A Rom-Com About Gaslighting A Man In A Coma - Drawfee Animated

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Julia tells the Drawfee gang about a Rom-Com that, on paper, is actually pretty messed up.
Originally from this Drawfee episode: • Drawing Movie Posters ...
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[@RosieTheRo]

a rom-coma, if you will

[@Scarybug]

I need a weekly 15 minute podcast where Julia just explains a movie she thinks is weird to the other Drawfees.

[@an_annoying_cat]

i like how you refer to the hosts as drawfees

[@BlandoGaming]

Yes please.

[@sithdude2436]

​@@an_annoying_catReferring to a group by their collective last name is quite normal.

[@ryancox4498]

That would assume Julia actually has a whole 15 minutes a week where she's not already busy with something.

[@notrelevant6702]

Yes!

[@GypsyScot1]

For the sake of accuracy, I just want to note: Sandra doesn't *purposely* say she's engaged to Coma Guy to visit him. She sort of wistfully mutters 'I was going to marry him' to herself, and a nurse overhears and misunderstands her. Also this movie is great.

[@genericname2747]

Weird thing to say a man you barely know though. Also, she could've cleared up the miscommunication

[@GypsyScot1]

@@genericname2747 Yes, it is, and yes, she could have. You have correctly identified the central conflict of the movie. Congratulations!

[@genericname2747]

@GypsyScot1 I'm just saying the plot is weird, man

[@GypsyScot1]

@@genericname2747 I mean...is it, though? It's a pretty normal romcom Wacky Misunderstandings Plot.

[@alecLogan]

@@GypsyScot1 Something can totally be ‘normal’ for its genre, while also ‘absurd’ by any other metric. Like, it’s mentioned that it’d equally fit a horror plot, but it being romcom “also” makes sense, because so little else would.

[@yallowapples]

Al's distress over New Yorker Julia appropriating this Chicago film for New York is cracking me up!

[@MorningMeasure]

look, we got like three films. the matrix, the blues brothers, and this.

[@rocketforthree4479]

​@@MorningMeasure No Ghostbusters?

[@giordanodsouza9563]

What about the musical Chicago?

[@KaelWrit]

@@MorningMeasurewe got at least one of the Batmans

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic563]

The _Empire State_ colonizes another piece of reality.

[@belen.asteinle426]

I love that the mother in law is just Karina with gray hair

[@JamieElli]

I like that both brothers are Jacob.

[@blarg2429]

I feel ambivalent about how the guy who Nathan asks "is he a character actor" about is Nathan. Actually, I like it, but since the first comment said "love" and the second comment said "like" I wanted to continue the trend towards neutrality.

[@DParkerNunya]

​@@blarg2429I'm pretty neutral to the fact that this movie is in Chicago and not New York

[@soctopus1092]

Giving a synopsis of "While You Were Sleeping" that leaves out Joe Jr. is like giving a synopsis of LOTR that leaves out Gandalf.

[@moonjellymusic]

Joe Jr. presenting to Lucy a giant horseshoe-shaped flower garland: "I told them to give me the same ones dey use in the winners circle at Arlington."

[@ijlayugan4149]

"He is engaged to someone who is also a mess" *Shows Jacob proposing to Julia* Perfect

[@fangirl258]

as a native chicagoian, thank you for your service of making sure the true setting of the film can be known. new york already has home alone 2, let us have the creepy rom com where a man is forced into an engagement while he's in a coma!

[@apollolux]

Yes, we have Home Alone 2, and _absolutely nothing else._ ;)

[@Octy_in_Boots]

I love that "get in line, sister" is the most accurate part of this summary.

[@ampersketch]

No, but the plot of someone falling into a coma and another person pretending to be engaged to them IS the plot of a horror movie. It's called Secret Obsession, it stars Brenda Song, and it's not very good. Also got to love that iconic New York landmark: Chicago.

[@adventureisntfar]

I was about to say that I've heard this horror plot before, but I couldn't remember where.

[@BlandoGaming]

I always make sure to stop and see the Chicago when I visit New York City. 😂

[@jonothanthrace1530]

Chicago is one of the Five Boroughs

[@rhyannonsparks1457]

I don’t watch movies for the sake of them being good quality, but I will say I enjoyed yelling at the screen for this one!

