This cross-post from Amanda Krauss previously appeared at Risatrix. Romantic comedies have existed for literally thousands of years; the same historical genre, comoedia, is also responsible for today’s sitcoms. But romantic comedies, especially, have suffered a great deal in the last few decades. These supposed “chick” flicks (male-authored for millennia, and still mostly male-created) get … Continue reading Guest Writer Wednesday: Rom-Coms Don’t Suck