Torsten and Sabrina hope they get into the prestigious Heidelberg Christmas market (fingers crossed!) with Hallmark heroine Heidi Heidelberg and discuss the phenomenon of Hallmark movies. And yes, that’s a quote from Ted Lasso at the beginning.
They talk about a few things you may want to check out:
– Andrea Braithwaite’s “From Brand to Genre: The Hallmark Movie”: https://doi.org/10.1177/15274764231171070
– Alyssa Hirose and Stacey McLachlan’s “How Hallmark Movies Get Made”: https://www.vanmag.com/city/arts-and-culture/how-hallmark-movies-get-made
– Willie Versteeg’s “Early Draft of Hallmark Movie Screenplay”: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/early-draft-of-hallmark-movie-screenplay-christmas-for-christmas
– The Hallmark film “Christmas at the Plaza”: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10921042 which Torsten live-tweeted: https://bsky.app/profile/kathke.com/post/3ke6bnjgxdk2r
– The ‘Ted Lasso’ episode “(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea”: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19655878
Welcome to “In Front of Ira,” the podcast in which historians, friends, and lovers… of rom-coms Sabrina Mittermeier and Torsten Kathke discuss how the romantic comedy genre has evolved, what it can tell us about society, and whether this movie is worth watching. 
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Our music is “Night in Venice” by Kevin MacLeod.