[@MyScorpion42]

there's also one from the guy who made the night watch where a guy does it but then her ex is also a psycho drug smuggler who pissed of the thai mafia

[@TheHopperUK]

I wish to defend Lucy just a little - she didn't claim to be engaged to him *exactly*. She wasn't allowed into the hospital room, and a nurse overheard her sighing "Oh, I was gonna marry him" and decided that meant 'I'm his fiancee', not 'I think he's beautiful'. So she got swept into the lie.

[@Nionivek]

I will also say that she doesn't really do the gaslighting herself AND tries to come clean a few times. She allows the gaslighting to happen mind you (though that is only in the last third of the movie) but she does come clean when it came to the actual marriage. . Or rather the movie does do a good job at putting you in her shoes. Someone who is truly alone in the world with absolutely nothing being shown, against her will, everything she ever wanted (a family who loves her). As well as giving her enough situations, beyond her control, to still allow her to at least claim to be a good person. . This isn't Overboard... where he does some very questionable things that makes me want to smack the protag around.

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

That's when she should have told the truth.

[@TheHopperUK]

@@ninjabluefyre3815 Oh yeah absolutely. But she let the lie sit at first because it was only affecting the hospital staff, and it let her go into the room and check on the man she'd saved and dreamed about. It was a small lie at first and then it got away from her and she couldn't find the right time to take it back. The movie's pretty clear that she did the wrong thing, but it also lets us understand why.

[@paultuck]

I liked Al's increasingly angry frustrated corrections that's Chicago.

[@DeepBlueInk]

Stock footage Eugene Levy fully killed me off. I am deceased.

[@Th3BlackLotus]

Rip

[@kilo3989]

"It's a fun movie except that the concept is a horror movie" is very Drawfee, to be fair 😂 Beautifully animated!

[@LiaaaaaaaaAAAAAHH]

i love how close Julia comes to saying the correct lines/events but then swerves at the last minute 😂

[@Geesuv]

Wait, hold up, hang on. Is this not a bit? Is this not Julia improving the most unhinged idea for a romcom she can think of? Is this a REAL film?!

[@whatalsaid]

It's a real movie.

[@Xazyv]

It's called While You Were Sleeping, and it's every bit as unhinged as Julia makes it sound. If anything I think she forgot a few extra bits of unhinged. It IS pretty entertaining though, worth a watch

[@alytyler219]

Yup. And I’ve seen at least one fanfic that copies this plot for every fandom I’ve been in

[@sarah.s.flanagan]

It's my favorite romcom

[@Luke-yd7zi]

I like that the main character just is Sandra bullock but the love interest is Jacob

[@deaf-tomcat]

this just in: Julia Drawfee CANCELLED for mistaking Chicago for New York!

[@matiaspereyra9392]

... i think i've seen this movie like 2 billion years ago like a couple of times and then we got internet in the house and was never subjugated to "whatever's on tv" ever again

[@whatalsaid]

This movie is usually always on the TV at my parents' house during the holidays. That and Sleepless In Seattle.

[@just2watch1clip]

Big Apple, Big Bean, same difference

[@Peachysodabum]

So…interesting fact. The original script for this movie was gonna have a man instead of a woman as the main character, but studio executives were like “ehhhh kinda creepy…make it a woman.” Imo it’s still a creepy plot

[@b.parker1740]

The irony of that is they more or less did the same concept of the initial pitch (just swap a train for a boat, a coma for amnesia, and the family to be the guy's family) a decade earlier with Overboard, which later got remade recently, inverted to be about a woman gaslighting an amnesic man: essentially doing this film's plot again, just slightly different. Rom-Coms are weird.

[@RCZeta919]

I love love love the Sad Dean cameo, but that Little Orphan Annie took me OUT

[@adventureisntfar]

CTA and MTA are just one letter off, so I guess maybe that doesnt help Julia's memmies either 😢

[@erikrinard7908]

It took me way too long to realize the drawfee crew were part of the cast. 😂 Love it, great audio additions to the story.

[@Sienrel]

they're such great actors, they really bleed into the character you barely recognise them ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@gapsule2326]

Creative laziness is a great animators superpower

[@JamieElli]

I actually think I may have seen this movie. It's actually not the only movie I've seen where someone uses their crush's inability to object to pretend to be married.

[@shockofthenew]

There are a surprising amount of rom coms which could easily be played as horror movies!

