Love in Cali

The movie The Holiday explores the dream of romance in

California

. The romantic comedy’s plot is centered on the meet cute of Kate Winslet’s character, Iris, and Jack Black’s character, Miles Dumont. A meet cute is a situation where two potential love interests in a movie share a comedic awkward situation. Situations such as these are what women love and envy about romantic comedies, and the very term was created in

Hollywood

. In Iris’s meet cute with Miles, Miles removes an eyelash from the eye of Iris. While doing this, Miles explains that when the

Santa Ana

winds blow anything could happen and it just so happened that the

Santa Ana

winds where the reason the eye lash was in her eye. The

Santa Ana

winds could also be interpreted as a generalization of

California

. At the end of the scene Iris retreats back to her place of residence and sighs “I love

California

,” This gives a connection between Love and

California

.