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502. Classic Rom Coms with Kate Spencer

In a New York Minute
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My guest today is Kate Spencer, author and host of the podcast Forever 35. Her new book, In a New York Minute, is out this week, and y’all, this book was so charming and fun.

In this conversation, we talk about:

  • Vulnerability
  • Projecting narratives onto strangers
  • Vintage rom-coms

She’s a romance fan, and a rom-com fan, and we had a lot of fun.

What about you?

What is your favorite vintage rom com? Or not vintage!
What stories have your very favorite portrayal of friendship?
What city is your favorite?

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  1. Kareni says:

    Thank you, Sarah and Kate, for sharing this wonderful conversation.

    A book that Kate might try ~ The Last Hour of Gann by R. Lee Smith.

  2. Heather C says:

    I just re-watched Moonstruck this past weekend. So much fun!

  3. Stefanie Magura says:

    This was a wonderful conversation. I do have to put in my obligatory mentions of how Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail, and When Harry Met Sally either were themselves remakes of classic comedies from the 1940’s and 1950’s, made reference to these classic comedies, or used music from the 1940’s and 1950’s though. 🙂 I’ll let you guess which movie did what. And sorry to bust everyone’s bubble. Lol. 😀 I guess I think of the 1930’s through 1950’s as a golden age, and the 1980’s through 2000’s as a silver age for romantic comedies.

    One of my favorite vintage comedies might be one of the endless variations on that penpals are enemies trope which birthed You’ve Got Mail. While I love the original Shop Around the Corner and think James Stewart’s performance is one of his best in his early career if not ever, for pure comedy, nothing beats the remake with Judy Garland, Van Johnson, and a supporting turn and comic gags devised by Buster Keaton. Like Shop Around the Corner, this one does contain a famous Christmas seen, but it is curiously called in the Good Old Summer Time, and you know I watch both every Christmas.

  4. Stefanie Magura says:

    For what it’s worth, I’m not much of a Meg Ryan fan. Maybe that’s why I delight in pointing out when her movies are remakes or recycle themes in other ways.

    A remake that is actually better is the version of Father of the Bride where Steve Martin is the dad. Having said that, I found the original with eighteen-year-old Liz Taylor as the Bride and Spencer Tracy as the dad pretty delightful.

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