Every Rom Com 31: Singles

Episode 31 February 25, 2022 01:55:01
Every Rom Com 31: Singles
Every Rom Com
Every Rom Com 31: Singles

Feb 25 2022 | 01:55:01

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Show Notes

This week on Every Rom Com we enter the grunge era, as we revisit Seattle with Cameron Crowe’s “Singles.” It was a much different time for dating, and Sophia and Jen wax nostalgic on the old tech they did use (landlines and answering machines) and marvel at the wacky tech they never got a chance to use (video dating!!!) We contemplate whether one lead character would have been better off dating their plastic surgeon, and disagree on whether Campbell Scott seems creepy. Finally, we give you a slew of double features, and some more Seattle locations to add to the previous list we made for “10 Things I Hate About You”! Join us for this trip down memory lane to a time when the music was rocking and the shirts were flannel! 

 

0:00-7:00 Intro, What Music Were You Listening To In The Grunge Era?

 

7:00-14:26 TRAILER, Basic Info, Interesting Facts

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/singles-at-25-cameron-crowe-on-making-the-definitive-grunge-movie-118103/ 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/making-the-scene-a-filmmakers-diary-by-cameron-crowe-248645/ 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/chris-cornell-soundgarden-spoonman-singles-jeff-ament-803781/ 



14:26-20:44 Cast & Crew In-Depth

 

20:44-26:50 General Opinion, “Singles” As A Gen-X Movie 

More on the concept of the “Gen-X Rom Com”: https://www.everyromcom.com/post/what-makes-a-gen-x-rom-com 

 

26:50-40:26 Opening Scenes, Linda And Steve, How Couples Met in 1995 vs. 2017

How Couples Met In 1995 vs. 2017: https://www.statista.com/chart/20822/way-of-meeting-partner-heterosexual-us-couples/  

 

40:26-59:37 Janet And Cliff, Supporting Characters, Seattle In The 90’s: Grunge Music, Grunge Fashion And Lifestyle

https://www.kqed.org/pop/96048/singles-cameron-crowes-grunge-movie-is-25-and-not-as-good-as-you-remember 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/chris-cornell-soundgarden-spoonman-singles-jeff-ament-803781/ 



59:37-1:16:31 Steve And Linda Get Together, Little Things People Do To Show They’re A Good Partner, Answering Machines And Landlines, To Play Games Or Not To Play Games

More Info on Le Baiser de l’Hôtel de Ville (The Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville) by Robert Doisneau, 1950:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170213-the-iconic-photo-that-symbolises-love 

 

1:16:31-1:24:08 Video Dating!!!

More On Video Dating:

https://daily.jstor.org/tinder-video-dating/ 

https://www.vox.com/22262353/great-expectations-history-video-dating-vcr-apps 

https://www.thelist.com/62575/dating-changed-last-100-years/ 

 

1:24:08 SPOILERS BEGIN

 

1:24:08-1:37:50 Janet Considers Breast Implants, Janet Breaks Up With Cliff, Steve And Linda’s Pregnancy Scare, Steve And Linda Break Up, Supertrain

More on Breast Implants: https://www.allure.com/story/breast-implant-history  

Seattle may not have a Supertrain, but it has this: https://www.soundtransit.org/ride-with-us/stations/sounder-train-stations

 

1:37:50-1:43:46 Steve Breaks Down, Steve’s Answering Machine Message, Steve And Linda Back Together, Cliff Tries To Win Back Janet, End Of The Movie

 

1:43:46-1:47:58 Seattle Locations In The Movie

 

More on Seattle Locations:

https://www.theuncool.com/films/singles/singles-filming-locations-then-and-now/ 

https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/Singles-25-years-on-Where-did-it-happen-in-12202415.php 

https://martinselig.com/about/art-collection/he-and-she/ 

https://www.rebarseattle.com/ 

For EVEN MORE Seattle Travel Ideas, Check out our episode on “10 Things I Hate About You”: https://www.everyromcom.com/podcast-1/episode/97ec1021/every-rom-com-7-10-things-i-hate-about-you

The Time Someone Tried to Screen “Singles” at the “Singles” Apartment Building https://www.knkx.org/other-news/2015-11-26/watching-the-movie-singles-at-the-singles-apartments-or-not

 

1:47:58-1:55:02 Double Feature Recommendations

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