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SIM Ep 796 BONUS POD: Love Actually gets Rated or Dated

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

A while ago, Mick made the team watch Love Actually for Rated or Dated and, well, regular – and even irregular – listeners can probably figure out how that went. Given that Richard Curtis’s celluloid toilet bowl of loose stools is currently celebrating another anniversary, it seems a good time to remind women exactly why this film is self harm for the eyes, ears and soul. As Hannah so succinctly puts it, Cunts Actually.   Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello there, Hannah here.

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No, as you've probably seen, love actually is back in the news because there's been some sort of 20th anniversary reunion on the telly in America.

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Because clearly people haven't suffered enough in recent years.

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And because Richard Curtis has apparently woken up to the fact that the film isn't very diverse.

1:07.0

No shit Richard, no shit.

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As regular listeners will know, we featured love actually in our rated or dated section a few years back.

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And I'm sure even irregular listeners can guess what we made of it.

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That this fox turd of a film has been left to lie in the garden of beloved popular culture for so long is a mystery.

1:29.0

That people have now put it on the end of a stick and I'm marching round proudly following it is, well, you can find out our thoughts here.

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Welcome to rated or dated.

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Mickey, it was your choice this week.

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So here's the question.

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What the fuck?

1:54.0

Yeah, this week we watched Richard Curtis's 2003 Christmas themed rumcom love actually.

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