Breaking down the Jennifer Lopez Wedding Industrial Complex Canon

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🗓️ 24 March 2023

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It's basically spring - which means wedding season is starting to rev up. And no one does weddings quite like Jennifer Lopez - both on-screen and off. Host Brittany Luse is joined by New York Magazine features writer Rachel Handler to break down J.Lo's wedding planning movies (the Jennifer Lopez Wedding Industrial Complex Canon), how they add to J.Lo's brand, and what they say about our investment in the real-life wedding industrial complex.

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0:00.0	You're listening to It's Been A Minute From NPR.
0:05.6	I'm Brittany Loose.
0:07.2	Spring is basically here, and for many of us, it marks the beginning of wedding season.
0:13.7	And nobody, nobody does weddings quite like Jennifer Lopez.
0:18.6	She's been engaged six times in real life.
0:21.8	And on screen, she's tied the knot a lot.
0:24.6	So let's just get married right now.
0:28.1	I do.
0:29.9	And I'm not the only one who's noticed this pattern, which brings me to today's guest.
0:35.6	New York Magazine features writer Rachel Handler.
0:39.3	Not only had I seen like 10 movies where she got married, but I had seen four movies where
0:43.7	she planned a wedding.
0:44.7	And I was like, that's really strange and fascinating.
0:47.9	Yeah, it's kind of like your Jerry Sinful moment.
0:50.3	What's up with that?
0:52.3	What's up with that?
0:54.3	And in article she wrote for New York Magazine, Rachel calls these four movies.
0:59.4	The JLo Wedding Industrial Complex Cannon.
1:03.7	It starts with The Wedding Planner.
1:06.7	Nothing is going to come close to the heights of the wedding planner, which to me is like
1:10.3	rom-com perfection.
1:12.2	And then, monster in law.
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