RomCom

New Yorker has an interesting piece on the "slacker romance" e.g. "Knocked Up" . I can't think of a recent film where there was a good balance between the male and female leads. Of course, the days of "romance" are over - only period pieces like "Sense and Sensibility" can rely on romance to carry the plot. Who cares whether contemporary characters have sex or get married? Perhap soap operas carry this off because the audience builds sufficient rapport with the characters.