https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/22/why-are-romantic-comedies-so-awful/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 02:13:22 -0400<![CDATA[Among the most fundamental obligations of romantic comedy is that there must be an obstacle to nuptial bliss for the budding couple to overcome. And, put simply, such obstacles are getting harder and harder to come by. They used to lie thick on the ground: parental disapproval, difference in social class, a promise made to another. But society has spent decades busily uprooting any impediment to the marriage of true minds. Love is increasingly presumed—perhaps in Hollywood most of all—to transcend class, profession, faith, age, race, gender, and (on occasion) marital status.]]>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:45:18 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/22/why-are-romantic-comedies-so-awful-n100347