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b'The romantic comedy, as we understand it, is a Hollywood form as specifically American as the Western, especially in how it shapes and exports America\\u2019s image of itself.\\xa0\\n\\nAlthough romantic comedies were the favoured form of some of Hollywood\\u2019s most acclaimed writer-directors (like Frank Capra and Billy Wilder) in the mid 20th century, the genre has often been seen as lower prestige than those genres marketed at men. This was especially true in the first two decades of the 21st century when romantic comedies were at their commercial peak and Ireland had a disproportionately high amount of leading men at Hollywood\\u2019s top table.\\n\\nIn today\\u2019s episode, we consider how Ireland and Irishness feature in this most American of storytelling traditions. How is Ireland treated as a setting in love stories, and how much has that changed since The Quiet Man? What do Irish characters in stories set elsewhere represent? Are they protagonists, or a \\u201cmanic pixie dream people\\u201d? And what of our own romantic comedies - are our film stars too serious to make them?\\n\\nDarach and Peadar are joined in this episode by Caroline Siede (@CarolineSiede), who writes the \\u201cWhen Romance Met Comedy\\u201dseries for the AV Club and is a world authority on the genre.\\n\\n\\n\\n---\\n\\n\\nSupport Motherfocloir on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/darach\\xa0\\n\\n\\nGet Kirsten Shiel art prints here: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/kirstenshiel/\\xa0\\n\\n\\n---\\n\\n\\nContact the show:\\n\\n\\nwhatsapp - +353894784713\\n\\n\\n\\ntwitter - @motherfocloir and @theirishfor\\n\\n\\nemail - motherfocloir@headstuff.org\\n\\n\\n\\n---\\n\\n\\nWant to record your own podcast? Check out our studios at https://thepodcaststudios.ie\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'