{"name":"Screwball Comedy from Shakespeare to Classic Hollywood... and Beyond","short_name":"Screwball Comedy from Shakespeare to Classic Hollywood... and Beyond","theme_color":"#ffffff","start_url":"/","display":"standalone","background_color":"#fff","description":"<p>In which we take a survey of many screwball-comedy-plotted romantic comedies before looking at where the genre is today. Each episode takes a deep dive into one particular pattern in the genre, asking why it matters, what it tells us, and where we see it getting updated in a more contemporary film from the last 15 years. <br /><br />A podcast by the students in the Screwball Comedy senior elective at The Lawrenceville School.<br /><br />Films discussed: <br />Much Ado About Nothing (1993 &amp; 2012)<br />It Happened One Night (1934)<br />Libeled Lady (1936)<br />The Lady Eve (1941)<br />Clueless (1995)<br />10 Things I Hate About You (1999)<br /><br />Contemporary films discussed: <br />Crazy Stupid Love (2011)<br />To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)<br />Anyone But You (2023)<br />Crazy Rich Asians (2018)<br />Set It Up (2018)</p>\n<p>Overboard (2018)</p>\n<p>Failure to Launch (2006)</p>\n<p>Red, White and Royal Blue (2023)</p>\n<p>Palm Springs (2020)</p>","icons":[{"src":"https://deow9bq0xqvbj.cloudfront.net/image-logo/20318289/Film_Factory7et4k_300x300.png","sizes":"300x300","type":"image/png"}]}