Don Shanahan
While recently looking at the trends of auteur backlash and the lack of natural acting in recent editorial episodes, the hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast sponsored and supported by the Ruminations Radio Network, have noticed one more trend—romantic résumés—that might answer that current public and social media sentiment that “there are no movie stars anymore.” On the women’s side, we have a current crop of serious actresses gunning for prestige parts instead of softer roles. On the men’s side, we have beefy comic book heroes and another glut of serious-only performers. Too often, neither of them are lovable or massive crossover stars like Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise, George Clooney, and many others that came before the Chris Hemsworth and Tom Holland crowd of today. Romances are the reason why.
For their 153rd episode, two star-making film critics, two romantic dads, and two snappy teachers, Will Johnson and Don Shanahan, return for the second of two special editorial episodes discussing the aforementioned topic affecting the state of cinema. Don lays how how romances–in comedy or drama form– are the missing pieces to the absence of movie stars. Our hosts compare the romantic resumes between today’s crop of actors and the ones that came before them. The lack of rom-coms and swooning romantic dramas in this blockbuster era has created a generation of one-note stars. Our hosts call that out and think of solutions. Come learn more and stay for the mutual love and respect for the fun movies encapsulate. Enjoy our podcast!
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