Dec 14 2023 75 mins
Torsten and Sabrina hope they get into the prestigious Heidelberg Christmas market (fingers crossed!) with Hallmark heroine Heidi Heidelberg and discuss the phenomenon of Hallmark movies. And yes, that’s a quote from Ted Lasso at the beginning.
They talk about a few things you may want to check out:
– Andrea Braithwaite’s “From Brand to Genre: The Hallmark Movie”: https://doi.org/10.1177/15274764231171070
– Alyssa Hirose and Stacey McLachlan’s “How Hallmark Movies Get Made”: https://www.vanmag.com/city/arts-and-culture/how-hallmark-movies-get-made
– Willie Versteeg’s “Early Draft of Hallmark Movie Screenplay”: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/early-draft-of-hallmark-movie-screenplay-christmas-for-christmas
– The Hallmark film “Christmas at the Plaza”: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10921042 which Torsten live-tweeted: https://bsky.app/profile/kathke.com/post/3ke6bnjgxdk2r
– The ‘Ted Lasso’ episode “(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea”: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19655878
Welcome to “In Front of Ira,” the podcast in which historians, friends, and lovers… of rom-coms Sabrina Mittermeier and Torsten Kathke discuss how the romantic comedy genre has evolved, what it can tell us about society, and whether this movie is worth watching.
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Our music is “Night in Venice” by Kevin MacLeod.