Nancy Meyers' ``The Something's Gotta Give'' sparked a revolution in the romantic comedy industry.

Revolutionizing the representation of women in Hollywood

In the romantic comedy genre, where women in their 20s and 30s tend to be the main actors, ``The Something's Gotta Give'' is a pioneering film that realistically and positively depicts love between middle-aged and older women, and is often seen in the context of feminism. It will be taken away. In the film, Erica's sister Zoe, played by Frances McDonand, appears as a feminist who teaches women's studies at a university. She raises the question, "How are women of the same generation treated who have achieved fame?" and makes Harry uncomfortable. Here, Meyers's signature style of subtly mixing feminism into comedy is on display, starting with her screenwriting debut, ``Private Benjamin.''

On the other hand, there are some aspects of the film that cannot necessarily be said to be highly praised in today's context. This movie suffers from many of the same problems that Hollywood romantic comedies often suffer from. A romantic drama between wealthy white heterosexual men. The existence of minorities is ignored, and the goal of marriage is blindly believed as the happiest ending. ``The Something's Gotta Give'' certainly fits into this bad pattern as a structure.

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Erika is a famous playwright who owns a beachfront villa. Harry is the president of a record company that produces blockbuster hits one after another. Julian is a successful doctor. Financial worries don't exist in their world, and non-white people generally only appear in small roles. However, Keanu Reeves, who plays Julian, is an actor of Asian descent, and Zoe, who is a feminist, can also be interpreted as a lesbian, although it is not explicitly stated. We cannot necessarily conclude that the world is ``a world without minorities.''

Despite its flaws, ``The Something's Gotta Give'' was certainly a revolution in Hollywood's romantic comedy industry. As shown in Rosanna Arquette's `` Looking for Debra Winger '' (2002), actresses over the age of 40 are usually removed from the list of heroines in romantic movies. , starring actress Diane Keaton, who was in her 50s at the time, depicts the love and sex of a middle-aged woman, and was a huge success both commercially and critically. He brilliantly proved it.

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