Now that You season two is almost back on Netflix, let's talk about the most toxic romantic comedy storylines of all time
stalking women, breaking into their homes, monitoring their social media and cutting them off from their friends, creepy? Or is his behaviour romantic? The answer is, of course, the latter, but it’s not difficult to see how the discourse has become warped. Because almost everything that Joe does in- with the exception of murdering people - has been used in a romantic comedy before for an entirely different effect.
But just how prevalent are these toxic, problematic storylines? You’d be surprised. Some of them are even in your romantic comedy faves. The beloved Christmas classic has become something of a gold standard when it comes to discussing problematic romantic comedies. If you were playing toxic storyline bingo,is an instant winner: it features a storyline of a man filming a woman without her consent and keeping the footage for purposes unknown and multiple instances of potential sexual harassment in the workforce.
But it is the story of Mark and Juliet that proves the most toxic. Mark is the best friend of Peter , who has recently married Juliet. Both Peter and Juliet think that Mark despises her when the reality is that he loves her, actually, an emotion that he expresses by ignoring her at all times and secretly filming her.
He is rewarded for this truly creepy behaviour with a kiss on the cheek from Juliet after he turns up at her house, tells her to lie to her husband, and confesses his love for her.about his character. No question about it. “That was my question to [director and writer] Richard Curtis, ‘Do you think we’re sort of borderline stalker territory here?’ And he said ‘No, no. Not with you playing it, darling. You’ll be alright.
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