RomCom Killjoys

In our first season finale, Jonelle and Eliza discuss Not Another Teen Movie (2001) including the difference between parody and satire, Massachusetts' favorite son Chris Evans, and why this movie deserves Not Another Rewatch.  

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Jonelle and guest Alice Lee discuss Sixteen Candles (1984) and all the classic (?) humor (?) you remember, including date rape, racism, and other nightmares from the male Id. 

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We're totally bugging! Jonelle and Eliza unpack Clueless (1995), discussing tokenism, the cultural politics of step-siblings, and optimistic 90s capitalism. 

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To all the high school movies we've loved before .... Jonelle and guest Medha Marsten discuss To All The Boys ... (2018), including why they always kill the mom, racism in teen rom coms, and the radical softness of Gen Z.

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Jonelle and Eliza discuss Netflix "classic" A Christmas Prince (2017) including filling the void with more void, why we fantasize about meeting a prince, and existential horrors of the divine right to rule. 

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Jonelle and guest Chelsea Lynn discuss White Christmas (1954), including the Spirit of American Militarism, blackface minstrelsy, and newfound admiration for a certain chorus girl.

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Jonelle and guest Sarah Ryan discuss The Spirit of Christmas (2015), including sloppy period costumes, French-Canadian accents, and mythologies of the Ghost Boyfriend. 

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Happy Birthday, Baby Jesus! Jonelle and Eliza discuss Christmas in the Smokies (2015), including the Prosperity Doctrine, the fantasy of a Christmas town, and excellent Southern romance novel names. 

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It's Christmas in July! Jonelle and guests Lindsey Barr & Jared Strange discuss Love Actually (2003), including the Spirit of Christmas (and Terrorism), charming British-ness, and the immortal question: is Love Actually *actually* garbage? 

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Jonelle and guest Jennifer Haining discuss My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), including the symmetry of Julia Roberts' face; what 28 means (and doesn't mean); and why there is so much music by black artists in this extremely white movie. 

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