point that it is still a romantic comedy, in the way that the definition of that term is evolving.
Rafi and Dirty Randy is basically an insane romantic comedy for two male characters on television.
After decades of too-cute, formulaic romantic comedy pairings in movies and TV, their behavior seems downright revolutionary.
What do you think the state of the romantic comedy is these days?
The filmmaker behind classics like The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally is back with the romantic comedy And So It Goes.
If there is any fundamental difference between "romantic comedy" and "romance," what is it?
It is a revenge play with a ghost, combining Senecan gruesomeness with the motives of romantic comedy.
To these should perhaps be added romantic comedy with its idealized love story and its element of averted tragedy.
Both romantic comedy and chronicle history had their hey-day during the dozen years that he was devoting to those species.
The distinctions between tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy, and romantic comedy often become barely discernible.
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