[@moonjellymusic]

I like While You Were Sleeping. My favorite bits are when the coma guy's family are gathered together and talking, and conversations cross over each other and lead to ridiculous arguments, but then Grandma Elsie jumps in with something completely unrelated!😆 My family could qoute them verbatim.

[@clairecohen3178]

The little orphan Annie cameo... perfection!

[@Steve19906]

Jacob proposing to Julia is peak

[@iamalittler]

Julia is just the best at explaining anything

[@NeoInsomniac]

I actually watched this movie with my mom over the holidays (It's a xmas flick technically), and while it has not aged well in MANY ways, I actually enjoyed it quite a bit in a cheesy romcom from my childhood sort of way lol

[@Vellark]

“He’s engaged to someone who’s also a mess” *uses Julia’s model* 😂

[@nix6940]

Deepblueink and WhatAlSaid videos on the same day! What is this, a crossover episode?

[@JeM130177]

The Annie at the orphanage 🤣🤣🤣

[@JasperChalks]

IMPORTANT NEWS: The priest was played by Joel Hatch (who I have never heard of but is apparently in Come From Away)

[@raindeer9787]

You've never heard of him because he's only been in those two movies lol

[@elafimilo8199]

Come From Away, my beloved...

[@oliviagrutzius9624]

Ah yes, the spiritual successor to Julia’s recounting of Thumbelina. 🤣

[@IckyNeko]

"also a mess." Massive vibes

[@iohu11]

I love me a good Sandra Bullock romcom with a stupidly complicated plot, it's my favourite genre! Great animation! As always I love your work, hope you do another animation for a children's book, really enjoyed that one.

[@TheDraykon]

Drawfee describing movies is becoming one of my favourite long-term bits. Julia describing Thumbilina or even Karina describing the last episode of Supernatural were amazing. And make for fantastic animated shorts.

[@paper_bag_pancake]

sandra bullock's in an awful lotta movies

[@wolfofsummerbreeze]

It's probably the glass ceiling.

[@kfong07]

New York=Chicago 😂

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

As a non-American, I must say that sometimes is difficult to tell apart your cities in movies, probably because a lot of movies are filmed on Vancouver or something, so you're literaly seeing the same street block in what are supposed to be three different cities hundreds of miles apart

[@KhanCrete]

ah, new york city, da big apple. home a da new york cubs and deep dish pizza, famously

[@kevinforbesofficial]

It's insane that there is more than one Romcom with this plot. Overboard is a weird amnesia based rom-com where one person tricks the other into thinking they are married, but it's the man who does the tricking.

[@Nionivek]

Bonus points! Overboard also has a remake where the genders are switched! AND... believe it or not... It is worse!

[@EmperorSeth]

@@Nionivek Overboard's always the one where I have to wonder why anyone thought this was okay. Even by 80's standards! Now Twice!

[@Nionivek]

@@EmperorSeth There are things I could probably ascertain. Why the SEX scene, with an amnesiac woman who was gaslit into thinking she is his husband, was thought to be ok... EVEN FOR THE TIME... is beyond me. . Honestly, it is the ONE thing that stops me from rewatching the movie.

[@MadCheshireHat]

There's a Korean drama remake of Overboard!

[@lillianb8762]

I will never get tired of seeing the cast of Drawfee act out these plays of movies! It's bizarre and yet comfy!

[@analisesalas538]

Damn we really can't have shit in Chicago 😂

[@theoneandonlyandyman]

My favorite genre of whatalsaid video is "drawfee explains the plot of a bizarre piece of media"

[@bluchismoon]

Ive only ever watched this movie in spanish because my parents are Mexican so we didn't really grow up with american entertainment, unless it was being presented to us through a latin american dub.

[@George_vv]

If you want to actually watch this movie, just watch the movie Secret Obsession (ignoring the intro sequence) up until the recovery sequence (or whenever you feel like shutting off the movie). After that switch to Dear Evan Hanson and just try your best to get through that awful movie (You can also stop that one whenever). Hope you liked my guide!

[@Booksds]

Better idea: skip Dear Evan Hansen entirely and watch While You Were Sleeping

[@debrachambers1304]

They should've kept guessing the priest's actor.

[@elianabeebe7494]

the cutaway to annie waving from the orphangae killed me

[@nathanlongs]

This is one of my favorite rom coms, it’s so funny I watch it every year with my mom for Christmas. Great work Al!

