Radio 4 messing with my brain
On last night's Front Row on BBC Radio 4, Mark Lawson and Mark Eccleston talking about new (cringeworthy-sounding) film I Love You, Man:
LAWSON: Now, we use these categories, Mark, we have rom-coms, chick-flicks, buddy-movies... Um, this is a newer one. This is called a bromance.
ECCLESTON: It is. Or a homme-com I think is the other way of looking at it. And in that respect I think it's quite fresh, basically. And it's a nice marketing tool for getting men who wouldn't be dragged screaming into the cineplex to see sort of traditionally female-centric romantic comedies, by presenting two men--one fat and hairy--on the poster so it doesn't look too slashy."
My response?
O_o ... what?! People on Radio 4 aren't supposed to know what slashy means! *flail*
(though as calliope85 pointed out, he clearly hasn't encountered LotR fandom)
LAWSON: Now, we use these categories, Mark, we have rom-coms, chick-flicks, buddy-movies... Um, this is a newer one. This is called a bromance.
ECCLESTON: It is. Or a homme-com I think is the other way of looking at it. And in that respect I think it's quite fresh, basically. And it's a nice marketing tool for getting men who wouldn't be dragged screaming into the cineplex to see sort of traditionally female-centric romantic comedies, by presenting two men--one fat and hairy--on the poster so it doesn't look too slashy."
My response?
O_o ... what?! People on Radio 4 aren't supposed to know what slashy means! *flail*
(though as calliope85 pointed out, he clearly hasn't encountered LotR fandom)