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007: Circle of Friends (1990) versus Normal People (2018)
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In this episode I compare the college romances of the dreamy Circle of Friends, by Maeve Binchy, and the nihilistic nightmare Normal People, by Sally Rooney. What proves to be most galling is not, as I thought, that Rooney is heaped with laurels for ripping off romance tropes wholesale, but that Normal People is actually a lot better than I remembered. Beautiful World Where Are You is genuinely great! And there goes my formula. Still, nothing can replace Circle of Friends in my heart, and I maintain that Binchy is Ireland’s most overlooked genius.
Timestamps:
00:50 Introduction; or, The Spectre Haunting Irish Universities Is Brutalism
07:30 Circle of Friends; or, Cool Nuns, We Love To See It
29:25 Normal People; or, Drink If You’re Conflicted About The Puritan Subtext
53:40 Conclusion; or, Why I’ll Die Mad About ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’
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