The Baxter

The Baxter

It’s trope talk this week on The Hart Chicks Present as we ask ourselves so many questions about 2005’s The Baxter. While this film is our type on paper, it better get its grafting boots on. However, we’d go geode hunting in Malta with Justin Theroux and Jack Mechanic any day. We’re Doug and you’re dear hearts, and forever the twain shall meet   Catch up with Dmitry @sigismundtryapkin on Instagram and TikTok   #hartchickspresent #podcast #podcasting #contentcreators #ladypodsquad #TheBaxter  #romcoms #RomanticComedies #RomanticComedy Articles referenced: “The Baxter.” In Wikipedia, January 6, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Baxter&oldid=998616179. The Baxter. Accessed July 24, 2021. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/TheBaxter. “The Baxter Movie Review & Film Summary (2005) | Roger Ebert.” Accessed July 24, 2021. https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-baxter-2005.

The Big Sick

We get deep into our feelings this week in part two of our Kumail couplet, where we all catch The Big Sick, based on Kumail & Emily’s IRL relationship. Jaleh explains why it’s triggering, Jessica yammers on about Ray Romano, and Honorary Hart Chick Jamie publicly apologizes for not laughing at every single one of Jess’s jokes. Have a slice of sheet cake with a robot and join us, dear hearts. Catch up with Dmitry @sigismundtryapkin on Instagram and TikTok #hartchickspresent #podcast #podcasting #contentcreators #ladypodsquad #TheBigSick #KumailandEmily #romcoms #RomanticComedies #RomanticComedy Articles referenced: Nikita, Nidia, Ranti Andela, Ghina Zahra Fauziah, and Zhia Aulia Nazafi. “The Contrast Portrayals of American and Pakistani Culture in The Big Sick Movie.” Insaniyat: Journal of Islam and Humanities 3, no. 2 (2019): 111-126. Riley, Jenelle. “‘The Big Sick’: How Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon Brought Their Real-Life Love Story to Screen.” Variety (blog), June 21, 2017. https://variety.com/2017/film/features/kumail-nanjiani-emily-gordon-the-big-sick-1202473121/.

The Lovebirds

It’s the beginning of an accidental triplet, and we are super duper in love with 2020’s The Lovebirds. It’s a caper, it’s a romance, it’s a comedy, it’s Kumail and Issa giving us the goods from t to b. If you like quotes about Doug and Dad, ideas for Sex & the City podcasts, and stories about not-real break-ups, then this is the episode for you. One, two, three, GO dear hearts! Catch up with Dmitry @sigismundtryapkin on Instagram and TikTok #hartchickspresent #podcast #podcasting #contentcreators #ladypodsquad #TheLovebirds #romcoms #RomanticComedies #RomanticComedy Articles referenced: Adams, Sam. “The Lovebirds Updates a 1940s Genre for the 2020s.” Slate Magazine, May 22, 2020. https://slate.com/culture/2020/05/the-lovebirds-review-netflix-movie-issa-rae-kumail-nanjiani.html. Nast, Condé. “Netflix’s The Lovebirds Is a Bad Romance.” Vanity Fair, May 22, 2020. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/05/the-lovebirds-netflix-review. “The Lovebirds (2020 Film).” In Wikipedia, June 16, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Lovebirds_(2020_film)&oldid=1028868973.

Something New

Skiddly to your mailbox for those Netflix discs, because we’re taking it back to the mid-00s with a gem of a film. We’re talking Something New, but your beloved cohosts are the same as ever. We clamor for a remake with Ryan Atwood, we proclaim ourselves good teeth-ers, and we never walk alone because Donald Faison carries us. Drink some wine next to a water feature with us, dear hearts.   Catch up with Dmitry @sigismundtryapkin on Instagram and TikTok #hartchickspresent #podcast #podcasting #contentcreators #ladypodsquad #SomethingNew #romcoms #RomanticComedies #RomanticComedy Article referenced: blackfilm.com. “An Interview with Director Sanaa Hamri,” January 2006. http://www.blackfilm.com/20060127/features/sanaahamri.shtml. Cobb, Shelley.  “BLACKWOMEN, ROMANCE AND THE INDIEWOOD ROM COMS OF SANAA HAMRI” in Indie Reframed: Women’s Filmmaking in Contemporary American Cinema. Edited by Linda Badley. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2016: pg. 154-168.

Crazy Rich Asians

Gas up the jet and book your first class sleeping room because we’re flying to Singapore in our minds. We watched Crazy Rich Asians, and we have all the hot takes like, “Awkwafina is hilarious” and “this amount of wealth is unfathomable!” Plus, we talk about The Crown and its gateway into internet rabbitholes, bridesmaids with wet feet, and weirdly, OJ Simpson. Bok bok, dear hearts! Catch up with Dmitry @sigismundtryapkin on Instagram and TikTok #hartchickspresent #podcast #podcasting #contentcreators #ladypodsquad #CrazyRichAsians #romcoms #RomanticComedies #RomanticComedy   Articles Discussed: “Crazy Rich Asians: Behind the Soundtrack’s Multilingual Covers of Madonna, Coldplay, and More | EW.com.” Accessed June 27, 2021. https://ew.com/movies/2018/08/17/crazy-rich-asians-soundtrack-coldplay-madonna-kina-grannis/. Washington Post. “Owning ‘Yellow’: How ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Singer Turned a Coldplay Song into a Mandarin Anthem,” August 20, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/08/20/in-crazy-rich-asians-coldplays-yellow-becomes-a-mandarin-song-about-risking-it-all-singer-says/. Tseng-Putterman, Mark. “One Way That ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Is a Step Backward.” The Atlantic, August 23, 2018. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/08/asian-americas-great-gatsby-moment/568213/.