PopCultTart: Unconditional Love for Rom Coms

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Girl meets boy. Girl hates boy.  Boy hates girl. Girl and boy suddenly realize they are in love. Insert "happily ever after" here.  Since the beginning of film, most romantic comedies have stuck pretty closely to this formula.  The reason?  Because it works.  From Breakfast at Tiffany's to When Harry Met Sally to this year's unexpected hit The Proposal, the chick flick has proven that it's not going anywhere.  Most girls love them and guys are (deniably) entertained by them.  They offer a simple escape from reality, generate a few cheap laughs (and occasionally some tears) along the way, and occasionally it's fun to watch two people fall in "Hollywood" love.   Romantic comedies can even help revamp actors' careers. Just ask Sandra Bullock, whose role in The Proposal helped make 2009 her most successful year yet after earning $164 million at the box office.  We'll just ignore her bomb of a rom com All About Steve.... Check out this trailer from The Proposal-