#RomCom/Slapstick
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nikzdrama.bsky.social
Some verity then:
Come and Hug Me (son of the killer, daughter of the victim)
Mad Dog (ensemble cast, found family)
Laughter in Waikiki (slapstick comedy, wholesome)
Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (romcom w/ murder)
Weightlifting Fairy (college sports romcom)
Lovely Runner (timetravel, romcom)
January 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
ninjamonkey.bsky.social
This past week we finished Astro Note and it was a cute little RomCom that took me back to vintage anime titles like Maison Ikkoku, Kimagure Orange Road, slapstick/face pulls like Uresei Yatsura and Goldenboy. It's often silly with a big heart and a great cast of characters.
June 24, 2024 at 2:36 AM
lucyfishwife.bsky.social
She is so WIDELY clever. Heartbreaking Plague novel, epic Blitz novel, slapstick Wilde novel, romcom
May 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
sandikt.bsky.social
Have you started The Potato Lab yet? It's a very mature slapstick romcom...with potatoes!
March 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
die-u.bsky.social
Wäre der Traum ein Film, welches Genre wäre es?
Slapstick/ Comedy,
Horror, Romcom oder Heimatfilm?🍿📺
December 17, 2024 at 9:05 AM
renboyle.bsky.social
While You Were Sleeping! The best coma-related Christmas movie out there! Accurately rated as a romcom, underrated as a slapstick comedy.
a person riding a bike down a snowy sidewalk with a divx video logo in the background
Alt: Kid delivering papers on a bike slips and falls on an icy sidewalk
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:07 AM
yukinogatari.moe
everything I intend to watch has started, so it's time for my fall 2024 anime season impressions!
FALL 2024 if you left twitter before me, the format might be new, but in addition the show itself, I also offer my thoughts on the official simulcast subtitles. note that these are NOT formal reviews (you'd have to pay me for that) but rough impressions, as a translator myself, based on the first couple episodes it SHOULD go without saying, but a less-than-good rating is NOT an indictment of any individual translator/editor. scripts go through many hands, and there are any number of potential reasons a show's subtitles could turn out subpar--from licensor mandates to tight schedules to lackluster QC practices. as a viewer, the only thing I can comment on is the end result and broader quality trends from specific licensors [sequels] 2.5 Jigen no Ririsa (second cours) cosplay sex freak battle [subs: great] Blue Lock S2 sicko soccer slideshow [subs: very good] Danmachi S5 bell [subs: very good] Kamierabi S2 what are we even doing here [subs: fine] Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri S2 dumb detectives detective dumbly [subs: good] Oi! Tonbo S2 barely animated golf [subs: idk first ep was a recap so I skimmed it but it looks like amazon stopped calling her grandpa "uncle" at least so that's a step up over the first season's garbage] Re:ZERO S3 punching our way through venice baby [subs: mostly reads well but has an unacceptable number of errors] Seirei Gensouki S2 I apparently watched the first season of this but I'll be damned if I can tell you anything that happened [subs: fine] Shangri-La Frontier S2 the world's greatest ARG disguised as an MMO is back babyyyyyyyyy [subs: excellent] Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II gun lesbians [subs: decidedly ungood. typical aniplex quality] FALL 2024 [new shows] Ao no Hako sports! romance! ntr! liking this one a lot [subs: fine. not bad, not especially good. about what I expect from netflix] Amagami-san Chi no Enmusubi boilerplate trashy romcom with slightly above average production values. hard to say just yet if it'll be bearable enough to stick with [subs: mostly good, just a couple questionable decisions/context errors] Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite punk-ass kid forced to do heretical science. fun premiere. [subs: pretty good. significantly above average for netflix] Dandadan aggressively loud adhd-addled shounen fever dream. very much do not vibe with it but it at least avoids being boring [subs: not great. super clunky from start to finish] Hoshifuru Oukoku no Nina janky, ugly, poorly executed, using at least one genAI-filled background. but joseimuke stuff is rare enough these days that I'll stick with it for a bit [subs: good] Kabushikigaisha Magilumiere janky, not very good corporate magical girl silliness [subs: okay. awkward and clunky in a way that feels about 80% licensor mandated and 20% just kinda shoddy work mixed with some truly baffling syntax] Kekkon suru tte Hontou desu ka? socially incompetent weirdos do a