{"id":64468,"date":"2023-12-20T22:21:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T22:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/?p=2038555"},"modified":"2023-12-20T22:21:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T22:21:39","slug":"how-the-sexual-revolution-killed-the-rom-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/20\/how-the-sexual-revolution-killed-the-rom-com\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Sexual Revolution Killed the Rom-Com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The death of the Hollywood rom-com\u2019s popularity is a tragic side effect of embracing the sexual revolution \u2014 and only a change in its values can bring it back.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two just-released films showcased the failure of the romantic fantasy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/priscilla-review-cailee-spaeny\/\">Priscilla<\/a>,\u201d the Sofia Coppola-directed film about the wife of Elvis Presley<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhat Happens Later,\u201d directed by Meg Ryan about two former lovers who meet again at an airport while simultaneously having their flights delayed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cPriscilla\u201d deals with Priscilla being swept up in the fairy-tale romance of being wooed by, and then married to Elvis Presley, only for that fantasy (and marriage) to fall apart. \u201cWhat Happens Later\u201d explores with how the fairy-tale love story the protagonists thought they would have in their younger years never materializes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/sexual-revolution-rom-com-trend\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FDBWk6BohVXk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Video\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s common knowledge that the Hollywood rom-com has been largely \u201cdead\u201d for a while now. Obviously, Hollywood still makes them, such as \u201cTo All The Boys I Loved Before\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/ticket-to-paradise-box-office-woke-free\/\">Ticket to Paradise<\/a>,\u201d but we&#8217;re also seeing anti-rom-com\u2019s like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt15333984\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">\u201cSomebody I Used To Know.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are largely low-budget affairs that typically come and go in limited release or on streaming platforms. Gone are the days when rom-coms were blockbusters in their own right. Films like \u201cWhen Harry Met Sally,\u201d \u201cYou Got Mail\u201d and \u201cHitch\u201d come to mind, not to mention something as colossal like \u201cTitanic.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>CAUSES FOR THE DECLINE<\/h2>\n<p>Many explanations for the decline of the Hollywood romance film have been touted in recent years. The rise of the \u201cmega blockbuster\u201d and superhero movies, the death of the mid-budget movie and the rise of streaming services have all been put out there as possible reasons.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s reason to believe that at least part of the decline in rom-coms comes from the fact that a large part of the audience just doesn\u2019t believe in romance anymore. Fewer and fewer people are<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2023\/07\/19\/why-are-people-not-getting-married-anymore.html#:~:text=Almost%2090%25%20of%20the%20world's,for%20both%20men%20and%20women.\"  rel=\"noopener\"> getting married<\/a> and increasingly people are getting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/social-trends\/2020\/08\/20\/nearly-half-of-u-s-adults-say-dating-has-gotten-harder-for-most-people-in-the-last-10-years\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">disillusioned with dating<\/a>. And this is bleeding its way into people\u2019s viewing preferences.<\/p>\n<p>A new study shows that Gen Z has said they want TV and movies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/10\/25\/1208435267\/sex-teens-tv-movies#:~:text=A%20new%20study%20about%20young,those%20featuring%20sex%20and%20romance.\"  rel=\"noopener\">focus less on romantic relationships<\/a> and more on platonic ones like friendships. Why? I would argue a big part of this is the rom-com genre itself, which sold people a lie about what love is supposed to look like and how to find it \u2013 causing generations to become disillusioned with love itself and some to give up on it. Once people give up more and more on love in the real world, the less they want to see it portrayed on screen.<\/p>\n<p>The rom-com genre since the 1980s and \u201890s has promoted a view of love and romance based on the cultural shifts of the sexual revolution of the same era. This sexual revolution was based, in part, on the migration of people from farms to cities in the early 20th century and the wide acceptance of birth control and abortion decades later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/can-meg-ryan-revive-the-rom-com\/\"><strong>RELATED: CAN MEG RYAN REVIVE THE ROM-COM?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/05\/15\/the-fascinating-history-of-how-courtship-became-dating\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating<\/a>\u201d the migration to cities meant that people were largely choosing dating partners among a larger pool and people they\u2019d known for only a short time. This meant people were choosing who they dated far more based on superficial characteristics like looks and charm. Widely available birth control and abortion \u2014 along with other cultural attitude changes \u2014 lowered the cost for women to engage in casual sex.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike what some have claimed, Hollywood romance and rom-coms rarely devalued marriage or monogamy in favor of shallow casual sex. In movies like \u201cTrainwreck\u201d and shows like \u201cHow I Met Your Mother,\u201d Amy and Barney\u2019s anti-marriage and pro-casual sex philosophies are treated as toxic responses to childhood trauma.<\/p>\n<p>Almost every Hollywood romance elevated commitment and marriage.