Spork movies
I was wasting time reading ESPN page two today (weren't you?) and I stumbled upon Bill Simmons' article about Fever Pitch. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/050420
If you haven't seen Fever Pitch and you want to, I wouldn't recommend reading the article because a) he doesn't like it and b) he basically gives away the whole plot (not that it would be brain surgery to guess) but anyway.
He does put out an interesting concept of the spork movie- a movie that is a chick flick but also a sports movie. Successful (according to Bill Simmons) such movies include Jerry Maguire, Tin Cup, and Bull Durham. He argues that there basically isn't enough sports in Fever Pitch, making it an unqualified chick flick. Though some of this particular article annoys me, he is right about that last part. Not that I'm really complaining, I thought it was a cute movie. But I've also seen "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton" in it's entirety. Twice.
Also, here's a list of themes that he says invariably show up in romantic comedies. Even though I am a sucker for these movies I acknowledge that they are not the most logical or unpredictable things and I thought this list was funny.
1. You can't meet the man of your dreams in a bar or at a party. It only happens either if he randomly shows up in your office, if he made some sort of bet about you, if he saved your life or if you happen to be impersonating someone else at the time.
2. If you're approaching 30 and you're still single, it's only because you're working too hard, not because there's something wrong with you. Just make sure you find a potential husband as fast as possible, even if it means destroying someone else's life or committing some kind of crime.
3. In your search for love, always target schoolteachers, bartenders, widowers, or anyone who was once successful before hitting a stretch of bad luck. This way, when they finally turn their lives around or come into some money, they'll erroneously think that you were the reason.
4. If you're dating someone who is passionate about something, he will absolutely give that up for you because all men change once they fall in love. Especially if you have a nice apartment.
5. You can have only three friends: A smart friend who's pretty in a quirky way, a calculating beauty who's morally corrupt and an overweight girl who doesn't say much. You can only hang out with these people all at once. If there's anyone in your life who doesn't fit one of those three categories, get rid of them.
6. Your boyfriend's friends only get in the way. The sooner you can destroy them, the better.
7. If you become pregnant, don't worry – you won't actually have the baby. It's just a temporary dilemma so you can break up for a month and he'll realize that he can't live without you – mainly because you pushed away his friends and ruined his life.
8. If you're breaking up with the guy to prove a point, immediately find the best-looking guy in your office and invite him over to dinner, then hope the other guy shows up. When he shows up, he won't do anything vengeful like get drunk and hook up with the nearest bimbo. He'll simply stop shaving and showering until one of his friends goes over to his house to snap some sense into him.
9. When you finally get back together, make sure it happens in the goofiest place possible – whether it's a baseball stadium, the top of a skyscraper, the launching of a space shuttle or wherever.
10. Either you will end up living happily ever after, or you will find a deep friendship with a gay man that will end up being just as satisfying.
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