fake marriage. visually not much but I trust twgokmans with my life [subs: good] Kimi wa Meido-sama cute murder maid unlearns her murder training [subs: mostly good] Mahou Tsukai ni Narenakatta Onnanoko no Hanashi pleasant enough wizard school failure story with some deeply questionable aesthetic choices. second episode matches the aesthetic with equally questionable writing [subs: very good] FALL 2024 [new shows] Maou 2099 fun sci-fi/fantasy fusion that presents us with a dystopian future where present-day vtubers are still being exploited by evil corporations 75+ years down the line [subs: great--if the script could get another QC pass] Mecha-Ude reasonably fun sf robot arm thing [subs: ungood, clunky as hell] NegaPosi Angler delightfully cartoony and unexpectedly heavy fishing [subs: great] Party kara Tsuihou sareta Sono Chiyushi, Jitsu wa Saikyou ni Tsuki enjoyable enough in spite of the horrible recycled premise. second episode was significantly worse [subs: good] Puniru wa Kawaii Slime ? ?? ?????? [subs: good] Rekishi ni Nokoru Akujo ni Naruzo the director excels at making any material easy to watch so unsurprisingly that was the least offensive villainess show in the last few years [subs: fine. few minor errors, grammatical issues, unreadable signs] Sayonara Ryuusei Konnichiwa Jinsei barely functional videogame-brained narou-kei fantasy serving the rarely represented snakefucker demographic [subs: mostly good (the underlying script is unfortunately too jank to be much better)] TRILLION GAME dr stone without cursed boichi designs [subs: decent] Yarinaoshi Reijou wa Ryuutei Heika wo Kouryakuchuu random narou "betrayed by my betrothed" rehash with strikingly strong direction if somewhat questionable aesthetic sensibilities. shockingly, I enjoyed it [subs: okay] FALL 2024 [dropped] [3 eps] Acro Trip half-broken slapstick mahou shoujo villain training for children idk [subs: fine. some minor errors, disagree with how much is left untranslated] [2 eps] Goukon ni Ittara Onna ga Inakatta Hanashi my kingdom for an even half-decent show about crossdressing and not whatever this nonsense was [subs: not good. a real mess of typos and outright translation errors] [2 eps] Hitoribocchi no Isekai Kouryaku narou isekai slop going through the motions that all narou isekai slop goes through at the start [subs: good] [2 eps] Nageki no Bourei wa Intai Shitai loud, obnoxious narou writing where a bunch of people talk past each other for 20 minutes and it's supposed to be funny [subs: good] [2 eps] Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru. deeply ugly, deeply weird, just does not work on any level [subs: fine] [1 ep] Haigakura bland slapstick fantasy that feels like it fell out of the late 90s [subs: passable if you ignore the part where the last four minutes aren't translated] [1 ep] Kankin Kuiki Level X half-length "horror" show that appears to be a live2d animated motion comic consisting of 90% text messages [subs: N/A. unlicensed, mediocre fansubs] [1 ep] Murai no Koi the anti anime [subs: slightly better than average for disney but still not good] [1 ep] Raise wa Tanin ga Ii tonally nonsensical yakuza romcom. zzz [subs: okay] [1 ep] Saikyou no Shienshoku Wajutsushi [...] absolutely dreadful gamified fantasy narou shit [subs: good] [1 ep] Youkai Gakkou no Sensei Hajimemashita zzz [subs: decent]
October 13, 2024 at 4:58 PM
jthomas411mania.bsky.social
65. Palm Springs (2020) A time loop romcom that features Andy Samberg's best performance and great work from Cristin Milioti and J. K. Simmons. A little whimsical, a lot more satire, and a bit of slapstick for extra measure. Do yourself a favor and check it out.
Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti in Palm Springs (2020)
November 10, 2024 at 11:13 PM
seandm.bsky.social
Chatrapathi (Rajamouli, 2005). Prabhas demonstrates his star quality here that would but tonally, it's all over the place: it veers from crime drama to romcom to slapstick. And, naturally throws in song and dance numbers. Rajamouli was only 27 when he made this though. Good uneven fun.
December 29, 2024 at 10:25 AM
2qc.bsky.social
This will make a great movie someday, but choosing the genre will be difficult:
Farce, Slapstick, Historical Drama, Noir, Horror, or Tragedy?
Or maybe a RomCom with 2 male leads.
February 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
authorkimfindlay.bsky.social
It's kind of a fine line. I call this one a romcom because it has a goofy feel to it. The Date with the Mayor, she takes his keys and tries to drop them down her cleavage, but they slip into her underwear. There's tipsy bowling, a soap opera character. More slapstick than usual.
September 21, 2023 at 4:47 PM
mrbuttons284266.bsky.social
365 days of #OFMD reviews.

