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5 reasons why 'Casual' is a much-needed reality check for today's saccharine romcoms

In times when love is just about a cute girl and a handsome boy getting laid, 'Casual' tells you love is one heck of a mess that needs some attention.

When it comes to romantic comedies in Hollywood, it is all about how the perfect looking girl meets the perfect looking boy and their relationship reaches its peak at some train station, college or airport. To top it all up there is always one other character who is just as significant as the perfect boy and girl- the perfect city of New York. Every romcom that Hollywood has ever tried selling to its audience has carefully left out the naked realities of life and filled them up with a couple of cliched boyband songs. 

It doesn't make sense. None of the yellow summer dresses, the sharp tuxedos, or the overtly supportive best friend can depict what a mess a real-life relationship can be like. First of all, it's never a cake-walk and second of all, it just might not end on a good note. But then it has always been a part of your life, and you just learn to live with/without it. That is what Hulu's series 'Casual' tells us about when it comes to relationships. Set in the present time, it deals with characters who are necessarily bad, regrettable and do not have their lives figured out...not even when they are 40. But they are trying to get by every single day, and that is what life is- the horrible, careless, people like you and me trying to do everything possible to get our lives back on track, and maybe look for some support in the form of love.