Two films about books about female empowerment. One of these films is more empowering than the other.
Sex & The Single Girl
Year: 1964
Screenplay by: Joseph Heller and David R. Schwartz
Story by: Joseph Hoffman
Based on the book by: Helen Gurley Brown
Uncredited writer: Leslie H. Martinson
Directed by: Richard Quine
Stars: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Henry Fonda, Lauren Bacall
Down With Love
Year: 2003
Written by: Eve Ahlert and Dennis Drake
Directed by: Peyton Reed
Stars: Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Sarah Paulson, David Hyde Pierce
Show notes:
This month compare and despair returns to the Rom Com Rewrite!
The plot summaries for these films take up a good portion of the beginning of this episode. If you would like to skip them you can spool forward a little over 23 minutes into the episode.
In this episode we mention the films:
The Pink Panther (1963) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057413/)
What's Up Doc (1972) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069495/)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251127/)
Bridget Jones's Diary* (2001) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243155/)
Chicago (2002) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299658/)
Moulin Rouge (2001) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203009/)
And the TV series:
The Judy Garland Show (1963-1964) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056767/)
And also the book Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia (1990) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Personae).
*Films marked with an asterisk have previously been featured on the podcast.
If you would like to suggest films for future episodes, you can tweet Lisa: @LisaStowaway.
We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.
Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzalzaustwick.com).
Artwork is by Lisa Findley.
Thank you for listening!