Day 113

"Beautiful, hilarious, heartbreaking, heartwarming."
5/5 star review. "Brilliant writing, comedic and dramatic acting, romantic chemistry, improvisations, and dark humor. 10/10, would not change a thing (beyond wanting more episodes). I am not a pirate person or even really a tv romcom person, but I loved every moment of both seasons. There's a lot of fun absurdity, like anachronisms within otherwise historically accurate plots, people recovering quickly from serious stab wounds, etc. The romances always feel real though, and the characters' heartache, pining, etc. are never played for laughs. (I mean, the romantic leads are hilarious, and the show has some dark humor. But it never makes easy, meanspirited jokes at the expense of the actors or characters.) The show has a magical, almost Shakespearean ability to transition from tragedy to romance to slapstick comedy within moments, sometimes in the same scene. I love Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi, but I've never seen them act as brilliantly or naturally as they do in this show. Beautiful, hilarious, heartbreaking, heartwarming. I recommend trying it, even if it doesn't sound like your kind of show at first. Oh, and the second season was shot in New Zealand, so you have that to look forward to if you like lovely shots of beaches, forests, cliffs, etc. that remind you of LotR."
April 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
p0ph3r3t1c.bsky.social
I think part of Anyone But You's appeal, despite being a typical romcom, is the comic slapstick from Sydney Sweeney. She's...*actually* quite good at it.

For all this Culture War horseshit centering on her being an attractive big-breasted, blonde woman - I'd *rather* see more of her as a goofball.
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
mrbuttons284266.bsky.social
365 days of #OFMD reviews.

Day 68
5/5 star review. "Brilliant writing, comedic and dramatic acting, romantic chemistry, improvisations, and dark humor. 10/10, would not change a thing (beyond wanting more episodes). I am not a pirate person or even really a tv romcom person, but I loved every moment of both seasons. There's a lot of fun absurdity, like anachronisms within otherwise historically accurate plots, people recovering quickly from serious stab wounds, etc. The romances always feel real though, and the characters' heartache, pining, etc. are never played for laughs. (I mean, the romantic leads are hilarious, and the show has some dark humor. But it never makes easy, meanspirited jokes at the expense of the actors or characters.) The show has a magical, almost Shakespearean ability to transition from tragedy to romance to slapstick comedy within moments, sometimes in the same scene. I love Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi, but I've never seen them act as brilliantly or naturally as they do in this show. Beautiful, hilarious, heartbreaking, heartwarming. I recommend trying it, even if it doesn't sound like your kind of show at first. Oh, and the second season was shot in New Zealand, so you have that to look forward to if you like lovely shots of beaches, forests, cliffs, etc. that remind you of LotR."
March 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
eastunder.bsky.social
Wasteful Days of High School Girls is a bit more subdued, but is a solid successor to Azumanga.
School Rumble's a romcom, but the main attraction is the slapstick between its, mostly, female cast.
Yotsuba&! doesn't have an anime, but is made by the creator of Azumanga, and is an absolute must read.
May 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
pendingplays.bsky.social
A greek rom-com chaos, that was at first difficult and tiring to get into, but weirdly enough, soon became quite poetic. #slapstick #wlw #hetero #romcom
The light touch (2021) – Movie Review
A greek rom-com chaos, that was at first difficult and tiring to get into, but weirdly enough, soon became quite poetic.
pendingplays.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 AM
mrbuttons284266.bsky.social
365 days of #OFMD reviews.

