Caroline Siede is a film, TV, and pop culture critic based in Chicago, where the cold never bothers her anyway. Her work regularly appears at The A.V. Club, Consequence of Sound, and The Spool, and she's also written for Vox, Southwest, Quartz and Boing Boing. Her ongoing column When Romance Met Comedy lovingly dissects the romantic comedy genre one film at a time. Twitter: @carolinesiede
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