In 'Romantic Comedy,' Curtis Sittenfeld flips the gendered tropes

From Notting Hill to the real-life relationships of several SNL writers with Hollywood starlets – to even the new Barbie movie tagline ("She's everything. He's just Ken.") – there's a recurring storyline in pop culture of ordinary guys dating up , falling in love with glamorous women who are seemingly out of their league. In her new book, Romantic Comedy , Curtis Sittenfeld shakes up these gender dynamics. She tells NPR's Juana Summers why she wanted her career-focused heroine – a comedy writer – to stumble into a romance with a global pop star. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy