Midyear, '06, Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston did the talk show rounds to peddle their movie The Break-Up. Curiously, they insisted on correcting anyone who referred to the film as a romantic-comedy. 'No, no, no,' they demurred. 'It's a comedy-romance.'
Given that Vaughn has a trolling pedigree that pre-dates the internet, the distinction may have been conjured as a psychological irritant to mobilise the jaded masses. It could have been a wink to his adoring bro legion, aggrieved by the possibility he'd sold out to a chick-flick. Or maybe it was a heartfelt philosophical distinction that emerged from the crucible of creative endeavour: "Bob, there're ten million comedies out there with lashings of romance, but what we've cooked up here is nothing short of a game-changer. It's a chimera… a hybrid… the comedy-romance!"
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