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Season 25 Episode 4 | 55m 49s
Every four seconds a romance novel published by Harlequin or its British counterpart, Mills & Boon, is sold somewhere in the world. Julie Moggan’s 'Guilty Pleasures' takes an amusing and touching look at this global phenomenon. Ironies abound in the contrasts between the everyday lives of the books’ readers and the fantasy worlds that offer them escape.
Aired: 07/12/12
Expired: 02/16/20
Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyncote Foundation. Additional funding comes from The ...
Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyncote Foundation. Additional funding comes from The John S. and James Knight Foundation, Nancy Blachman and David desJardins, Bertha Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Chicago Media Project, Lefkofsky Family Foundation, Sage Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and public television viewers. POV is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KQED San Francisco, WGBH Boston and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG.
Guilty Pleasures: I Discovered This Dream World in the Books
Meet Hiroko - an avid reader of romance novels.
Guilty Pleasures: He Has the Look of the Heroes
Hiroko describes what she likes about her ballroom dance teacher.
Guilty Pleasures: This Must Be A Dream
Hiroko's husband describes his desire to have more children.
Guilty Pleasures: Filmmaker Interview with Julie Moggan
Julie Moggan talks about the romance genre and the ethics of making humorous documentaries
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