‘Pretty Woman’ Is The Most Charming Vulture Capitalist Fairytale w/ Josh Gondelman

Love to See It with Emma and Claire

Claire Fallon, Emma Gray

Tv & Film

4.4 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 135 minutes

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It’s rom-com rewatch time! We head back to 1990 Los Angeles for a beautiful tale about a sex worker (Julia Roberts) being lifted up into wealth, privilege and classiness by a corporate raider with a heart of gold (Richard Gere). It’s the ultimate capitalistic fairy tale, dreaming up a ruthless investor who has amassed millions by destroying things – but who actually has a soft heart, principles, and a deep yearning to be loved. Comedian Josh Gondelman (host of the upcoming YouTube special “Positive Reinforcement”) joins for a beat-by-beat journey through the Rapunzel-Cinderella-Pygmalion Frankenstein that made Julia Roberts a star. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:17.8	I'm not sorry I'm Claire Fallon and I'm Emma Gray and this is love to see it an obsessively
1:25.8	detailed podcast about the romance we see on screen.
1:29.0	From reality dating shows like The Bachelor to classic rom-coms and other pop culture that makes us laugh, cry, and curse the patriarchy.
1:38.1	We can't live with these stories and we can't live without them.
1:41.8	But we can break down every juicy detail
1:44.9	and unpack all the weird messages on-screen romance sends us
1:49.3	about love, sex, and dating.
1:56.7	Welcome to Love to See It, a podcast about being rescued and doing that rescuing right back.
2:06.7	We're going to treat you so nice during this podcast. You're never going to want to let us go.
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