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How Rom-Coms Distort Romance
How Rom-Coms Distort Romance
It's an attitude suggested even in the many rom-coms that aren't explicitly stalkery in their premises, but whose plots-and whose sense of what romance is all about-revolve, nonetheless, around gamefied manipulations. Cameron, in 10 Things I Hate About You, fakes a deep knowledge of French so he can become Bianca's tutor.
theatlantic.com



