Screwball comedies of the 30s and 40s couldn’t always be called high-brow, story-lines anymore than comedies nowadays.
Because of censors, writers had to be clever about their innuendo (check out: It Happened One Night 1934 – Frank Capra).
Above all, the screwball comedies, and the present day romantic comedies, should have charm and connection with the audience. [...]
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I’m a fan of old black and white films, His Girl Friday, My Man Godfrey, You Can’t Take It With You; otherwise known as screwball comedies.
I’m not sure when the term romantic-comedy was first coined as a film category. But I suppose they stem from the screwball comedies of the 30s/40s. Films generally tagged as [...]
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With Battlestar Galactica’s final season having just begun along with Lost, and with Heroes not far behind, my friends and I have returned to discussing our favourite topic: Science-fiction; particularly science-fiction television.
Over the years I have liked:
Stargate: Atlantis over Stargate SG-1, Babylon 5, Star Trek Next Generation, I even liked Total Recall 2070, Eerie-Indiana (campy [...]
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