Day 156

"The show has a magical, almost Shakespearean ability to transition from tragedy to romance to slapstick comedy within moments, sometimes in the same scene."
5/5 star review. "Brilliant writing, comedic and dramatic acting, romantic chemistry, improvisations, and dark humor. 10/10, would not change a thing (beyond wanting more episodes). I am not a pirate person or even really a tv romcom person, but I loved every moment of both seasons. There's a lot of fun absurdity, like anachronisms within otherwise historically accurate plots, people recovering quickly from serious stab wounds, etc. The romances always feel real though, and the characters' heartache, pining, etc. are never played for laughs. (I mean, the romantic leads are hilarious, and the show has some dark humor. But it never makes easy, meanspirited jokes at the expense of the actors or characters.) The show has a magical, almost Shakespearean ability to transition from tragedy to romance to slapstick comedy within moments, sometimes in the same scene. I love Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi, but I've never seen them act as brilliantly or naturally as they do in this show. Beautiful, hilarious, heartbreaking, heartwarming. I recommend trying it, even if it doesn't sound like your kind of show at first. Oh, and the second season was shot in New Zealand, so you have that to look forward to if you like lovely shots of beaches, forests, cliffs, etc. that remind you of LotR."
June 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
classicsfan.bsky.social
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February 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
mrbuttons284266.bsky.social
365 days of #OFMD reviews.

Day 186

"The show has a magical, almost Shakespearean ability to transition from tragedy to romance to slapstick comedy within moments, sometimes in the same scene."
5/5 star review. "Brilliant writing, comedic and dramatic acting, romantic chemistry, improvisations, and dark humor. 10/10, would not change a thing (beyond wanting more episodes). I am not a pirate person or even really a tv romcom person, but I loved every moment of both seasons. There's a lot of fun absurdity, like anachronisms within otherwise historically accurate plots, people recovering quickly from serious stab wounds, etc. The romances always feel real though, and the characters' heartache, pining, etc. are never played for laughs. (I mean, the romantic leads are hilarious, and the show has some dark humor. But it never makes easy, meanspirited jokes at the expense of the actors or characters.) The show has a magical, almost Shakespearean ability to transition from tragedy to romance to slapstick comedy within moments, sometimes in the same scene. I love Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi, but I've never seen them act as brilliantly or naturally as they do in this show. Beautiful, hilarious, heartbreaking, heartwarming. I recommend trying it, even if it doesn't sound like your kind of show at first. Oh, and the second season was shot in New Zealand, so you have that to look forward to if you like lovely shots of beaches, forests, cliffs, etc. that remind you of LotR."
July 17, 2025 at 10:44 PM
diceexploder.com
I have finished writing my first romcom, and I'm so pleased with it. I think I've finally maybe accepted that I just love romance, that it's my genre, whether the tone around it is fucked up or slapstick or just, yknow, romantic.
May 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
danihercast.bsky.social
Me he chupado las 2T de 'The Diplomat' en Ntflx que va de una embajadora de USA en Londres y es horrorosa, horrorosa. Thriller trucho meets slapstick meets romcom...con un cliffhanger en 1 episodio de 2. Madre mía...😱😱😱 Y me la he tragado entera, sí.
April 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
isanchezprado.bsky.social
Noé Santillán-López’s Mesa de Regalos, the highest-grossing Mexican movie of 2025 so far, a romcom that is in part about wanting to be creative class rather than high bourgeoisie, quality slapstick, worth because the actors are very charismatic and fun. In Mexican Disney+
April 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
nikzdrama.bsky.social
KDRAMA STARTER PACK:
Come and Hug Me (killer's son, victim's daughter)
Mad Dog (ensemble cast, found family, mystery)
Laughter in Waikiki (slapstick comedy, wholesome)
Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (romcom w/ murder)
Weightlifting Fairy (college sports romcom)
Lovely Runner (timetravel, romcom)...>
January 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
parksighing.bsky.social
I can't write right now. I really want to but I shouldn't until I'm finished with a work thing. However, after all the angst of my SS fic, my o!Jm fest fic is going to be ensemble romcom. Like, classic romcom with slapstick and bickering galore.
December 12, 2024 at 7:29 PM
cirnosad.bsky.social
…as though everyone was in a slapstick romcom [4].

The more organic types of these proposals (where the woman is genuinely surprised) can end in hilarious ways, never well for the cuck who tries to pull it off. I highly recommend watching these videos.
October 31, 2025 at 12:21 AM