Asian American Rom-coms almost always revolve around intergenerational drama. As Asian American stories seem to receive more and more attention, columnist Nadia Hsu unpacks why the rom-com remains entrenched in family turmoil.
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Rom-Com in Review: Jane Austen, ‘You’ve Got Mail’ and Love Across Postal Codes
In rom-com world, the love letter is a last-act confession — take Nora Ephron’s “You’ve Got Mail” or Jane Austen’s novels. Rom-com columnist Nadia Hsu PO ’27 unpacks why letter-writing is such an oft-used trope, and why you should start writing them too.
Rom-Com in Review: Eat your heart out in ‘Fresh’
Out with rom-coms, in with cannibalism. In the past several years, there’s been a slew of stories centered around cannibalism — think “Raw” and “Bones and All.” “Fresh” does both, writes columnist Nadia Hsu PO ’27.
Rom-Com in Review: ‘Sex And The City’ is for the cynical romantics
“Sex and the City” is considered by many as the defining rom-com of the early 2000s. For a show all about the ins and outs of love, reflects Rom-com columnist Nadia Hsu, it’s awfully cynical of romance.
Rom-Com in Review: The Comforting Absurdity of Four Weddings and a Funeral
Rom-coms, once the supreme rulers of movie theaters and the Box Office, has witnessed a mighty downfall. Rom-com columnist Nadia Hsu PO ’27 has come to