Rom-Coms Have Declined Due to ‘Misogyny,’ Claims Materialists Director
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Living in a Materialists World
“Marriage is a business deal, and it always has been,” Lucy, a professional matchmaker, tells her clients in the film Materialists. Inspired by director Celine Song’s six-month stint as a Manhattan-based matchmaker, the film acknowledges the transactional nature of romantic relationships but also poses the perennial question of whether true love is still achievable in a world where we increasingly pre-select potential partners based on their fin…
Two years later, Celine Song tells a completely different, more American romance in a contemporary Manhattan obsessed with money and where financial comfort has become as erotic as a sex scene...Meeting.
Rom-Coms Have Declined Due to ‘Misogyny,’ Claims Materialists Director
(Image Credit: A24) Materialists director Celine Song believes that rom-coms aren’t the big hit they used to be due to a handful of reasons, including a rise in misogyny. What did Celine Song say about the decline of rom-coms? Speaking to Southampton Playhouse, Song was asked about the fact that romantic comedies have seen a downturn in how many are released over the last few years. Song credited misogyny with one of several reasons as to why, i…
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