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Down with Love with Mia Vicino

Down with Love with Mia Vicino

FromThe Queer Quadrant


Down with Love with Mia Vicino

FromThe Queer Quadrant

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Length:
102 minutes
Released:
May 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Jordan and Brooke are joined by Mia Vicino (Letterboxd) for 2003's absolutely perfect, no notes screwball rom-com! If you haven't joined the "Down With Love" army, now's the time. There's chocolate! There's beautiful mod 60s outfits! There's Ewan McGregor in adorable glasses! We discuss how Peyton Reed's underseen classic is a takedown of patriarchal gender roles, the unexpected lavender marriage it sets up, "Know" vs. "Now," and how our best comedies can be both funny and insightful – what a concept!Follow us on Twitter and IG! (And Jordan's Letterboxd / Brooke's Letterboxd)Follow Mia on Twitter, Letterboxd, and listen to Weekend Watchlist!
Released:
May 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Four-quadrant films are movies designed to appeal to the biggest, widest audience possible. In the process, they can often leave out a lot of LGBTQ+ representation – but end up loaded with subtext. In The Queer Quadrant, hosts Brooke Solomon and Jordan Gustafson examine cinema in all its cultural contexts, and explore why your favorite four-quadrant blockbuster is maybe…not as straight as you think it is.