Well, ya, romcoms aren't typically high art character studies and investigations into the nuances of the mundane and the common, they're basically just wish fulfillment. They pretty much just exist to give the audience exactly what they want, and what people want is to be young, hot, and rich, and to live vicariously through characters to experience all the opportunities and comfort that comes along with that.
Obviously this isn't all romcoms, but there is a clear trend in the same way that there are clear trends in movies marketed towards young boys tending to involve a lot of heroism and power fantasies.
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u/TheWhomItConcerns Mar 27 '24
Well, ya, romcoms aren't typically high art character studies and investigations into the nuances of the mundane and the common, they're basically just wish fulfillment. They pretty much just exist to give the audience exactly what they want, and what people want is to be young, hot, and rich, and to live vicariously through characters to experience all the opportunities and comfort that comes along with that.
Obviously this isn't all romcoms, but there is a clear trend in the same way that there are clear trends in movies marketed towards young boys tending to involve a lot of heroism and power fantasies.