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Maureen Dowd: Romantic Comedies Still Bad

In her column in today’s Times, Maureen Dowd has an IM conversation in print with Sam Wasson, the author of the Breakfast at Tiffany’s history Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M., about how much present-day romantic comedies suck. Her colleagues have said this all before — and even made the same observation about the multitude of actresses named Jennifer! — but, as always, true things should be repeated and repeated until they get really boring. [NYT]

Maureen Dowd: Romantic Comedies Still Bad