Love & Basketball (2000) with Hanna Flint
Show notes
Jack and Nora are joined by film critic Hanna Flint to discuss #9 on Vanity Fair’s list of the 42 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time: Love and Basketball. In this episode, Nora is taller than she looks, Jack can’t get on board with ribbing, and Hanna is our resident baller. Pump up your Spalding, practice your follow-through, and let’s play ball (for your heart)!
Topics include:
- Sports psychology
- How action movies are like musicals
- Behaving inappropriately at the cinema
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Mysteries we still haven’t solved:
- Is Monica a Taurus?
- Why do people insist on categorizing romantic dramas as romcoms?
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