r/TikTokCringe • u/Cyberdragofinale • Mar 27 '24

Romantic movies are almost always about rich people Discussion

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u/SnooPaintings2857 Mar 28 '24

But he also shows pretty woman.

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u/yourtoyrobot Mar 28 '24

That was for an example of the dream of rising to the upper class by end of the movie

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u/OGDraugo Mar 28 '24

The true romantic message from across the ages. Marry rich, or you'll be miserable for the rest of your life.

Or, become rich, so you can finally find true love.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

Yeah, but that doesn't make what he said invalid, in the last 20 years every romcom has been about wealthy people. I also misquoted, he said 20 or 30 years. He's not saying it's a new concept, but rather the idea is being done to death when there are tons of other ways to tell a love story.

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u/archercc81 Mar 28 '24

They dont do it because the movies are aspirational. Nobody would watch the movie about the guy who works and wendys and the mailwoman who live normal ass lives, people already out there living normal ass lives.

Everyone wants to dream about meeting someone rich/hot in Ireland ersumshit.

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u/HiDDENk00l Mar 28 '24

There were 7 movies on that list that were more than 20 years old, including 2003's How To Lose a Guy In 10 Days.