Talk:Bromantic comedy

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First of all, this is a great article. I am surprised it didn't exist already! Good thing you guys jumped at this fantastic opportunity to take a class project and make it super fun! It may be a good idea to add a section listing bromances that come up in smaller themes in other movies, although I am not sure this is necessary. Overall, just a bang-up job of presenting a neutral, unbiased lens on the concept of a Brah-mantic comedy. However, I did make one edit that I thought was a bit off. It said at first "pair of male friends can bond almost as strongly as heterosexual lovers," I thought this was insensitive and ignorant, so I removed the word, "heterosexual". 20:22, 7 November 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Averysf (talk • contribs)

After reading the article I felt like I had a decent understanding of what a Bromantic Comedy is. It helped me to see the list of movies that exemplify Bromantic comedies, and I liked that there was an image. I would suggest a few fixes:

1. I am a little unclear about whether the main characters or protagonists have to be the ones in a bromance, or if it can be any character. For example, would you consider the show New Girl to be a Bromantic Comedy? Yes many of the male characters are in a bromance, but the main character is a girl in which case it probably isn't a bromantic comedy. So I think it would be important to say that for it to be a true Bromantic comedy the bromance must persist between main characters.

2. One sentence I disagreed with was: "A bromance can be defined as the bond between two men who go way beyond being mere friends, becoming brothers." Not all brothers have the relationship that forms in a bromance. In fact, some brothers can be very disconnected from each other. Therefore, explaining become more than mere friends and becoming brothers may not be easily understood by everyone who reads it. I suggest explaining that the level of the relationship persists much deeper emotionally, spiritually, philosophically, etc. so that the friends become especially fond of and attached to each other.

Hi Group 9, I found that the discussion of specific films within the bromance genre really helped strengthen this article! I would suggest adding a link to the 1982 film "Diner". You also share in the description section: "Bromance films also tend to touch on homosexual stereotypes, which may be interpreted in different ways.[5]" It would be interesting to expand this thought and provide further links to related topics.

I really enjoyed your article. I thought it was a great overview of bromantic comedies. I would double check some of the grammar, particularly in the history section. Some of the sentences are a little confusing, but it doesn't really harm the comprehension of the article. It would just make it more clear. I really enjoyed all the examples of bromantic comedies that you provided. I thought it really made it much easier to understand what a bromantic comedy is. I thought you did a pretty good job of maintaining neutrality, but I would be careful that you don't stray into an opinionated article. It seemed to come close at some points. Overall, this is a well-written and entertaining article!

Thought Step Brothers is another one to include in the list of examples — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.13.145.129 (talk) 12:17, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I took the suggestion and added it ... Dagtorfleson (talk) 14:20, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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