The standard format for a romantic comedy has both key characters introduced very early in the script/movie -- say, in the first ten pages/minutes. I'm looking for examples of romantic comedies where one of the romantic leads is introduced later in the movie.
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posted by allnamesaretaken
on Jan 22, 2013 -
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I am lost, I am interested in being a positive influence to other people by making them laugh or helping them out with life problems. Need some suggestions.
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posted by Trinergy
on Jun 19, 2012 -
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Happy May 1, everyone! Movie questions - I'm putting together a film series showing radical comedy about being working class/pink collar/lower-middle-class, mostly drawn from the sixties, seventies and early eighties. Or at least I hope I am - this was inspired by realizing how great
9 to 5 is and a vague memory of seeing reruns of other movies with a similar sensibility on the late show in the late eighties and early nineties.
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posted by Frowner
on May 1, 2012 -
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Are any of the
Carry On films any good? If so, please tell me which one you feel is the best, with your rationale for why that is. Because I would be using this question as a possible springboard to watching one or more of the films, I'd like to request that you not include any of the actual jokes in your answers
(e.g., "'Nurse, where's this man's tits?' Classic line!" None of that, please).
posted by Greg Nog
on Apr 7, 2011 -
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Back in the mid 90s I and a friend were up at 4am and saw a comedy so gloriously quirky we couldn't believe we were watching it. It was on TNT or another network that broadcasts back to back B-movies.
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posted by clarknova
on Mar 21, 2011 -
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For his birthday, my dad wants DVDs of German films/TV series. But they can't be grim or weird. German comedies are the safest bet. Do those exist?
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posted by Beardman
on Nov 15, 2010 -
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This is easy - I just want the 'TV' version of Steve Martin's 'The Jerk'. So... how do I get it?
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posted by Bageena
on Jul 11, 2009 -
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Need a movie id. I saw it in the 80's and the plot was that the U.S.S.R. had created an "Anytown, USA" and kidnapped some americans to populate it with to study/observe. I thought it was titled "Back in the U.S.S.R." but alas the one on IMDB is not it.
posted by zap rowsdower
on Sep 13, 2007 -
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In light of the horrendously awful "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry," are there any GOOD (i.e. both funny and non-homophobic) comedies about straight people either having to pretend they're gay or, more generally, about straight people slowly but surely letting go of their prejudices towards LGBT people?
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posted by Ash3000
on Jul 19, 2007 -
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Asking for a friend: Looking for a movie or tv show that deals with investing in a comedic way.
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posted by Sreiny
on Jan 18, 2007 -
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Two-part Britcom question. First, what was the name of the show involving a man teaching an English as a second language class? Second, why are most Britcoms still shot on videotape, whereas most American shows are shot on film (or that version of video that makes it look like film)?
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posted by schoolgirl report
on Apr 22, 2004 -
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