Advice Part 49- Rom Com clichés....

I would like to think of my taste in films as being sophisticated and worldly. But every so often, I engage in a bit of cinematic mind candy in the form of romantic comedies, or "rom coms."

Any credibility I may have had has just been obliterated, I know.

But in the process of my rom com watching, I have started to notice that many of these films have an eerie sense of similarity about them, and almost invariably contain a "Hotel Room Mishap".

My advice to young players is, if you are ever in the position of writing a rom com, whatever you do, DON'T include a Hotel Room Mishap scene!

So, you may be asking, what exactly does a Hotel Room Mishap involve? Ask no more!

• The rom com couple, let's call them Mr A (typically played by Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal, or similar) and Ms B (think Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Aniston, Meg Ryan), meet.
• Although they clearly fancy the pants off each other, there is some impediment to their getting together (such as- Mr A is dating Ms B's best friend; Ms B is Mr A's boss; Mr A is training for the priesthood).
• There is a significant amount of Unresolved Sexual Tension (UST).

• For some reason (work conference, friend's wedding), Mr A and Ms B are required to go to another city for a period.
• And stay the night.
• But when they rock up to the hotel, there has been a mistake (!). Instead of booking two separate rooms, they have been booked to stay in THE SAME ROOM (!!). And, surprise surprise, there are no extra single rooms available (!!!). And there's only ONE BED in the room (!!!!)

• Mr A gallantly offers to sleep on the floor or couch, but circumstances transpire (e.g. the bathroom floods and wets the floor; Mr A has too much to drink) so that he and Ms B have to share the bed.
• Sexual tension is resolved.

OK, so this set up can be "amusing", especially if a Shower Mishap Scene (where Ms B stumbles on Mr A in the shower, or vice versa) is included, too.

But SURELY there is some other way of getting the couple into a bed together than ENDLESSLY repeating this same old scene?

Or am I expecting too much?