Romantic comedy

From the screwball comedies of the 1930s and '40s, through the films of Billy Wilder to contemporary films like Broadcast news and When Harry met Sally, romantic comedies often mask disturbing social and psychological observations with breezy dialogue and ridiculous slapstick. American cinema: Romantic comedy explores both sides of American film comedy - the surface humour and its more critical roots in questions of gender and sexuality.

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"Interviews directors, screenwriters and scholars about the Hollywood romantic comedy."
"Explores the evolution and popularity of the romantic comedy film, from the witty and sophisticated screwball comedies of the 1930s and 40s, the overt sexuality of the 1950s and 60s, explicit sex of the 70s, and the more realistic comedies with contemporary issues of the 1980s and 90s. Accompanied by film excerpts and commentary by writers and directors."
"From the screwball comedies of the 1930s and '40s, through the films of Billy Wilder to contemporary films like Broadcast news and When Harry met Sally, romantic comedies often mask disturbing social and psychological observations with breezy dialogue and ridiculous slapstick. American cinema: Romantic comedy explores both sides of American film comedy - the surface humour and its more critical roots in questions of gender and sexuality."@en
"From the screwball comedies of the 1930s and '40s, through the films of Billy Wilder to contemporary films like Broadcast News and When Harry Met Sally, romantic comedies often mask disturbing social and psychological observations with breezy dialogue and ridiculous slapstick. Explores both sides of American film comedy - the surface humour and its more critical roots in questions of gender and sexuality."
"Program explores romantic comedy films which often indirectly reveal truths about the battle of the sexes. Explores both sides of American romantic comedy, the surface humor and its roots in questions of gender and sexuality, Includes interviews with directors, screenwriters and scholars."@en
"The nature of romantic comedy in Hollywood is explored, from the s̀crewball comedies' of the 30s and 40s to the discovery of overt sexuality of the present. Now we want to see differerent kinds of resolutions to cultural contradictions."@en
"Looks at romantic comedies and finds that they often mask disturbing social and psychological observations with breezy dialogue and slapstick."@en
"Looks at romantic comedies and finds that they often mask disturbing social and psychological observations with breezy dialogue and slapstick."
"Explores how romantic comedies indirectly reveal truths about the nature of male-female relationships in each generation. Discusses the development of screwball comedies in the 1930s, which were largely shaped by the motion picture censorship code. Examines the empowered roles of women and the portrayal of sexuality in romantic comedies. Directors James L. Brooks, Amy Heckerling, and Nora Ephron take a close look at some of the best-loved romantic comedies and discuss how their own films keep the genre alive."@en
"Program explores romantic comedy films which often indirectly reveal truths about the battle of the sexes. Explores both sides of American romantic comedy, the surface humor and its roots in questions of gender and sexuality, Includes interviews with directors, screenwriters and scholars. The second program explores how the film noir genre, which reached its peak in the 1950s, reflected the pessimism and paranoia that were signs of the times. With its roots in German expressionism and its disturbing sense of corruption and urban decay these "black films" were a mirror of the American psyche."@en