The romantic comedy genre is full of really, really bad movies featuring douchie male leads and women who can be politely described as harpies. Think Made of Honor in which Michelle Monaghan berates Patrick Dempsey for his sex-toy bridal shower (an accident on his part) like a prudish little schoolmarm instead of a sophisticated 30-something [...]
Ingenue
The ingenue may be my least favorite heroine type. In fact, I would go so far as to say that my dislike of the ingenue is not only active but that it borders on hatred. There is no objectivity when I am faced with an ingenue. I cannot divorce myself from my knee-jerk, visceral reaction [...]
Beautiful Heroines Make Me Want to Stab Things: A Rant
Despite the fact that I consider myself to be a very advanced reader–that is I read not only for pleasure and escape but also for knowledge and criticism, or whatever it is that distinguishes the two–I admit to a certain low brow reading habit in that I project myself into the hero. When I can’t do [...]
