121: Ninjababy & Obvious Child: Unwanted pregnancies in romantic comedies

Lindsay Pugh joins hosts Alex Heeney and Orla Smith for a discussion of two rom-coms about unwanted pregnancies, Ninjababy and Obvious Child. On this episode: Joachim Trier ebook (1:23) Related episodes (2:55) Why we are talking about these films (7:30) Obvious Child (11:40) The rom-com landscape of 2014 (16:59) Obvious Child's depiction of women's bodies (18:02) How has Obvious Child aged? (26:55) Ninjababy (36:53) The men of Ninjababy (54:08) The caveats of Ninjababy (1:07:49) Conclusion (1:17:11) Show notes Read Alex's 2014 review of Obvious Child Read Lindsay's interview with Saint Frances director Alex Thompson and writer-star Kelly O'Sullivan Read Orla's interview with Ninjababy writer-director Yngvild Sve Flikke and actress Kristine Kujath Thorp See our 50 favourite films of the 2010s. Sign up for updates on the first book to ever be published on the films of Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier Related episodes: Ep. 36: Abortion on screen and Never Rarely Sometimes Always Ep. 54: Kris Rey's thirtysomethings: I Used to Go Here and Unexpected Follow Seventh Row on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and read our articles at seventh-row.com.