Podstruck: A Rom-Com Rewind

CATEGORY: LOTHARIOS IN LOVE
We continue our collection of playboys turned loverboys this week with the Rock Hudson Doris Day classic Pillow Talk, with special guest Joe Randazzo (The Onion, @midnight). Despite being made in 1959, this movie has a ton of humor, heart, and a whole lotta leg to get your blood pumping... as well as a few sexist/violent moments that will make you very glad it's not 1959 anymore. We talk about the mind games Brad Allen is playing, why Jan needs to find a new hair dresser, who got Oscar nominations, the insane score for this film, and the part where the main characters become ghosts. After seeing this movie, should we bring back party lines?

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CATEGORY: LOTHARIOS IN LOVE

This week we dart back to 2011 for Dan Fogelman's romantic comedy: Crazy, Stupid, Love! And boy does this movie live up to its title because there are some BANANAS plot points we had completely forgotten existed! But regardless, this movie is a joy with its stacked cast including Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, Kevin Bacon and Marisa Tomei to name just a few. Chelsea and Elena dig into the multiple intersecting storylines and discuss whether Steve Carell is hotter than Kevin Bacon, Emma Stone's fear of the Dirty Dancing lift, Josh Groban's brilliant turn as Emma Stone's douchebag boyfriend, and our deep love for Steve Carell as a leading rom-com man. Along with some fun light discussion about venturing into our own mid life crises!

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Enjoy a sneak peak of an episode that is exclusively for our Patreon supporters and if you feel inclined support the making of this podcast visit Patreon.com/PodstruckPod and join to listen to the full episode! Today we are jumping in our time machines and going back to an era when rom-coms reigned supreme: the 1990's! We discuss Julia Roberts' myriad of relationships from Lyle Lovett to Danny Moder, Sandra Bullock's love for Texan men and her marriage to famed bad boy Jesse James, and we touch on Meg Ryan's relationship with Dennis Quaid and their divorce which coincided with her relationship with Russell Crowe. So join us as Chelsea remembers gossip completely incorrectly and Elena gets way more excited than anyone should about this bygone era!

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CATEGORY: I DO... I THINK
Podstruck is finishing our wedding category with the brand new A24 rom-com adjacent black comedy The Drama starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. We discuss whether some critics were right to be upset by the misleading marketing for this movie and whether it makes light of sensitive topics or is a fresh approach to an American obsession. And of course we unpack the worst things that we have personally ever done and why teenage brains are just a bit deranged. Plus Alana Haim should get an Oscar for Best Acting of an Unlikable Character. It's a movie that will get your butthole clenched, make you gasp, and have you tittering with laughter... just please do not bring your baby to see it.

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CATEGORY: I DO... I THINK

Continuing our collection of wedding rom-coms, Podstruck looks back this week at Four Weddings and a Funeral, the Hugh Grant breakout movie that turned him into a romantic comedy star. Mark Vigeant (Dropout, Edinburgh Fringe Fest) joins Chelsea and Elena to debate whether Andie MacDowell brings the heat or is a beautiful ice sculpture, why Cameron Crowe should envy Mike Newell's vignettes, the warm worlds that Richard Curtis writes even if they also have some sexism, what beer douchebags drink in the U.K., the incredible slate of side characters including Rowan Atkinson, how learning sign language can get you laid, and the most heartbreaking part of a truly sob-worthy funeral. It's a classic that absolutely deserves a rewatch.

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