What is Love Actually?

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01. Who is Richard Curtis and Are We Going to Say Terrible Things About Him? Nov 27, 2020

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Mr. Curtis is a comedy hero to Patrick and much less than that to Beth.

We start at Oxford, sidle over to the classic BBC comedies Blackadder, Mr. Bean, and The Vicar of Dibley, before finally paying special attention to the three romcoms he wrote prior Love Actually: Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones’s Diary. What is known in England as “The Canon.”

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Love Actually 12. And at Christmas You Tell the Truth Nov 27, 2020

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Patrick and Beth try to make sense of all this, tally the scores, and endeavour to discover just what is Love Actually?

We cover erroneous commas, Love Actually in the news, Lulu Popplewell, the A Christmas Prince drinking game, Schiffergate, longing for the 4-hour cut of this movie, and how this repeated viewings of Love Actually led Patrick back to the works of Paul Thomas Anderson (specifically Magnolia).

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Yahoo! News - “Richard Curtis: I have respect for people who don’t like my films” (9/6/20)

Lulu Popplewell on the podcast Almost Famous with Barnaby Slater (10/15/20)

Cosmo - “Love Actually star slams the film as cheesy and sexist” (10/18/20)

The Irish Times - “Harsh words about Love Actually will not spoil this classic for me” by Marie Louise McConville (10/24/20)

E! Online - “Let's Settle This One and For All: Is Love Actually a Good Movie?” by Tierney Bricker (11/4/20)

The New Zealand Herold - “The weirdly popular Christmas movie that isn't actually a Christmas movie” (11/9/20)

RNLI Charity Auction: Love Actually. A framed film cell featuring the final frame of film from the original 35mm reel.

Buy Patrick’s book Visual Literacy: A Practical Text on the Analysis, History, and Creation of Visual Media is available from Kendall-Hunt.

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Love Actually 11. Ringo Starr Married a Bond Girl Nov 27, 2020

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Robbie Rozelle & Robert W. Schneider from the Gay Card Revoked podcast join Beth & Patrick to revel in the story of Daniel (Liam Neeson, Darkman, Schindler's List), Sam (Thomas Brodie-Sangster, The Queen’s Gambit, Game of Thrones, Phineas and Ferb), Joanna (Olivia Olson, Phineas and Ferb), and Carol (Claudia Schiffer).

We cover Robbie’s funeral plans, Rob’s Emma Thompson stories, Liam Neeson’s family kidnapping issues, animal porn, airport runs, and we finally settle Schiffergate once and for all (except we don’t).

Perfect Crime: New York’s longest-running play.

The Gay Card Revoked Podcast

Buy Robbie’s album Songs from Inside My Locker available on Broadway Records!

Behind the Curtain: Broadway’s Living Legends - Rob’s podcast with Kevin David Thomas

about Robbie Rozelle

about Robert W. Schneider

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Love Actually 10. Both Sides Now Nov 27, 2020

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Wonder duo Jenna Duncan (theatre director) & Rick Westerkamp (actor, teacher) join Patrick & Beth to sob through the chronicle of Harry (Alan Rickman, national treasure), Karen (Emma Thompson, two-time Oscar winner & damn national treasure), and Mia (Heike Makatsch, Resident Evil).

We cover dirndls, how to seduce your boss with Beth & Jenna, Jenna’s many soapboxes, the issue with Rufus the Angel, and how much we love Emma Thompson.

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Love Actually 09. Would We Call Her Chubby? Nov 27, 2020

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Married-acting-singing persons Evan Casey & Tracy Lynn Olivera join Beth & Patrick to glance askance at the saga of David (Hugh Grant, from this mugshot) and Natalie (Martine McCutcheon, EastEnders).

We cover the Casey/Olivera Christmas watchlist, how Billy Bob Thornton can get it, the Teapot Dome Scandal, recasting Hugh Grant & Colin Firth with Willem Dafoe & John Malkovich, body positivity, and we finally settle whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie (it isn’t not).

Hugh Grant & Colin Farrell - Actors on Actors - Full Conversation

about Evan at Capitol Steps Dot Com

about Tracy at Wikipedia and Levine Music Dot Org

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Love Actually 08. Two Years, Seven Months, Three Days, and (I Suppose) Two Hours Nov 27, 2020

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Married podcasters Kimberly Cooper Schmidt (Broadwaysted! and Broadway Baby podcasts) & Jay Schmidt (Broadway Baby podcast and Preview’d on YouTube) join Patrick & Beth to suffer through the tragedy of Sarah (Laura Linney, national treasure) and Karl (Rodrigo Santoro, 300).

We cover Karl’s job, Karl’s glasses, Karl’s abs, this film’s abuse of Laura Linney, Beth’s accent blindness, Downton Abbey, THAT scene, and the incredible beginning to Jay & Kimberly’s relationship. Seriously, it’s like freakin’ Serendipity or something.

The Broadway Baby podcast

The Official Broadwaysted! Podcast

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Love Actually 07. All I Want for Christmas is You Nov 27, 2020

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Jonathan Howard (genuine Brit and bass with The King’s Singers) & Jess Newman (American transplant in England) join Patrick & Beth to gaze lovingly at the romance of (porn?) stand-ins Jack (Martin Freeman, Sherlock, the MCU) and Just Judy (Joanna Page, Gavin & Stacey).

We cover: The Great British Bake-Off, Richard Curtis and “the Canon,” American women shagging any Brit they meet, how British IS this movie?, anoraks, Teletext, and the John Lewis Christmas advert.

”Teletext for Your TV” | Instantly Dated | Episode 25 at You Tube Dot Com

The 2020 John Lewis Christmas Advert

about Johnny at Kings Singers Dot Com

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Love Actually 06. Yes is Being My Answer Nov 27, 2020

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This episode we get serious with married journalistic-people Alexandra Petri (columnist and author of Nothing is Wrong and Here is Why!) & Stephen Stromberg (editorial writer for The Washington Post). They join Patrick & Beth to wade through the fairy tale of Jamie (Colin Firth, Pride and Prejudice) & Aurélia (Lúcia Moniz, Portugese pop sensation).

We cover turtlenecks, “the woman language,” Christmas movies = horror movies, tramp stamps, the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest, and the plurality of movies in which Colin Firth swims in a pond.

Lúcia Moniz’s performance at Eurovision ‘96

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Love Actually 05. Don't Buy Drugs Nov 27, 2020

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Married people Jon Markland & Malinda Markland join Beth & Patrick to boogie through the world of fallen popstar Billy Mack (Bill Nighy, Love Actually) and Joe (Gregor Fisher, The Baldy Man).

We cover the most beautiful man in Britain, the truth behind the UK’s Christmas number 1 song, Ant and/or Dec, Iggy Pop dry-humping J.Lo, and why the line: “a hefty number of half-naked chicks with their mouths open” makes us especially uncomfortable.

Slate’s Hit Parade Podcast: The Christmas Is All Around Edition (12/21/18)

Music video for “All Rise” by Blue