cinema clitera
an academic term for the genre of film colloquially known as chick flicks. the genre has three main sub-categories:
1. cl-ssic fairytale – often presented in the guise of romantic comedy. various thin plot lines, but always culminating in the girl marrying the rich, handsome guy – the ‘handsome prince’ architype. e.g. bridget jones’ diary, notting hill, pretty woman, and many, many more. this is the most common form of cinema cl-tera.
2. reconcilation – with a female friend, sister, mother or daughter, with whom there as been a long-standing feud or alienation. often ends with one of the lead protagonists dying of a ‘fashionable’ disease, such as leukemia or a brain tumour, shortly after the reconcilation. e.g. beaches, terms of endearment.
3. girlies together against the world – various plots but all centre around shared emotional trials and tribulations, often a mix of light weight comedy and schmaltz e.g. steel magnolias, s-x in the city.
interviewer: “mr grant, many of your films, perhaps with the exception of ‘maurice’, are often dismissed by critics as cinema cl-tera. what is your response to this?”
hugh grant: “erm, erm, erm …”
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