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Author: Kat_

Apr 2nd 2014 at 4:22:15 AM

AgProv: it's very true that the UK output is often less glam, and yes, there is actually a trope, KitchenSinkDrama.

Prfnoff: I do get what you mean about the width of scope of including both nurturing (teachers and doctors) and creative jobs, but on the other hand this is exactly what I find uncanny within rom com: that it's usually only these two tiny clusters of jobs. But there's just so many rom coms that apply, there's no helping that the list of examples is long :)

Also I think separating them into two tropes (like Caring Profession) might create some confusion, since other genres do also feature e.g. teachers, doctors, or journalists prominently, however with a totally different motivation and context. E.g. in All the President's Men the story is about investigative journalism, so the main characters are not working in media just to get girls.

I do see your point about someone working in media not necessarily having a creative job, so I added specification in the text to try clarify that (as the characters in these films are definitely not in media accounting or work at the reception, that's not the effect that the screenwriters have been going for).