A history of the romantic comedy
The term romance started being used in medievel times in europe to describe a sitation that is idealistic, often stories from this period would refer to a hero rescuing a lady or "damisil in destress". Early shakesperian plays would incorperate elements of this and often expand on them with an openness to sexual themes. In the 20's in america and england a genre of film named screwball comedy where introduced, these films where lighthearted and funny, often they would explore themes of class divide, or humorus situations that the portagonists would have to save themselves from. later, in the 60's/70's romantic love elements where incorperated, most famously in the film pretty woman, creating the romantic comedy genre we have today.