Jack and Nora are joined by filmmaker William Webb to discuss #28 on Vanity Fair’s list of the 42 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time: Harold and Maude. In this episode, Nora pitches a circus-themed sequel, Jack has an intuitive grasp of quantum mechanics, and William drops some deep film knowledge. Steal a shovel, hot-wire a car and/or motorcycle, and let’s go dance in a field of daisies!

Topics include:

• 13 Going on 30 (2004)
• The birth of the “manic pixie dream girl”
• Neighborhood WhatsApp groups

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Mysteries we still haven’t solved:

• Is Sunshine Doré alive? (And if so, did she and Harold end up married/ in the circus?)

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Content Warning: A quick heads up from us - Harold and Maude is an extremely dark comedy, and death and suicide are major recurring themes. As a result, this episode contains frequent detailed descriptions of suicide and various forms of violent self-injury (mostly fake/ staged by Harold in the story).

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• Follow Nora at @norassic_park
• Follow William at @willwebbful

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