Moonstruck

About this episode

This episode discusses the film Moonstruck, focusing on themes of death, gender dynamics, and acting choices, with insights from Dr. Fred Gardaphé on Italian-American portrayals in film.

Vanessa Zoltan and our producer, Ariana Nedelman, meet-up at The Met to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about Moonstruck. This week we discuss the specter of death, the gender dynamics, and the acting choices of the film. We finish the episode by calling Dr. Fred Gardaphé to get some context on Italian-American portrayals in film. --- Hot and Bothered is a Not Sorry Production Find us at our website | Follow us on Instagram If we give you butterflies, consider supporting us on Patreon ! On Patreon we have more great romance content including a bonus close scene analysis with Ariana and Vanessa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Vanessa Zoltan, Ariana Nedelman

Topics covered

• death
• gender dynamics
• acting choices
• Italian-American portrayals
• film analysis

Keywords

• Moonstruck
• death
• gender dynamics
• acting choices
• Italian-American portrayals
• film

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Not Sorry Productions, Acast

Books & works: Moonstruck

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