Time for ‘You’ve got mail’ to get on OKCupid?
These days, box office hits include explosions, aliens and robots – characters most romantic comedies do not contain.
Megan Garber, staff writer for The Atlantic, says the romantic comedy has been dying a slow death, as studios fail to recognize the evolution of romance itself. Rom-coms are not portraying the reality of dating for people in the digital age.
“The world of Tinder, eHarmony and Match.com is not really well reflected in Hollywood at this point,” says Garber. “Right now, there isn’t much on the screen that would sort of tell us how to behave in this crazy world of online dating.”
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