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This Special Subject is something\xa0extra-special: we discuss philosopher Stanley Cavell's idiosyncratic classic of film criticism,\xa0Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage\xa0and three classic comedies that are the\xa0subjects of essays in that book, Leo McCarey's\xa0The Awful Truth, Howard Hawks'\xa0His Girl Friday, and George Cukor's\xa0Adam's RIb. What is Cavell's "comedy of remarriage," and is it really a genre? What does "marriage" mean to Cavell, and what does it have to do with America and democracy? Why does divorce make marriage more romantic? Are the conversations we're having about film\xa0in North America getting better or worse? Why should you take an interest in your experience? Join us as we take an interest in our experience\xa0of Stanley Cavell and work through these and more questions!

Time Codes:

0h 00m 45s:\xa0 \xa0 \xa0Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage by Stanley Cavell (published in 1981)

0h 40m 31s: \xa0\xa0 THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937) [dir. Leo McCarey]

1h 06m 58s:\xa0\xa0\xa0 HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) [dir. Howard Hawks]

1h 23m 18s:\xa0\xa0\xa0 ADAM\u2019S RIB (1949) [dir. George Cukor]

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