Anatomy of a Rom Com

Broey Deschanel • March 30, 2024

Broey Deschanel

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Welcome to my channel! I post monthly videos on a mixture of film analyses, retrospectives, politics and just absolutely overthinking anything to do with pop culture. Spoiler warnings are placed on videos that discuss shows/movies with a twist, recent shows/movies, or shows/movies that aren't the subject of the video. If you're watching a video about a show/movie that is over a decade old, very famous in pop culture, and the subject of my video - then please watch at your own discretion. My business email is linked on this page. Please be mindful that I receive a great number of requests for academic interviews, reviewing or promoting films (particularly student films), and guest speaking on podcasts. I try my best to respond to these inquiries - but I cannot commit myself to all of them, so I have to be sparing. This does not reflect on the quality of your research, film, or podcast - and more so that I don't want to spread myself too thin! Apologies if I don't get back to you!

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Video Description

Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/broeydeschanel Watch Taboo on Screen on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/taboo Anyone But You was supposed to revive the rom com, but it's missing something. This video breaks down the components of the Hollywood romantic comedy, and what gives it that magical quality! Thumbnail by Hannah Raine Follow and support the channel! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/broeydeschanel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/broey_deschanel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeschanelBroey SOURCES: Yohana Desta, “Maybe Nancy Meyers Doesn’t Want You to Stop Focusing on Her Beautiful Movie Kitchens” Vanity Fair (2019). James J. Dowd and Nicole R. Pallotta, “The End of Romance: The Demystification of Love in the Postmodern Age” Sociological Perspectives, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Winter, 2000). Nora Ephron, “Moving On, A Love Story” The New Yorker (2006). Megan Feeney, “The Plight of the Rom-Com in the Post-Romantic Era” Cinéaste, Vol. 47 (4) (2022). Helen Fielding, Independent Columns (1995). http://bridgetarchive.altervista.org/index1995.htm Hadley Freeman, “Nancy Meyers: ‘I don’t see a lot of movies about complicated women … I think it’s gotten worse’” The Guardian (2015). Roberta Garrett, “Female Fantasy and Post-Feminist Politics in Nora Ephron’s Screenplays” Journal of Screenwriting, vol. 3 (2) (2012). Brian Henderson, “Romantic Comedy Today: Semi-Tough or Impossible?” Film Quarterly , Summer, 1978, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Summer, 1978). Benjamin Lee, “Anyone But You review – slick but soulless romantic comedy” The Guardian (2023). Paula Marantz Cohen, “What Have Clothes Got to Do with It? Romantic Comedy and the Female Gaze” Southwest Review , 2010, Vol. 95, No. 1/2 (2010). Adrian Martin, “In the Mood For (Something Like) Love: The Situation of the Rom-Com Today” Cinéaste , Winter 2013, Vol. 39, No. 1 (2013). Nancy Meyers, “Life Isn’t Like the Movies (Even if You Write the Movies)” The New York Times (2020). Doris Milberg, The Art of the Screwball Comedy: Madcap Entertainment from the 1930s to Today, McFarland (2013). Rachel Syme, “The Nora Ephron We Forgot”, New Yorker (2022). Stephanie Zacharek, “Notting Hill” , Salon (1999).