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fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

The "Heated Rivalry" Mania

"Heated Rivalry" has captured hearts-and Instagram feeds-everywhere. The six-episode series on HBO Max mainly follows two hot, hot hockey stars, Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander, as they fight with each other on the ice and have sex with each other everywhere else. It's great-and Naomi Fry agrees. "Part of the pleasure for viewers," as Fry writes in her column, "is the show's plainspoken articulation of desire, when the love that dare not speak its name finally does."
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fromIndependent
2 months ago

Sophie White: My own romcom-style 'will I, won't I keep the fringe' debate was going so well - until I mingled with Gen Z

The 'will they, won't they' romcom trope is predictable and maddening; When Harry Met Sally did it best; Celeste And Jesse Forever subverts the trope.
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