For as long as there have been romantic comedies, there have been erstwhile lovers making convoluted bets and flirty deals with so little basis in reality that they might as well be science fiction. When was the last time you heard a real person use the phrase “If neither of us are married by 40, we’ll marry each other,” despite hearing characters say as much over and over again in movies and TV shows? It’s the kind of gamble that fictional stories love to make by turning feelings that are far more likely in the real world to remain sexy subtext into blunt text, flat-out daring its characters not to fall in love with each other. (Completely unsurprising spoiler alert: They always fall in love with each other.)
“Run,” HBO’s new romantic(ish) comedy from “Fleabag” producer Vicky Jones, takes this convention to a whole new extreme. After...
“Run,” HBO’s new romantic(ish) comedy from “Fleabag” producer Vicky Jones, takes this convention to a whole new extreme. After...
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