why aren't romcoms "romantic" anymore?

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A Proper Dash of Spice: Screwball Comedy and the Production Code by Jane M. Greene https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jfilmvideo.63.3.0045
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0:00 - intro
4:33 - the hollywood screwball
12:13 - the peak of romcoms
22:41 - the romcom today
35:37 - conclusion