why Hollywood ruined romantic comedies
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Published 2023-12-16
Where did all the rom coms go? In this video, Sabrina explores the death of the mid-budget studio movie and figures out the future of rom coms. In the process, she learns more about the history of the genre with Scott Meslow, the nature of professional writing with Adam Conover, and writes her own rom com with some friends.
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Sabrina
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Melissa
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Taha
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CREDITS
Produced by Sabrina Cruz
Video Editing by Sabrina Cruz and Joe Trickey
Sound Design by Joe Trickey
Special Thanks to
Tope Babalola: www.instagram.com/tope_babalola
Adam Conover www.instagram.com/adamconover
Melissa Fernandes: www.instagram.com/mehlizfern
Taha Khan: www.instagram.com/khanstopme
Scott Meslow: twitter.com/scottmeslow
Gregor Reynolds: www.instagram.com/gregorreynolds
Kariza Santos: youtube.com/@LifeOfRiza
Shanik Tanna: www.instagram.com/recess.community
Carley Thorne: youtube.com/c/uncarley
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 where did all the rom coms go
00:46 did rom coms really die
01:16 finding the most mid rom com for science
01:47 are rom coms really coming back?
02:37 doing research (watching movies)
02:53 am i a video essayist now
05:15 how iron man killed the rom com
05:55 or did he?
06:33 how Netflix saved the rom com
07:56 or did it?
08:06 building the most romantic AI of all time
09:13 thank you to Scentbird - use code ANSWER55
10:42 reviewing the worst rom coms of all time
14:25 why chatGPT is a bad writer
15:20 asking Adam Conover how writing works
16:54 local woman learns how business works
17:55 how do we really save rom coms?
18:25 the power of friendship
20:58 love in the limelight is my favourite rom com
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Welcome to the joke under the fold! Not everyone one likes romantic comedies. Take this joke for example:
Why don't trees like romantic comedies?
Because they are too sappy!
Leave a comment with the word SAP to let me know you were here ;-)
All Comments (21)
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this has made me realize that good romcoms are still being made but they're on ao3
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I dont know why but it has never accured to me that video essayist might be using a teleprompter instead of just memorizing their lines
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"After all the media theorising, it was capitalism ?!" 😂 The true ending of every video essay. Welcome to the genre Sabrina 😛
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The idea that the characters confess their love for eachother for the first time, several times in a row, is hilarious to me.
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Adam's point that if an executive with ChatGPT could do all the rewrites and studio notes and the dozen other things it takes to actually produce a good script "they'd be a f**king writer" genuinely changed my brain chemistry. Also the joy from the writers room just recharged the batteries in my soul, this whole video SLAPS
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"my favorite romcom only exist in my head" welcome to thw world of writing
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I had never heard of bride wars but I misinterpreted the AI synopsis as the two wedding planners are falling for each other and now I need THAT movie instead.
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Oh my god, the idea of having the director confessing his love to show the actor how to do it would probably take my breath away, I'm not even a fan of romcoms but if that was executed correctly I think I would shed some tears
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As a 90s kids, the lack of good modern romcoms explains the current transition to kdramas. They make some good romcoms that fulfil my need for unrealistic love stories that you can laugh with along the way.
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"My favorite romcom doesn't exist it's just a conversation I had with my friends." Every TTRPG player ever just nodded in sympathy lol
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"My favorite rom-com doesn't exist!" Me every time I start writing The writer's room energy is so real, though. A near-perfect high (as long as you aren't doing it for a studio day in and day out, I assume). See also: unhinged, collaborative RPG playing.
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The idea of sabrina doing the script as a one woman show, thereby watching herself confess to herself, saying she did it wrong, confessing her love for herself, and then telling herself to confess to herself again like that is amazing to me
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Nice get getting Adam to guest on your video. The WGA did well choosing him as one of faces of the striking writers, he’s both passionate and articulate on the issues.
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At this point I half expect Sabrina to bust down my door to educate me
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Hbomberguy has become the boogeyman of all video essayists 😂
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The existential horror of being in the latter half of an hbomberguy video knows no bounds. It seeps into every part of daily life.
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4:42 Sabrina, you can't even roast a Seth Rogan movie without apologising! Never change. 😂
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So that interaction you had with your "writers room" is one of the major joys of table top role playing games! Working together to craft a story all while staying within the constraints of a particular world with it's own set of rules. Super fun stuff, so if you enjoyed that and you don't already I'd suggest playing some D&D!
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NGL, that one scene with the director showing the actor how to do it. Got me. I would love to see that in a movie.
