Rom-com resurgence on Netflix

To All the Boys I've Loved Before starring Lana Condor. The Netflix film became one of the service's most-viewed original films ever, with "strong repeat viewing". PHOTO: MASHA WEISBERG
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LOS ANGELES - After fuelling a boom in televised stand-up comedy, Netflix is resuscitating another genre that has been lying fallow in Hollywood - romantic comedies.

Last year (2018), the streaming giant bet big on romance, releasing a slate of original rom-coms and dramas as part of its "Summer of Love" series.

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