<p>In which we ask our final questions about what this genre has to teach us...or how we see its issues out in the real world.  </p>

In which we ask our final questions about what this genre has to teach us...or how we see its issues out in the real world.

<p>In which we ask our final questions about what this genre has to teach us...or how we see its issues out in the real world.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

Bonus Episode! Our closing thoughts

In which we take a survey of many screwball-comedy-plotted romantic comedies before looking at where the genre is today.  Each episode takes a deep dive into one particular pattern in the genre, asking why it matters, what it tells us, and where we see it getting updated in a more contemporary film from the last 15 years.  

A podcast by the students in the Screwball Comedy senior elective at The Lawrenceville School.

Films discussed: 
Much Ado About Nothing (1993 & 2012)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Libeled Lady (1936)
The Lady Eve (1941)
Clueless (1995)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

Contemporary films discussed: 
Crazy Stupid Love (2011)
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)
Anyone But You (2023)
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Set It Up (2018)

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In which we take a survey of many screwball-comedy-plotted romantic comedies before looking at where the genre is today. Each episode takes a deep dive into one particular pattern in the genre, asking why it matters, what it tells us, and where we see it getting updated in a more contemporary film from the last 15 years. A podcast by the students in the Screwball Comedy senior elective at The Lawrenceville School. Films discussed: Much Ado About Nothing (1993 & 2012) It Happened One Night (1934) Libeled Lady (1936) The Lady Eve (1941) Clueless (1995) 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) Contemporary films discussed: Crazy Stupid Love (2011) To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018) Anyone But You (2023) Crazy Rich Asians (2018) Set It Up (2018)

In which we take a survey of many screwball-comedy-plotted romantic comedies before looking at where the genre is today.  Each episode takes a deep dive into one particular pattern in the genre, asking why it matters, what it tells us, and where we see it getting updated in a more contemporary film from the last 15 years.  

A podcast by the students in the Screwball Comedy senior elective at The Lawrenceville School.

Films discussed: 
Much Ado About Nothing (1993 &amp; 2012)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Libeled Lady (1936)
The Lady Eve (1941)
Clueless (1995)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

Contemporary films discussed: 
Crazy Stupid Love (2011)
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)
Anyone But You (2023)
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Set It Up (2018)

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