
From Hollywood with Love
The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy
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Narrated by:
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Jeremy Arthur
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By:
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Scott Meslow
An in-depth celebration of the romantic comedy’s modern golden era and its role in our culture, tracking the genre from its heyday in the ’80s and the ’90s, its unfortunate decline in the 2000s, and its explosive reemergence in the age of streaming, featuring exclusive interviews with the directors, writers, and stars of the iconic films that defined the genre.
No Hollywood genre has been more misunderstood—or more unfairly under-appreciated—than the romantic comedy. Funny, charming, and reliably crowd-pleasing, rom-coms were the essential backbone of the Hollywood landscape, launching the careers of many of Hollywood’s most talented actors and filmmakers, such as Julia Roberts and Matthew McConaughey, and providing many of the yet limited creative opportunities women had in Hollywood. But despite—or perhaps because of—all that, the rom-com has routinely been overlooked by the Academy Awards or snobbishly dismissed by critics. In From Hollywood with Love, culture writer and GQ contributor Scott Meslow seeks to right this wrong, celebrating and analyzing rom-coms with the appreciative, insightful critical lens they’ve always deserved.
Beginning with the golden era of the romantic comedy—spanning from the late ’80s to the mid-’00s with the breakthrough of films such as When Harry Met Sally—to the rise of streaming and the long-overdue push for diversity setting the course for films such as the groundbreaking, franchise-spawning Crazy Rich Asians, Meslow examines the evolution of the genre through its many iterations, from its establishment of new tropes, the Austen and Shakespeare rewrites, the many love triangles, and even the occasional brave decision to do away with the happily ever after.
Featuring exclusive interviews with the actors and filmmakers behind our most beloved rom-coms, From Hollywood with Love constructs oral histories of our most celebrated romantic comedies, for an informed and entertaining look at Hollywood’s beloved yet most under-appreciated genre.
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I love love & this book
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Delightful performance, can’t read along
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Informative
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It’s a fantastic retelling of these movies, the growth of its initial audience, how Hollywood has changed and how social media has impacted the genre. Even if you’ve not seen all the movies included in this book, you’ll still learn & enjoy it.
Arthur is a great narrator. He’d be great for voice over work on screen and off. Bravo to him for not holding back on highlighting Hollywood’s lack of diversity and how difficult it still is to get movies made.
Finishing this book is as wistful, romantic & loving as it feels to walk out of a theater after watching a feel good romantic comedy.
RomCom History and Future Personified
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I found it enjoyable. It’s not really about writing or screen riding as much as Hollywood and the genre. Enjoyable!
Made my road trip fly by!
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