Hot and Bothered

The Wedding Planner

Hot and Bothered

Show Notes

Vanessa Zoltan and Hannah McGregor meet-up at an outdoor movie in Golden Gate Park to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about The Wedding Planner.

This week we discuss the leading man's declaration of love, anxieties particular to the early 2000s, and Lauren Berlant's concept of Cruel Optimism. We finish the episode by calling Karen Dunak to talk to us about wedding ceremonies.

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