Steel Notes Magazine February 2017 | Page 58

Steel Notes Magazine
February 2017

Love is Around the Corner : A Short History of Rom Coms since When Harry Met Sally

By Jerry Saravia - Pseudo Film Critic
There is no way that anyone can view “ How to Be Single ,” the latest romantic comedy confection in the “ Sex and the City ” vein , and not have any idea on what to expect . The latest pop songs filter through the soundtrack as we witness young twentysomething / thirtysomething women juggling NYC careers while dating and bedding men in the club scene . Okay , nothing new here and New York has been the haven for such romantic couplings in the past , far too many to name here in the last twenty years alone . What strikes me about this latest soufflé is that “ How to Be Single ” has the most appealing cast I ’ ve seen in quite some time and its ending strikes a different chord than most of its ilk .
But let us get back to the relentless clichés of the most exhausted genre of romantic com-

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