Slate Magazine
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The idea that the romantic comedy is a genre in decline is at least as old as When Harry Met Sally.
With divorce, cohabitation, same-sex relationships and hookup culture on the table, the plausibility of the will-they-or-won’t-they plot diminishes along with its social relevance.
The new Apple TV series Platonic is co-created by a real-life married couple.
The episodes are only half an hour, but because there are 10 of them, the show can sometimes feel padded.
As is too often the case in sitcoms about parenting, Sylvia and Charlie’s children never emerge as real characters.
The absence of such a storyline is especially puzzling given that just last year Stoller co-wrote and directed Bros, a gay rom-com.
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