Merry & Gay

The Rom Com Rewrite

You think Christmas is bad in your house??

Merry & Gay Year: 2022 Written by: Christin Baker Based on a story by: Maggie Cummings and Megan Ullrich Directed by: Christin Baker Stars: Dia Frampton, Andi René Christensen

Show notes:

This movie has good bones but Single All The Way deserved more from its queer sibling.

Correction: we are not 0 for 4 at this point, as Charles Adrian says towards the end of the episode. We are only 0 for 3.

In this episode we mention the films: Notting Hill (1999) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125439/) You’ve Got Mail (1998) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128853/) 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147800/) Single All The Way (2021) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14315756/)

and the TV shows: Crazy Ex Girlfriend (2015-2019) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4094300/) Friends (1994-2004) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108778/) A League Of Their Own (2022) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8226360/)

You can find the Guardian ‘How we met’ article Charles Adrian mentions here: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/30/how-we-met-dressed-up-as-horse-i-was-the-bum.

Next month we will be watching When Harry Met Sally (1989) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098635/)

If you would like to suggest films for future episodes, you can tweet Lisa: @LisaStowaway.

We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.

Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzalzaustwick.com). Artwork is by Lisa Findley.

Thank you for listening!