Podstruck: A Rom-Com Rewind

SUBCATEGORY: CULTURE CLASH

To close up our Culture Clash category we are covering the 2018 summer blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians starring an all star cast including Michelle Yeoh, Constance Wu, Awkwafina, Lisa Lu, Henry Golding, Jimmy O.Yang, Nico Santos, Gemma Chan, Ken Jeong, Sonoya Mizuno, Remy Hii, Fiona Xie, Ronny Chieng, Chris Pang and more! We discuss how Jon M. Chu brought this book series to life on screen by using his signature colorful directorial style, why the food scenes made us drool, and some of the behind the scenes drama and hot goss surrounding the sequel that has yet to see the light of day! We also unpack the film’s biggest themes of extreme wealth, cultural identity, family expectations, and the tension between tradition and modern love all while swooning over leading man, Henry Golding. And a discussion of this movie would not be complete without an analysis of the opulent wedding that left Chelsea ooohing and awwing and Elena sneezing! So buckle up, cause this week we are going to Singapore!

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SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE BONUS EPISODE

As an exclusive bonus episode for our Podstruck Patreon subscribers AKA our Meet Cuties, we are talking through rom-com hot takes as submitted by our listeners, the Internet, and sharing a few of our own along the way. It's a debate-filled episode about beautiful dweeby men, Nancy Meyers' kitchens, Rizzo's divorcée vibes, kid side kicks, horny old people, the new podcast Elena wants to start, what incels think about rom-coms, and which actor can actually pull off being an asshole? Check out the first 15 minutes here and get the full episode on our Patreon.

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This week Podstruck celebrates Valentine's Day with another rom-com in our Culture Clash category, this time the 1997 Salma Hayek Matthew Perry movie Fools Rush In. Joining us is Chelsea Devantez (Glamorous Trash, Basic, The Problem with Jon Stewart) who defends this movie with her life, from the Southwest setting to the fact that it's ballsy and progressive for when it was made. She also sheds light on why reading Matthew Perry's memoir will ruin him for you and how this movie was almost derailed by him insisting on doing his own stunt. Plus, Elena tells the story of how following signs changed her life, Chelsea Davison questions whether the WASPy busybody deserved a happy ending too, and we debate whether the Hoover Dam is romantic or a place of death. And it's almost Elena's birthday so go leave us a review to celebrate!

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Listen to Glamorous Trash's episode on Matthew Perry's Memoir: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/matthew-perrys-memoir-friends-lovers-and-the-big/id1533722524?i=1000586679944
Listen to Chelsea's previous episode on Podstruck covering Love & Basketball: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-basketball-courting-on-the-court-with/id1770187159?i=1000684995161
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Today on the pod we launch a new collection of romantic comedies that involve people falling in love despite a culture clash with a box office banger, My Big Fat Greek Wedding! Starring Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Lainie Kazan, Gia Carides, Andrea Martin and even *NSYNC star, Joey Fatone! We discuss why despite this movie lacking conflict and a typical movie structure, it still works and is just a delight! Plus stories about forcing Nia Vardalos to hang out with you at a WGA event, grandmas showing their butts and mom showing off their nudes! Whew! It's a doozy. So get out your Windex, and Moussaka and get ready to fall in love with a Big Fat Greek Family, cause we sure did!

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We're popping our TV show cherry this week with the HBO hockey sensation Heated Rivalry. Elena and Chelsea talk about why this gay sports love story has taken the world by storm, including Connor Storrie's ability to learn Russian, Hudson Williams' ability to communicate the book's inner monologue on his face, and all of the incredibly hot butts. Plus we discuss the parallels between this show and The Cutting Edge, the classic rom-com enemies to lovers trope and how it's used here, the music drops we loved and hated, which actor in the series might have been miscast, and finally how a pair of socks made Chelsea cry.

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