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From Love, Actually to Love, Simon, how we think about romantic pursuit is changing – ABC News
Movie and TV creators are recognising the harmful behaviour — from coercion to stalking — that underpins some well-worn tropes of romantic comedy.
The Notebook was a big hit in 2006, but there’s a scene in the movie that hits very differently 15 years after its release.
Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling), a poor young lumber worker, spots Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams), a rich out-of-towner, at a country fair.
He is immediately obsessed. Within a few minutes, he is climbing a Ferris wheel trying to get a date.
LoadingWhen she knocks him back, twice because, presumably, who the heck is this guy climbing the Ferris wheel? he basically threatens…
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