A Bit of Fun with Emily

She is beloved by everyone, a feminist icon, and legend in country music.  And since everyone else gets to talk about her as she continues to do amazing things, it's only right that I should get my chance as well.  In the break before season 5 of the podcast, it's time for another appreciation week and this week we are SO appreciating the one and only, Dolly Parton.

Wrapping up season 4 and our fun conversation on romantic comedies...which I will promptly avoid for the foreseeable future.  A Weirdo hopped on to the pod today to help me with some last minute superlatives and a ridiculous conversation about our recent obsession...Turkish soap operas.  Yes.  You heard me correctly.  That's what happens when you destroy your Instagram algorithm.  

Erkenci Kus (IMDB)

Sometimes you're young and dumb and fall in love with the right person at the wrong time. Thank goodness for second chances in romantic comedies. Where two people who need a little life under their feet find each other once again.

Sweet Home Alabama (IMDB)

The Philadelphia Story (IMDB)

Preface - I'm a HUGE fan of mothers. I have one of the best. But in today's episode the mother's are kind of the worst. Family is hard...even in a rom com.  Today' we're talking about Because I said So and Crazy Rich Asians.

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Because I Said So (IMDB)

Crazy Rich Asians (IMDB)

Sometimes old friends make the best lovers. (Sometimes they don't, but we aren't talking about those times today.)  Tune in for a fun conversation about the friends to lovers trope (and Keanu Reeves) with When Harry Met Sally and Always Be My Maybe.

I really think Megara from Hercules said it best when she said "I'm a damsel.  I'm in distress.  I can handle this."  Yep.  All of that can be true at the same time.  But sometimes it takes a little time to get there, and that's definitely what our damsels, our heroines figure out in today's romantic comedies.  And there's nothing wrong with that.  Today we're talking about Joan Wilder in Romancing the Stone and Ellie Andrews in It Happened One Night.

Romancing the Stone (IMDB)

It Happened One Night (IMDB)

I pulled out my lazy internet researching skills to start a little conversation about whether or not opposites do, in fact, attract. Are people really opposites? Or just two souls living different lives who happen to meet? We’ll sort of discuss this through the lens of Barefoot in the Park and Two Weeks Notice (mostly because I really just wanted to talk about Barefoot in the Park :)

"Why Barefoot in the Park is the perfect example of on-screen chemistry" by Louis Busfield (lwlies.com)

"Do opposites attract? Here's what science says" by Joanna Smykowski (betterhelp.com)

"Do opposites really attract? Experts weigh in" by Korin Miller (womenshealthmag.com)

Barefoot in the Park (IMDB)

Two Weeks Notice (IMDB)

"If there's anything worse than a woman living alone, it's a woman saying she likes it" - is a terribly offensive quote, and yet somehow Doris Day and Rock Hudson make horrible behavior seem okay in the 1959 classic Pillow Talk on today's episode. We'll also talk a bit about the 2003 parody, Down With Love.  It's going to be a good time.  You should definitely give it a listen!

I'm not entirely sure I agree with that sentiment, but if Sabrina teaches you nothing else, it's that if you move to Paris not only will you eat a lot of baguettes, but you'll also come back unrecognizable with fancy clothes and a haircut.  In today's episode we're picking apart the 1954 classic starring Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn and the 1995 adaptation with Harrison Ford and Julia Ormand.

New episode!  Welcome to season 4 of the podcast where we’re diving into a not so deep conversation about romantic comedies…you know - that problematic corner of pop culture that we’ve all seen and kind of like despite the fact that the relationships are often surface level, no one is communicating well, and the story ends when everyone is happy and shows nothing about the hard stuff that actually comes with being in a relationship.  This is going to be a good time.  In today's episode we're discussing the "Dear Friend" plotline and taking a not so deep dive into The Shop Around the Corner and You've Got Mail.