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521. Directorpiece Theatre: How Rob Reiner Constructs Romantic Comedies

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What Makes a Rom-Com Appealing?

I think that rom-coms are by and large an attempt to capture a contemporary human experience of love. Woody Allen does a whole version of this that for a very long time was extremely popular. Wes Anderson's filmmaking is very much a tension grabbing, which I think actually dilutes some of the potency of what makes a rom-com appealing.

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