{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Epilogues and Epiphanies – Good Movies Make Good Humans","title":"The Rom-Com Rubric: Misogyny, Guilty Pleasures, and Why We Still Need a Happy Ending","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d7ea41db\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3129,"description":"Why does loving a rom-com still feel like something to apologize for? This week I'm joined by Daniel of Daniel Film Therapy — former actor, therapist, and the internet's favorite film-critique livestreamer — to dig into what actually makes a rom-com a rom-com, why the genre gets dismissed as lowbrow (spoiler: misogyny), and what it means that we still crave happy endings in a world that feels increasingly uncertain.\nWe talk about the tropes we love and hate, the movies that shaped how we watch (The Apartment, When Harry Met Sally, Roman Holiday), why Obsession might be the most honest rom-com of the year, and why sometimes you just need permission to be a little stupid and let a story make you feel good.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/WSBWVIa4q2tKnVmdfOO8YscQPXV8Xeo9spzIjECwUI4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xYTdj/MTBjNjUwMTc1OGNk/NTk1NzIxOTQ3NGVm/MTQ3OC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}