Hollywood romantic

In the 1970´s, Brian Henderson predicted that, due to ‘changes within family structures and sexual relationships´, and a ‘loss of faith in the interest of romance as a subject´, the romantic comedy would become outdated and therefore, supposedly, an ‘impossibility´ in today´s cinema (FM3011 – Comedy Henderson, Austin: ). Indeed, there have been many alterations to our social structures since the classic Hollywood era, defined by Susan Hayward as ‘the cinema tradition that dominated Hollywood production …

…the first place, will always play a significant role. The only real differences from the classic era to its contemporary equivalents are the historical events: the social, political or economic issues, which affect the audiences from the respective periods. As long as there are problems within a culture, there will always be space for films (particularly romantic comedies) to create a diversion, a fantasy world of escapism in which audiences can remove themselves from reality.