Romantic Comedies Are Killers
Do romantic comedies actually kill the romance in our relationships?
Are you still waiting for that special someone who's Sleeping In Seattle and will only awaken when they see your Notting Hill happy face or hear the "ding" of You've Got Mail? Psychologists at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh conducted a study of 40 top box office hits between 1995 and 2005 and identified common themes which they believed were unrealistic.
Gee... Now they tell me.
After all the hours I spent trying to find the perfect Brit!
Dr.Bjarne Holmes, a professor at Heriot said "Marriage counselors often see couples who believe that sex should always be perfect, and if someone is meant to be with you then they will know what you want without you needing to communicate it. We now have some emerging evidence that suggests that popular media play a role in perpetuating these ideas in people's minds."
That train left with Pride and Prejudice.
As part of the study, 100 student volunteers were asked to watch the 2001 romantic comedy Serendipity, while another group of 100 watched a David Lynch film. Students watching the romantic film were later found to be more likely to believe in fate and destiny.
And this is bad...how?
What happened to the Lynch audience?
Kimberly Johnson, who also worked on the Heriot study, said, "Films do capture the excitement of new relationships but they also wrongly suggest that trust and committed love exist from the moment people meet, whereas these are qualities that normally take years to develop."
Aw come on Kim. Cut loose a little.
The researchers have now launched an online study on media and relationships. They are asking people to participate by answering questions about relationships, personality, and media consumption habits by filling in a questionnaire.
They're gonna find out that's why they call them - Date Movies!
I hope nobody is paying for this study.
Are you still waiting for that special someone who's Sleeping In Seattle and will only awaken when they see your Notting Hill happy face or hear the "ding" of You've Got Mail? Psychologists at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh conducted a study of 40 top box office hits between 1995 and 2005 and identified common themes which they believed were unrealistic.
Gee... Now they tell me.
After all the hours I spent trying to find the perfect Brit!
Dr.Bjarne Holmes, a professor at Heriot said "Marriage counselors often see couples who believe that sex should always be perfect, and if someone is meant to be with you then they will know what you want without you needing to communicate it. We now have some emerging evidence that suggests that popular media play a role in perpetuating these ideas in people's minds."
That train left with Pride and Prejudice.
As part of the study, 100 student volunteers were asked to watch the 2001 romantic comedy Serendipity, while another group of 100 watched a David Lynch film. Students watching the romantic film were later found to be more likely to believe in fate and destiny.
And this is bad...how?
What happened to the Lynch audience?
Kimberly Johnson, who also worked on the Heriot study, said, "Films do capture the excitement of new relationships but they also wrongly suggest that trust and committed love exist from the moment people meet, whereas these are qualities that normally take years to develop."
Aw come on Kim. Cut loose a little.
The researchers have now launched an online study on media and relationships. They are asking people to participate by answering questions about relationships, personality, and media consumption habits by filling in a questionnaire.
They're gonna find out that's why they call them - Date Movies!
I hope nobody is paying for this study.
Posted by Barbara Silkstone at 6/2/2009 11:49 AM 
Categories: Relationships,Romance,Love,Laughter
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Categories: Relationships,Romance,Love,Laughter
Tags: Relationships 527 Naked Men Romance Love
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