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Concetta Caristo

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Show Notes

Concetta Caristo — comedian, host of triple j Breakfast, and Australia’s sweetheart — joins Angus Truskett for a conversation about romcoms, Barrymore-Sandler chemistry and The Master of Disguise.

We get into: meeting in a cinema foyer, the romance of Before Sunset, what makes a great romcom, why The Wedding Singer is peak, The Mothman Prophecies, the Mary-Kate and Ashley cinematic universe, Italian representation, dressing like Sex and the City, Barrymore-Sandler chemistry, sharing fear at horror movies, Meet Joe Black, the best film performance by a Seinfeld cast member, 90s Julia Roberts, not relating to Star Wars, Italymaxxing with The Sopranos, remembering 9/11 with Master of Disguise, improv, Chet's Letterboxd reviews, and casting the Vanessa Amorosi biopic.

Music by Gab Strum.

Find Concetta on Instagram and Letterboxd.

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