Holly and Fred Final Kiss

Hollywood Ending for Holly and Fred

Breakfast at Tiffany's and the Hollywood Romantic Comedy

The Hollywood Romantic Comedy is notoriously known for the boy and girl coming together and having a happily ever after ending. In Capote's book "Breakfast at Tiffany's," the main character, Holy Golightly does not have the happy ending that is portrayed at the end of the movie. Rather she is flown half way around the world and decides that in order for her to continue her lifestyle she must find the richest men in a country and use them to further her lifestyle. While this brings up issues of poor judgment and states of mind, she travels ever so casually as she would say in order to avoid the serious trouble she carelessly threw herself into. Though she leaves behind the one man who loved her flaws and all, Holly was unable to face the consequences of her past and decided to deflect her troubles until another time. In the Hollywood version, Holly and Fred end up having the traditional happy ending after finding her fluffy cat, that she never named. The rain pours down as they lean in for the box office money making final kiss. That very kiss that Fred and Holly share, completely goes against the character portrayals in the book. Fred is said to have loved Holly not in a physical way, but a way that one loves and wants to take care of someone. In the movie the final kiss changed the entire theme of the movie in order for it to make a selling at the box office. Had Holly left Fred for her plane, then the American audience would have revolted in her careless actions. By playing it safe and creating the ending into a Romantic Comendy, the movie executives were able to salvage the movie and still make a profit.