Sophie White: My own romcom-style ‘will I, won’t I keep the fringe’ debate was going so well – until I mingled with Gen Z

One of my least favourite storylines from the romcom genre is the “will they, won’t they”. I find it deeply maddening. From the opening credits you know where it’s going. This movie wouldn’t be being made about these two people if the outcome was going to be the “won’t they”. I maintain that the “will they, won’t they” hasn’t been done well since When Harry Met Sally. And let’s face it, there’s literally nothing that film didn’t do well. It managed to sell us several paradoxical and highly unlikely concepts. 1) That Billy Crystal could be a convincing love interest; 2) That maybe a perm would be a good idea and 3) That Bruno Kirby could net Carrie Fisher – no offence to either Crystal or Kirby.