I simply regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world created therein has different rules than my regular human world. Then I just lap it up. There is no difference between Ripley from Alien and any Katherine Heigl character.
Mindy Kaling from her book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
I agree, no shame in liking certain types of movies :P
I agree, no shame in liking certain types of movies :P