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Re: Women and romantic comedies...



On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 GidgetTMsMan at aol_com wrote:
> While this might be true in some cases, I know of a couple examples of
> very well done romantic comedies with women at the helm.  Or if not
> "really good" comedies at least as good as men tend to put out.  Look at
> "The Tao of Steve."

Yeah, that one wasn't too bad.

> How about Amy Heckerling?

Hmmm, yeah, _Clueless_ was pretty good, at least.  _Loser_ wasn't all that
good, though, as I recall, and I can't remember what I thought of _Look
Who's Talking_.  Still never seen _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_.

http://us.imdb.com/Name?Heckerling,+Amy

> And as much as I hate her, Sandra Bullock has produced a couple good
> films that are funny.

Ah, but producing isn't directing ...

> Tamara Jenkins made the very funny "Slums of Beverly Hills"

Hmmm, I have vaguely positive memories of that one ...

Betty Thomas did all right with _Private Parts_ and _The Brady Bunch
Movie_, as I recall.  And among the Hayley Mills comedies I grew up with,
there was _The Trouble with Angels_, directed by Ida Lupino.

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