Comedy/Romance/Drama
1940 The Shop Around the
Corner
Retrowaste. The 1940’s. n.p., n.d. Web. 25 09 16
American’s at this time were so focused on WWII,
they would use comedy in film to boost morale. Many men were going to war and
women to work. This romantic comedy features a working woman. Also many people
had pen pals during the war. This couple meets through an ad in the paper.
Societal Roles and Expectations Through the 1940’s-50’s.
Role of Women During the 1940’s. Blogger.
N.d. Web. 25 09 16
Women were now working in the 1940’s because men
were at war, the social role was changing, so movies had women in working roles
to make it more identifiable. The dynamic of the family was changing due to the
war.
Lee, Susie. The History of Online Dating From 1695 to
Now. Huffington Post, 14 02 16. Web. 25 09 16
Dating in
the 1940’s had some twists as well. We see in this film, they meet through an
ad. In the 1960’s they have the first computer generated dating program. Then
as we move on to the remake, online dating.
Here is a
timeline from the site:
1920s: Lonely WWI Soldiers Seek Pen
Pals
Personal ads went mainstream again in the early 20th century, when social pressures to get married by 21 (and thus, expectations for relationships) were much lower, thankfully than their earlier incarnations. Many of the postings were simply calls for friends or pen pals. These kinds of ads were especially fashionable among lonely soldiers during World War I.
Personal ads went mainstream again in the early 20th century, when social pressures to get married by 21 (and thus, expectations for relationships) were much lower, thankfully than their earlier incarnations. Many of the postings were simply calls for friends or pen pals. These kinds of ads were especially fashionable among lonely soldiers during World War I.
1960s: Counterculture and Computer
Love
Removed from the context of wartime, old stigmas crept back in. Like the Internet today, lonely hearts ads were suspected of harboring all sort of scams and perversities. Because they were often used by homosexuals and sex workers, British police continued to prosecute those who placed personals until the late 1960s, when ads became part of the burgeoning youth counterculture.
Removed from the context of wartime, old stigmas crept back in. Like the Internet today, lonely hearts ads were suspected of harboring all sort of scams and perversities. Because they were often used by homosexuals and sex workers, British police continued to prosecute those who placed personals until the late 1960s, when ads became part of the burgeoning youth counterculture.
Meanwhile, a new technology was emerging. In 1965,
a team of Harvard undergrads created Operation Match, the
world’s first computer dating service. For $3, users could answer
questionnaires and receive a list of potential matches, a process that is still
used by many dating sites.
1990s-2000s: Second Wave of
Mainstream
The explosion of the Internet in the mid-to-late 1990s created a new context for personals, and by the end of the decade, they had become relatively acceptable. Even before the Web itself, bulletin boards and newsgroups hosted a variety of ways people could use technology to meet others with similar interests, including dating. Services such as America Online, Prodigy and eventually Craigslist offered chat rooms, forums and online classifieds of use to singles. By the time Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan AOL’d each other in You’ve Got Mail, it had become clear that the Internet was going to change every aspect of our lives forever — including love and romance. Match.com was founded in 1995, and by 2007, online dating had become the second highest online industry for paid content. (....Can you guess what’s #1?)
The explosion of the Internet in the mid-to-late 1990s created a new context for personals, and by the end of the decade, they had become relatively acceptable. Even before the Web itself, bulletin boards and newsgroups hosted a variety of ways people could use technology to meet others with similar interests, including dating. Services such as America Online, Prodigy and eventually Craigslist offered chat rooms, forums and online classifieds of use to singles. By the time Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan AOL’d each other in You’ve Got Mail, it had become clear that the Internet was going to change every aspect of our lives forever — including love and romance. Match.com was founded in 1995, and by 2007, online dating had become the second highest online industry for paid content. (....Can you guess what’s #1?)
1998 You’ve Got Mail
Gray, Emma. 12
Ways Nora Ephron Taught Us To Be Better Women. Huffington Post, 19 05 16.
Web. 25 09 16
The women in Nora Ephron’s stories were celebrated
for their great qualities and not so great qualities. Messages that women
should dream, love, and feel beautiful.
Hefner, Veronica, and Barbara J. Wilson. "From Love At First Sight
To Soul Mate: The Influence Of Romantic Ideals In Popular Films On Young
People's Beliefs About Relationships." Communication Monographs 80.2
(2013): 150-175. Communication & Mass Media Complete.
Web. 25 Sept. 2016.
Large discount chain stores are putting small
stores out of business. In particular Barnes and Nobles is of topic in the 1990’s.
We see a comparison to this with “Fox Books” and “The Shop Around the Corner.”
Nicholson, Amy. Who
Killed The Romantic Comedy? LA Weekly, n.d. Web. 25 09 16
People are losing interest in romantic comedies
with the popularity of young silly reality dating shows, men still do not like
them. The idea of romance has changed in a modern society and people are not
gaining perspective from these stories any longer.
Johnson,
Kimberly R., and Bjarne M. Holmes. "Contradictory Messages: A Content
Analysis Of Hollywood-Produced Romantic Comedy Feature Films."Communication Quarterly 57.3 (2009): 352-373. Communication & Mass Media Complete. Web. 25 Sept. 2016
Social Cognitive Theory is explained as to why people enjoy watching
romantic comedies. They are able to identify and gain perspective on the way
they think love should feel like, look like, and act like. This explains that
the type of romantic comedy you like, says more than you think about the way
you view love and the type of partner you are in relationships.
Hefner, Veronica, and
Barbara J. Wilson. "From Love At First Sight To Soul Mate: The Influence
Of Romantic Ideals In Popular Films On Young People's Beliefs About
Relationships." Communication Monographs 80.2
(2013): 150-175. Communication & Mass Media Complete.
Web. 25 Sept. 2016.
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