![]() Noah, repeatedly referred to as “cheesily handsome”, often reads more like a cipher than a real person. It shouldn’t smell floral when I’m getting oral.”Īnd while Romantic Comedy convinces readers of the connection between Sally and Noah, its characters and world often lack the texture of real life. I groaned at many behind-the-scenes barbs among the comedy writers, such as Danny’s: “It’s very demeaning that you think my vagina needs cleaning. A skit about dogs doing Google searches fell flat. ![]() She employed it beautifully in Eligible perhaps it helped to borrow the skeleton of the most popular romantic comedy of all time.Ĭomedy is subjective, of course, but I didn’t find the jokes in this novel very funny. ![]() Sittenfeld can be a master of sardonic, devastatingly arch observational wit. ![]() But there aren’t enough of them in Romantic Comedy. ![]()
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