19 May 2011

Romantic Comedy Themes : Clingy Girlfriends

Stacy: Happy anniversary, Wayne.
Wayne: Stacy, we broke up two months ago.
Stacy: Well, that doesn't mean we can't still go out, does it?
(Wayne's world)
                                                                            

She is our classic clingy girl. Stacy the cute funny girl  with a latent obsessive/possessive temperament who gets to play BADDIE in rom coms
At the beginning,
He is a romantic touchy- feely,mushy guy who fell for Stacy.Then his whole life  starts to revolve around her. Our lovable Stacy becomes more demanding,makes derogatory commends about his friends,or starts a big scene when he looks at any other girl.
     Anyway almost always  without much character development she will be turned into one of these subtypes and put aside
  • biggest loser in the love triangle
  • possessive,psycho who wants to kill him
  • obsessive, intends to kill/injure the good girl
  • just for the gags, this is the meanest one, she just hangs out in the silver screen  to get laughed at
  • lonely stalker
Come on ,  Maybe she’s insecure about herself; or maybe she’s just REALLY into him and doesn’t realize what she’s doing ; just give her a break.


movies with clingy girlfriend characters are

  • My super ex girlfriend, Uma Thurman really get serious about her role
  • Knives Chau in Scot pilgrim, she gives up after a fight,gets another nerdy type as consolation prize as  movie progresses
  • Gloria in wedding crashers, Finally Gloria ties knot with the crasher, a lonely winner among the stereotype
  • The Hangover, the Dentist's wife
  • How to lose a guy in ten days, Kate Hudson starts a clingy girl routine to make the guy leave
  • Lavender in Harry Potter, Ron :But the more I hint that I want to finish it, the tighter [Lavender] holds on. It's like going out with the giant squid. a true gentlmen
    In friends , every girl Ross meets will turn out to be this kind after a few episodes,  stretching it a little bit wont be that dull or is it?

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