Roman Holiday

About this episode

This episode discusses the film Roman Holiday, focusing on character analysis and the historical context of its writer.

Vanessa Zoltan and Hannah McGregor meet at Trevi Fountain to record this week’s episode of Hot and Bothered, all about Roman Holiday. This week we discuss Joe's moral character, exposure journalism, and whether we think these two characters actually fall in love. We finish the episode by calling Dr. Rebecca Prime to learn more about Roman Holiday's writer, Dalton Trumbo, and the Hollywood blacklist. --- 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 Hannah and Vanessa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Vanessa Zoltan, Hannah McGregor

Guest: Dr. Rebecca Prime

Topics covered

• Roman Holiday
• moral character
• exposure journalism
• love
• Hollywood blacklist

Keywords

• Roman Holiday
• Vanessa Zoltan
• Hannah McGregor
• Dalton Trumbo
• Hollywood blacklist
• moral character
• exposure journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Roman Holiday

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