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Romantic comedy films

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Duppy and the Dybbuk, 2019

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Identifier: sw_2019spring_brown_aaron.pdf
Overview "Duppy and the Dybbuk is a romantic comedy about a young mixed race couple whose love is tested by the supernatural opposition of the ghosts of the lovers' grandmothers. The story deals with themes of assimilation, xenophobia, and the fraught nature of cultural inheritance in modern day America. As the grandmother ghosts attempt to break up the young couple, the lovers must figure out what is going on and grow into better versions of themselves, learning not to entirely discard the past in...
Dates: 2019

Midsummer, 2019

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Identifier: sw_2019spring_gillogly_allison.pdf
Overview "Midsummer is a romantic comedy film with a diverse ensemble of characters that explores the nature of love in its many forms – romantic, affectionate, familial, playful, obsessive, enduring, self-less, and self-love. Modernizing Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by transforming the play's four lovers into love-struck teenagers, the fairies into rock and pop stars, and the rude mechanicals into hapless nerds, the film aims to be part of the rich cinematic tradition of Shakespearean...
Dates: 2019

Songs My Mother Taught Me, 2024

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Identifier: sf_2024spring_collins_rance.pdf
Overview "In this gay-themed romantic comedy, Brett and Carlos meet as plus-ones at a party that ends up being an orgy neither wishes to participate in. Outside the "action," they hit it off through their mutual love of word games, 1990s sitcoms and bad puns. Brett's not on social, so they exchange numbers and get coffee... but then discover that they have seemingly incompatible lives. Brett is a reverend at an inclusive Methodist church. Carlos is a porn star of some notoriety... and a recovering...
Dates: 2024

Wisdom candy, 2007

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Overview

'Wisdom Candy' is a fourteen minute narrative romantic comedy video. The unexpected death of a young man's boss brings about a series of peculiar circumstances which impel him to break free of his insecurities and pursue his love interest. -- abstract.

Dates: 2007