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552. Directorpiece Theatre: How Love Actually Tries Very Hard Not to Ruin Christmas
🕑 Added 2022-12-12 14:00:13 +0000 UTC
Adam and Abe talk about 2003’s Love Actually. They pick apart the general tactics of Christmas movies and how the director distracts and emphasizes beats in order to make you feel things.
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Tue HL
On the topic of Christmas movies being the most inclusive genre: I mean, maybe. Unless you're gay, black, uninterested in having children, cut off ties to a toxic family or, you know, don't celebrate Christmas. Probably some other categories that I didn't think up off the top of my head as well.
Nicholas Fabian
I heard somewhere (probably Cracked, many years ago) that Rowan Atkinson was originally meant to be Cupid, but they dropped that idea at some point. Or maybe it was just a fan theory. Who knows, I've never seen the movie, and thanks to this excellent episode I no longer have to!