<\/p>\n<p>What Hollywood did do, however, was promote casual sex and sexual chemistry as the best \u2014 and most effective \u2014 way of finding true love. Harry and Sally have multiple partners before discovering their feelings for each other after sleeping together for the first time in the Rob Reiner classic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/sexual-revolution-rom-com-trend\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FiNvdewR9znk%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Video\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Allie and Noah\u2019s lifelong commitment in \u201cThe Notebook\u201d and Rose and Jack\u2019s timeless love in \u201cTitanic\u201d come about because they chose the person they found the most intense sexual chemistry with over the ones who seemed the most responsible and whom their families approved of.<\/p>\n<p>Jane from \u201c27 Dresses\u201d discovers that she should be with Kevin over George because she compares her kiss with one with her one-night stand with the other. The protagonists of shows such as \u201cFriends\u201d and \u201cHow I Met Your Mother\u201d appear to sleep with half of New York before finding the loves of their lives.<\/p>\n<h2>LIMITS OF \u2018PURITY CULTURE\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>More and more research is showing that casual sex is a terrible way to find lasting love. People with more sexual partners are <a href=\"https:\/\/ifstudies.org\/blog\/does-sexual-history-affect-marital-happiness#:~:text=Women%20who've%20only%20slept,to-10%20lifetime%20sexual%20partners\"  rel=\"noopener\">more likely to divorce<\/a>, be unhappy in their marriages, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ifstudies.org\/blog\/the-road-to-infidelity-passes-through-multiple-sexual-partners\"  rel=\"noopener\">to cheat<\/a>. People who<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/meet-catch-and-keep\/202101\/are-couples-that-live-together-before-marriage-more-likely-to\"  rel=\"noopener\"> live together before marriage<\/a> are at a higher risk for divorce.<\/p>\n<p>Feminists are starting to make the case that casual sex is exploitive of women rather than empowering. Take<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/how-the-sexual-revolution-has-hurt-women-11660921139\"  rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;Louise Perry<\/a>, author of the book \u201cThe Case Against The Sexual Revolution.\u201d She argues that it forces women to engage in casual sex to find a man \u2014 something most women don\u2019t want to do, which leads them to feel exploited as well as single.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, men have complained about being shut out of the dating market entirely are more and more women only compete for those men at the top. All this is causing men and women to feel burned out from dating and resentful of the opposite sex, rather than seeing the culprit as the dating strategies they\u2019ve been pitched.<\/p>\n<p>All this while the relationships that are most likely to last, have the highest rates of marital satisfaction and least amount of divorce and abuse are where the couple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U2WfKYhhVD0\"  rel=\"noopener\">go to church more than three times a week.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Go figure!<\/p>\n<p>This should be a huge cultural victory for religious conservatives, who\u2019ve often said many of these very things about the problems with the sexual revolution. Unfortunately, religious conservatives have failed to provide an alternative model that young people want to buy into. Most of the models suggest a return to the pre-dating \u201ccourtship\u201d one that doesn\u2019t work in a world where communities are less tight-knit and live in densely-populated cities.<\/p>\n<p>The model of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/15\/opinion\/sunday\/sex-christian.html\"  rel=\"noopener\">\u201cpurity culture\u201d<\/a> (named for the way it advocated men and women to remain \u201cpure\u201d until marriage) that evangelicals advocated for in response to the sexual revolution largely failed to prevent most young Christians from engaging in sex. Likewise, faith-based romance movies have<a href=\"https:\/\/religionunplugged.com\/news\/2023\/9\/21\/christian-romance-films-why-faith-based-films-like-surprised-by-oxford-struggle\"  rel=\"noopener\"> failed to provide a vision for romance<\/a> and love that can replace the one put forth by Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>Will the romantic comedy ever come back to the heights it once did? Maybe someday. It will only happen when someone figures out how to tell a story about love that audiences feel is both true and beautiful. Someone has to cast a vision for how to find love that movie-goers want to be true \u2014 and also can believe is true.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps that will come from some visionary writer-director. Or perhaps that will come from ordinary people learning how to love and be loved in ordinary lives so that it doesn\u2019t seem so far-fetched on-screen after all.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/religionunplugged.com\/news\/2023\/11\/5\/how-the-sexual-revolution-killed-the-hollywood-rom-com\"  rel=\"noopener\">Religion Unplugged.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joseph Holmes is an award-nominated filmmaker and culture critic living in New York City. He is co-host of the podcast \u201cThe Overthinkers\u201d and its companion website <a href=\"https:\/\/therealoverthinkers.wixsite.com\/my-site-1\"  rel=\"noopener\">theoverthinkersjournal.world<\/a>, where he discusses art, culture and faith with his fellow overthinkers. 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Two just-released films showcased the failure of the romantic fantasy: \u201cPriscilla,\u201d the Sofia Coppola-directed film about the wife of Elvis Presley \u201cWhat Happens Later,\u201d directed by \u2026<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/sexual-revolution-rom-com-trend\/\">How the Sexual Revolution Killed the Rom-Com<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/\">Hollywood in 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