An interesting article about the popularity of bittersweet romantic comedies/"dramedies" at the Sundance Film Festival. Audrey and I were recently talking about the seeming lack of original romantic comedies being released as of late, so I was intrigued by this development in Park City. The films seem to be focused on portraying a kind of young, "indie"-type love that seeks to play off the recent appeal of "Once". It seems the romance may now run a little less quaint and the comedy a lot more subtle than "You Got Mail" or "Two Weeks Notice," at least.
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That's interesting that they are using the word "dramedy" so much -- it's not a genre I associate with film as much as television -- where it started with shows like the The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd and Hooperman in the mid- 80s (Actually it started earlier with shows like MASH but they weren't labeled as such) Any way I don't recall the term being used for films.
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