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SNL, romantic comedies and the Pete Davidson effect - with Curtis Sittenfeld

Love Lives

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The Danny Horse Rule

Sally Kohn: I really, really want to ask you about the Danny Horse rule. People often think the most obviously are like Pete Davidson and film. Oh, Ariana Grande. Where does that come from? Why is this so relatable to so many people? Do you think? So Sally thinks of it as theDanny Horse rule. She writes this sketch and then, you know, the book is sort of about the fact that the rule is not really a rule at all. Like it is a pattern. It's a pattern on SNL. And it's a pattern in Hollywood. But maybe actually the surprising part is that that doesn't seem to be true for male celebrities

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