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From Hollywood with Love
From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy | Scott Meslow
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An in-depth celebration of the romantic comedy�s modern golden era and its role in our culture, tracking the genre from its heyday in the �80s and the �90s, its unfortunate decline in the 2000s, and its explosive reemergence in the (…more)
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KarenUK
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As a NON non-fic reader, I always dread those prompts in challenges. But this ended up being the perfect ‘meet-cute‘ of prompt vs book vs this reluctant NF reader! As an unashamed romantic, a huge fan of film journalism, who inhaled film magazines in my 20s cover-to-cover, and now religiously listens to movie podcasts ‘film spotting‘ and ‘the next picture show‘ , I heard about this book on one of those, and knew it was for me. (Cont. in comments.)

KarenUK It‘s charming, gossipy behind-the-scenes stuff, about iconic rom-coms from When Harry met Sally to present day. Definitely my wheelhouse! #booked2022 #writtenbyajournalist @Cinfhen @barbarathebibliophile @alisiakae 3y
Cinfhen Sounds GREAT!!! Glad you found the perfect book 😘😘 3y
CarolynM Stacking for sure! 3y
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JoyBlue
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This was an often-fun and occasionally thought-provoking trip down rom-com memory lane. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#from-hollywood-with-love-the-rise-an...

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This book explores the history of romantic comedies. Each chapter is dedicated to a different movie, with an essay in between exploring different rom-com actors.

The selection of movies and actors were a good mix. I liked that it discussed non-white rom-coms (Waiting To Exhale) and rom-coms about older women (Something‘s Gotta Give).

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2022/03/13/review-from-hollywood-with-love/

JoyBlue I went straight to Overdrive and checked out the audio edition. Thanks for the recommendation! 3y
JoyBlue I started reading early this morning and am really enjoying it. Thanks again for bringing it to my attention!! 💙 3y
oddandbookish @JoyBlue Glad to hear you are enjoying it! 3y
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