There’s Something About Mary was way more important to the rom com genre than you remember.
Toward the end of the decade, though, the rom com grew stale.
Oh, and everyone played a riff of Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks characters.
There’s Something About Mary / 20th Century Fox
In 1998, it all changed with the FarrellysTheres Something About Mary.
What was Theres Something About Mary about?
However, they took it up a notch inTheres Something About Mary.
Needless to say, this isnt entertainment meant for kids or the whole family.
Sure, everyone talks about and remembers the naughty scenes, but it never distracts from the story.
Previous romantic comedies almost reduced their characters to only having two love interests and nothing more.
InTheres Something About Mary, every character is messy.
While Ted is the obvious choice as the protagonist of the story, he isnt flawless either.
After all, he hired a P.I.
to stalk his high school crush, which could be seen as weird in anyones eyes.
According to Peter Farrelly, there were talks, but everyone decided it best to leave it as is.
