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Rom Com Cliches to Avoid

photo_04_hiresHere is an interesting survey of Rom Com cliches and in what movies they appear.  The Daily Beast says:  Cute dog? Clothes montage? Quirky BFF? Last minute sprint?  Working girl in need of balance?  Please — we’ve watched these twenty-four overly familiar romantic-comedy staples a million times, and, well, we think it’s time we started seeing other plot devices.

Here is the slide show and list of films and cliches.  http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20464382,00.html?cid=hp:beastoriginalsC5#20578800

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