Romantic comedies create anticipations and unattainable ideas about romance. Society takes those ideologies and apply them to they place them within their own relationships causing problems. The media constantly surrounds us with these ideals preaching that love is all we need to be happy, but “statistics concerning the rate of depression and suicides after a divorce or romantic break up remind us what might happen if all that we need [fails]” Aaron Ben-Zeev, psychologist and the author of In the Name of Love argues. Majority of romantic relationships fail because of dissatisfaction or wanting more than what the significant other provides, whether it's money, attention,excitement, etc. Many become dissatisfied because of the fact that society…show more content… There are conventions that make a pattern in all romantic comedies, these steps consistent of, ‘The Meet-Cute and Development’, ‘The Exit and Chase’ and ‘The Speech and Kiss’. When watching this, it subtly tells the audience that relationships should follow these steps in order to be successful. Recent theory and research shows that individuals hold certain standards concerning the ideal attributes of their significant other and the prefered qualities of a romantic relationship. The ‘Meet-Cute’ plot point usually occurs in the beginning of a film when the main male character meets the main female character or vice versa. This is necessary to expedite the relationships developed during the course of the film, but it is often dignified in a stilted and awkward manner. This humorous sense of awkwardness is only escalated by the fact that the two potential partners are always depicted as having some form of contrasting personalities or beliefs, which contributes to the notion of opposites attract. This meaning that if the guy is presented as a testosterone-laced model, the girl will always be a more sensitive and understanding figure (Hoffman). In Development, both the boy and girl tend to have their respective best friends, generally secondary to the main plot, also guarantees to furnish and bestow humorous commentary on how farcical the situation is between the two leads. In addition, these friends typically attempt to offer advice that is usually of little value or sometimes gets them into trouble. The exit and chase is at some point towards the end of the second act in the film, the male and female will undergo some sort of plot predicament as a result of miscommunication. Due to this miscommunication or some previously made engagement, either the boy or girl will decide that
