4.6 • 640 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2022
⏱️ 74 minutes
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0:00.0 | In today's episode, we examine how the rom-com genre has been flipped on its head to expand, |
0:05.6 | and I am here for it. |
0:07.3 | Howdy, I'm Jeff Goldsmith. |
0:09.1 | I'm the publisher of Backstory Magazine and the host of the Q&A. |
0:12.4 | Each week, I plan to bring you in-depth insights into the creative process of storytelling. |
0:16.8 | And folks, I am absolutely here for it. |
0:18.8 | Today's movie is Bros. |
0:20.4 | It opens in theaters nationwide. |
0:22.6 | You cannot see it anywhere else. |
0:24.3 | I highly recommend you mask up and go support this film. |
0:27.9 | It is the first mainstream studio-backed gay rom-com, and I really hope audiences go to it so we can see more movies like this. |
0:35.7 | I'm quite pleased to have with us today, |
0:38.3 | the co-writer and director of this fine film, good old Nicholas Stoller. Of course, he co-wrote |
0:43.6 | Bros with the film star, Billy Eichner. And without a doubt, as you'll hear us talk about, |
0:48.3 | it's a personal film for Billy, although it is still a work of fiction for sure. And Nick and |
0:53.4 | Billy did a great job of examining just what a rom-com can be in 2022. |
0:59.2 | And the results are both funny and also very compelling. |
1:02.5 | It's always a blast to have Nick in the podcast and today is no exception. |
1:06.4 | He was very forthcoming about what it took to co-write and direct this film so I know you'll dig this |
1:11.3 | episode. And speaking of things to dig, Backstory Magazine turns 10. That's right. We survived a decade |
1:17.2 | and we couldn't have done it without your help. And the other good news is that we just released |
1:22.4 | a new issue. Yes, issue 47, our summer issue is live, and there is so much great stuff in it. |
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