Towards the end of 2016 on his podcast Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project , Adam begins a discussion where the classic romantic comedy has gone. He asserts that newer films in the genre replace the comedy aspect with drama, rather than actual jokes and comedic plot lines. Now this is a trend that I had subconsciously noticed myself, but once I heard it put into words it really stuck. Nearly all the romantic comedies I as shown while growing up were at least a decade old, and today the box offices seem to be devoid of the genre. Looking at Rotten Tomatoes list of the top 30 romantic comedies (a selection I find extremely dubious and modern focused) nine were made in this century, and only six in this decade. And many of the ones made recently like The Big Sick , while comedic, do heavily rely on the crutch of drama to add to the story. But why is this? Why has one of the most beloved and lighthearted genres suddenly fallen off? I propose it is due to pacing. The trend of