Bros And What's Making Us Happy

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🗓️ 30 September 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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In the grand tradition of the modern rom-com, stories about queer couples are still few and far between. Which is part of what makes the new movie Bros so special: Billy Eichner stars as a lanky intellectual who boasts a proud aversion to romance until he has a meet-cute with his polar opposite, a hyper-masculine gym rat played by Luke Macfarlane. Eichner co-wrote the movie, and Judd Apatow is a producer, so unsurprisingly, the jokes can be broad and raunchy. But there's plenty of heart here, too.

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0:00.0	In the grand tradition of the modern rom-com, stories about queer couples are still few and
0:08.8	far between.
0:10.2	Which is part of what makes the new movie bros so special.
0:13.2	Billy Eichner starts as a linky intellectual who boasts a proud aversion to romance.
0:17.9	Until that is, he has a meet cute with his polar opposite, a hyper masculine gym rat
0:22.0	played by Luke McFarland.
0:23.6	Eichner co-wrote the movie and Judd Apatow is a producer, so unsurprisingly, the jokes
0:28.3	can be broad and raunchy.
0:30.3	But there's plenty of heart here too.
0:32.0	I'm Eisha Harris and today we're talking about bros on popcorn to happy hour from NPR.
0:37.4	Joining me today is NPR contributor Belal Koreshi.
0:40.4	Hi Belal, welcome back.
0:41.7	Hi, I'm Sean, nice to be back.
0:43.3	Also joining us is NPR Film Critic Bob Mandello, welcome back to YouTube Bob.
0:47.2	Always fun.
0:48.2	And rounding out the panel is the host of Vibe Check and the Vulture podcast into it, Sam Sanders.
0:53.8	Welcome back to YouTube Sam.
0:55.1	It is so nice to be here in such distinguished company.
0:58.4	Yeah.
0:59.4	So, bros stars Billy Eichner as Bobby, a 40 year old podcaster and curator who's helping
1:05.2	to launch a new LGBTQ plus history museum in New York City.
1:09.9	Year spent on all the dating apps have left him decidedly jaded about love, but one night
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