Why how dare you, sir? *WHAMMO*

Is this just the flip side of the hoary old gag about real-life men being shocked to have their romantic-comedy-style grand gestures perceived as creepy rather than charming? If a crazy woman scorned sets fire to her man's stuff and administers dramatic slaps and such, she is at this point probably evoking a role rather than genuinely and spontaneously motivated toward the set of behaviors.