Not Your Typical Wedding

Bridesmaids, in my opinion SHOULD be a classic. It was just so successful at being hilarious, and not being cliche that I believe it allowed a whole new style of comedy for women. When I think of Bridesmaids, I think that it has the classic neat love story that every girl wants and needs in the end, but with all the raunchy uncensored reality everyone enjoys in between. I feel like Bridesmaids phenomenal success is due a lot in part to what Critchley referred to as making the "ordinary extraordinary and real surreal". Bridesmaids just had so many shifts, that at times were so uncomfortable, you couldn't help but laugh about it. For example, probably the most notorious scene is the one when they get food poisoning in the bridal shop. They are supposed to be bridal shopping in this super fancy place that has these billion dollar dresses, and they end up shifting the angle and have everyone crapping and throwing up everywhere. I mean, yes everyone has had food poisoning, that is a very real thing. However, to get food poisoning while you're shopping for the dress that you have been dreaming about since you were six and is suppose to make you feel like the most beautiful princess on Earth only to end up crapping in it in the middle of the street with cars honking at you? Unreal. It's comedy gold. Not to mention Melissa McCarthy's character Megan's parallelism to Alan in the Hangover. Their characters show the reality of the rigidity within the confines of the upper class. The movie's both use their characters to poke fun at the idea of how we view rich people, and in a way how we relate more to Alan and Megan rather than Helen. I mean one of the most memorable ideas of reactionary humor I can think of from the movie is the way that they made fun of the upper class by showing the ridiculousness of Lillian's bridal shower. I mean, her wedding invitations had butterflies coming out of it, having dogs as party favors, and I mean the giant fucking cookie and their bleached you know. There's a lot of comedic gold in Bridesmaids, and it's because we can relate so much to each of characters and thinking all throughout ME AF. Yet, I think the biggest reason for it's success is because it's not congruent with our way of thinking. Romantic comedies are supposed to be more cute than funny, and aren't supposed to be that crude and honest, but it was and that's what makes it great.