"In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll come to interest me more as I get older. I doubt it, but maybe. Romantic comedies tend to be, for me, an oxymoron"
- Christian Bale
About this Quote
Christian Bale is expressing his viewpoint on romantic funnies. He does not enjoy them and does not think he will enjoy them more as he grows older. He thinks that the 2 genres, romance and funny, are incompatible which the mix of the two is an oxymoron. He is implying that romantic funnies are not amusing and that the romance is not genuine. He is recommending that the two categories need to be kept separate and that romantic funnies must not exist. His viewpoint is that romantic funnies are not satisfying and that they are not an excellent representation of either genre. He thinks that the 2 categories ought to be kept different which romantic comedies must not exist.
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