| Just in time for Valentine's Day, in a theatre review, I | | | | play takes place when the publisher challenges the |
| had a meet cute with "meet cute," that ubiquitous | | | | editor to a rush-hour race to get to work in L.A. from |
| jargon term of screenwriters pitching their wares to | | | | the town they both live in, Laguna Beach, and even |
| producers. | | | | spots him half an hour. The publisher wins by picking up |
| Actually, I'm lying...I first encountered the term about ten | | | | a homeless person, enabling him to drive in the car pool |
| years ago when producing a play called "Who's Hot, | | | | lanes past the rest of the traffic. |
| Who's Not," by Sherwood Kiraly, adapted from his | | | | Wikipedia has an entire entry devoted to "meet cute" |
| book by the same name. | | | | and I picked up the title of this post from another |
| "Meet cute" is discussed by two of the characters in | | | | blogger's entry on the subject--now, I'll never be able to |
| the play who, as I vaguely recall, have just met cute. | | | | think of "romantic comedies" as anything but |
| This play, by the way, is about the editor of a gossip | | | | "rom-coms," I'm afraid. |
| magazine by the same title, whose only joy on the job | | | | Interestingly, Roger Ebert is known to have popularized |
| is having secured his publisher's permission to write a | | | | the term and, perhaps, even coined it. |
| last page column called "Where Are They Now?" | | | | I suppose that, in honor of Valentine's Day, it's also |
| about people who once were hot, like his own | | | | entirely appropriate for me to mention that my wife |
| personal favorite, Clu Gulager. His boss can't stand the | | | | and I met cute--and we've have a long, happy |
| column, because who in the hell cares about "has | | | | marriage. |
| beens" in his business? One of the highlights of the | | | | If that ain't a "rom-com," what is? |
