Podstruck: A Rom-Com Rewind – Details, episodes & analysis

ONE-OFF CATEGORY: MCCONAUGHEY GIRL HEYYY

Instead of kicking off a new month of movies, Chelsea and Elena instead look back at the movie they covered as their original Podstruck pilot episode - "How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days." Having just read Matthew McConaughey's memoir 'Greenlights' for the Glamorous Trash Podcast, they're armed with new insight as they dive into this 2003 battle of the sexes rom-com starring Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, and of course Matthew McConaughey. We debate whether the big swings and cringey moments are too uncomfortable or if it all comes together in a hilarious, beautiful package... with charmingly thin lips. Plus it's one of the rare movies we've covered with a largely female creative team. Get ready to be transported back to the early aughts in good ways, bad ways, and with so many halter-tops. 

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SUBCATEGORY: TOTALLY 80S TEENS!

Ending our run of 80s classics is the John Hughes Molly Ringwald rom-com 'Pretty in Pink,' a movie that makes us question our own sense of fashion, wonder what is romantic vs. just being a sex pest, and think back to our high school delusions of people being in love with us. Our special guest is Lily Du (Dirty Laundry on Dropout) who imprinted on this movie and will defend it to the end. Is Andie a buzzkill? Is Andrew McCarthy still famous? Is Annie Potts the real protagonist? Is James Spader sexy or criminal? And why don't people touch things anymore? We answer all these and more in this episode of Podstruck. 

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Continuing the Sports Vs. Love rom-com trope, this week Podstruck covers the genre defying Criterion Collection classic from 2000, Love & Basketball. We are joined by special guest and host of the Glamorous Trash podcast Chelsea Devantez to gush over the all-star cast featuring Omar Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Alfre Woodard, Regina Hall, Boris Kodjoe, Gabrielle Union, Tyra Banks and more. We discuss how writer/director Gina Prince-Bythewood inspires us, the break from traditional rom-com structure, and how this movie addresses sexism in ways the Barbie movie can't. Plus we talk about strip basketball, licking booty sweat, slut shaming, Mormon crushes, and more. 

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Instead of a regular episode this week, Elena and Chelsea discuss the personal impact the wildfires in Los Angeles have had on them, namely Elena losing her house last week in the Eaton fire. Elena gives an update on how her family is doing while dealing with this tragedy, how the terrifying day unfolded, and what she hopes to share about her beautiful community in Altadena. Chelsea and Elena also talk about resources for where people can donate (links listed below) and discuss the future of Podstruck’s release schedule. 

DISPLACED LATINE FAMILIES DOC:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1km3lEvdVY70P3875guzujp5xtoIFMr6jVZVxfpN3MeA/htmlview

DISPLACED BLACK FAMILIES DOC:

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ADDITIONAL GOFUNDMES DOC:

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GOFUNDME DIRECTORY OF VERIFIED CAMPAIGNS:

https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/wildfire-relief/california

PASADENA HUMANE SOCIETY: 

https://pasadenahumane.org/?campaign=431108 

ELENA’S FAMILY GOFUNDME PAGE:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/aid-for-john-elena-and-luca 

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To kick things off in 2025, Podstruck skates into a new rom-com category: Sports Vs. Love. And for our first episode of the new year Chelsea Davison and Elena Crevello are joined by special guest Charlene deGuzman (Ted, Unloveable, I Forgot My Phone) to cover the 1992 Figure Skating movie, "The Cutting Edge" starring Moira Kelly and D. B. Sweeney. Join us as we discuss the incredibly well written script by Tony Gilroy, how many slow-mo shots are too many, whether you can really learn an Olympic sport in 3 months, who brushes their hair naked in front of a window, group kissing chains at New Year's Eve, and whether the Pamchenko is possible or would cause head trauma. If you like classic enemies to lovers romances, class divides, and strange little pencil mustaches, this is the movie for you!

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Today we discuss a VERY popular holiday rom-com, Nancy Meyers' The Holiday! It's an all star cast with Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law and Jack Black - but do they have chemistry?! Would any of these couples really end up together or did we all just waste two hours and ten minutes of our lives?! Should Kate Winslet have dated Arthur, the old writer? We dive into all of this and more on this fresh episode, which is the last in our "Horny For The Holidays" bucket! Next week we will be back to our Wednesday release date and we'll be kicking off a new category: Love Vs Sports! And we are starting with one of Elena's favorite rom-coms of all times: The Cutting Edge!

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This week we cover Lindsay Lohan's new Christmas banger, Our Little Secret, out now on Netflix! We discuss what a dream Kristin Chenoweth is, why this movie makes us want to go to church, and whether surprise parties are a YAY or a NAY! Lindsay Lohan really shines in this romantic comedy and we get a glimpse of the girl we've all knew and loved from Mean Girls. And her hand lotion acting is impeccable. Not to mention the great cast from Tim Meadows, to Chris Parnell, to Ian Harding, to Judy Reyes! But does it hit the mark? Or fall short? You gotta listen to find out! (Or watch the movie and decide for yourself!)

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This week we are joined by special guest Ashley Nicole Black (Shrinking, Bad Monkey, Ted Lasso, A Black Lady Sketch Show) to cover another Christmas rom-com classic, "Last Holiday" starring Queen Latifah and LL Cool J. Join us as we discuss LL Cool J's arms, Queen Latifah's charms, and why we aren't buying her as a sad down on her luck "spinster"! Other take aways from Last Holiday: all billionaires are bad, base jumping is not for us, Giancarlo Esposito can get it, and Hotel Pupp is a real place and yes, it's pronounced "poop". If you love manifestation, small Eastern European towns and commiserating over America's broken healthcare system, then this movie is for you!

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This week we are joined by special guest Stephanie Beatriz (Man On The Inside, Brooklyn 99, Encanto, In The Heights) to cover a Christmas classic, "Love Actually". Join us as we discuss Alan Rickman as a love interest, and whether you'd get down with Snape or nah, Keira Knightley's creepy love triangle and how we romanticized stalking in the aughts, and why Colin Firth can always GET IT. And of course we dive fully into Hugh Grant's storyline with his not so subtly Monica Lewinsky coded love interest, Natalie. And we aren't afraid to say it: WE WANT MORE FOR LAURA LINNEY'S CHARACTER! This rom-com is full of Christmas cheer AND workplace harassment! A combo we never knew we needed!

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This week we "go troppo" for the 2023 rom com hit, Anyone But You starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell. Special guest Alex Levy joins the pod as we dig into whether butter should be cut from the middle of the pat, how grilled cheese sandwich making IS foreplay, and why you CANNOT get chlamydia from a koala. Fascinating stuff. Also romantic comedy fave, Dermot Mulroney, graces us with his presence in this movie and this may or may not cause Elena to go into an existential spiral about aging. If you love Natasha Beddingfield's Unwritten, the scenic wonder that is Australia, and fingers in the butt, then this episode is for you!

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