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The Next Picture Show

#317: Star Crossed Pt. 2 — Marry Me

The Next Picture Show

Telegraph Road Productions

Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Film History

4.6819 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Kat Coiro’s new MARRY ME is a rarity in 2022: a major-studio romcom released to theaters (okay, and Peacock), that features recognizable stars and tries to honor the genre without apologies or winky self-awareness. It’s a modern yet old-fashioned romcom that relies on audiences’ affection for its genre, and in particular its incandescent star, Jennifer Lopez, to smooth over its rough patches, which we poke at — affectionately — in the second half of our star-crossed romcom pairing. We’re joined once again by special guest Scott Meslow, author of the new book FROM HOLLYWOOD WITH LOVE, to discuss how MARRY ME works through the romcom formula, and where it stumbles, before bringing Roger Michell's NOTTING HILL back in to consider how both films fit their respective ideas about celebrity, infidelity, and humility into the genre’s well-established storytelling structure. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about NOTTING HILL, MARRY ME, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email to [email protected]. We may respond to it on our Patreon (patreon.com/NextPictureShow), where you can also find bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter, recommendations, and more.  Next pairing: RUN LOLA RUN and KIMI Outro Music: “On My Way (Marry Me)” by Jennifer Lopez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.7

It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.

1:05.5

You believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being?

1:08.8

We may be true with the past, but the past is not through with us.

1:19.9

Welcome back to the next picture show, a movie the week podcast to a classic film and the way it shaped our thoughts on a recent release.

1:24.2

I'm Keith Phipps here again with Tosha Robinson and Genevieve Koski.

1:28.8

Scott Tobias is once again out to this episode, but we're joined once more by our special guest,

1:33.2

Scott Meslow, entertainment writer, rom-com, expert, and author of the new book from Hollywood with Love, The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of the romantic comedy.

1:37.3

Hello again, Scott.

1:38.7

Thanks.

1:39.2

Still happy to be here.

1:40.4

In the year 2022, Mary Me is a rarity, a major studio rom-com that's released to theaters and also Peacock,

1:46.7

that features recognizable stars and tries to honor the genre without any apologies.

1:51.4

There's no winky self-awareness, just a story of two people falling in love.

1:55.7

They're not exactly ordinary people, though, or at least one half of the couple isn't.

1:59.9

Jennifer Lopez plays Kat Valdez, a pop star who's achieved a, though, or at least one half of the couple isn't. Jennifer Lopez plays Kat

2:01.3

Valdez, a pop star who's achieved a, well, Jennifer Lopez-like level of fame. As the film

2:07.7

opens, she's prepared to marry the style of a 21st century pop star as a culmination of a

2:12.6

multimedia campaign tied to the song, Marry Me, a duet with her romantic partner, Bastion, played by

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