[@DondarfSnowbonk]

nathan's wink at the camera as the priest

[@byusaranicole]

It's my #1 favorite Christmas movie! I watch it every year! The lie started out a lot more innocently than Julia asked it sound, but yeah it just goes way too far... and it takes place in Chicago.

[@themarkktv]

3:10 I was so ready for it to end like Drag me to Hell

[@anna.leshy16]

It's funny because this plot has actually been used for a horror movie

[@LiaaaaaaaaAAAAAHH]

its a Christmas classic! 😂 Gaslighting a coma patient!

[@Greycatcoz]

It is mildly distressing that I just rewatched that old episode yesterday and then this appeared. You are in my mind!

[@aleahdodson1889]

I’ve been hoping for this!!!! If I’m ever in a coma promise me you’ll gaslight my family into thinking you’re my fiancée

[@McBehrer]

the priest is Joel Hatch, apparently

[@annebeach6630]

My mom loved this movie, so I've seen it a lot. I actually watched it again last year because I just enjoy 90's Romcom

[@genericname2747]

Dear Evan Hanson if it had a coma instead of a death

[@rowannnnnnnnn]

the way I am SO HYPED to watch this!!!!

[@peachy__pg]

i was just thinking about this moment not too long ago 😭 definitely the second best movie recap (thumbelina is the best)

[@adamsransom]

That's a really good Sandra Bullock model!

[@whatalsaid]

It was supposed to be Julia, but they namedrop Sandra Bullock so many times, that It just felt right to create a Sandra Bullock 3D character.

[@pengutotally3064]

Gotta be hinest i thought this was gonna be that one two sentence horror episode with karinas beautiful drawing

[@pengutotally3064]

Oh my god i know this movie. This is my moms favorite hallmark movie

[@happytofu5]

ok this is the ONLY time I'll watch a rom com xD

[@BlueBeetle1939]

Joel Hatch plays the priest

[@Nionivek]

I'd find this movie far creepier if my creep-o-meter wasn't broken by that movie Overboard. . Why are there so many Amnesiacs being gaslit into thinking they are married movies?

[@TheGreatDevlin]

Dang it. Julia sold me on this movie lol.

[@michaelmay8393]

This art style is delightful! Great work!

[@hp8685]

lmao jazz hands annie!!!

[@gingivitis9148]

Oof these seemed weirdly familiar too me, turns out there's a HP fanfic with the same plot, it's been podfic,ed too. I'm not surprised but also wtf

[@starrthepj]

not the chicago erasure 😭

[@Kinsume1]

I loved this bit so much, thank you

[@swiftlymurmurs]

It's not Eugene Levy, sadly, it's a guy called Joel Hatch who's mainly done television bit parts

[@Romanticoutlaw]

the fact that there's literally a horror movie with the same concept..

[@halfatrex4555]

For anyone who was curious: the priest was not Eugene Levy. The actor was Joel Hatch who looks like he only has 9 credited roles to his name.

[@AmphibiousGentleman]

Only 9 credits on IMDB, but he seems to be mostly a stage actor anyway. He's been in multiple Broadway shows.

[@halfatrex4555]

@AmphibiousGentleman yeah I figured it might be the case when I saw there was a recorded version of a stage show, but I'm not a big Broadway buff and dude didn't have a Wikipedia page.

[@Boney0ne]

This is PERFECT

[@Cecona]

My mom loves this movie

[@TK-_-GZ]

algorithmic punch!

[@liloloveyou024]

1:18 RWRB mentioned 💖

[@Edu4Dev]

great movie !

[@jonbauml225]

Chicago!!

[@lukijez]

WAIT ITS A REAL MOVIE???? I THOUGHT IT WAS A BIT

[@Nightfire613]

So, I was reading about this movie, and APPARENTLY, when the idea was first pitched, the main characters were swapped genders, so it was a man who saves a woman who the fell into a coma and the sister is the real love interest, but the changed it during script development to be the version we got because the original was “too predatory”… Like WTF?! It’s weird and predatory either way! And the vaguely sexist implications that women can’t be predators or gaslighters makes me deeply uncomfortable because that’s the kinda ass backwards thinking that female abusers use to their advantage.

[@abysswarlock]

CHICAGO!!! 👆😠 asdfdsasdf

[@notrelevant6702]

Why are so many 90s romance movies so f***** up? 😮 I swear my whole generation grew up with a f***** picture of relationships 😅 I need drawfee to expose em all 😉

[@caitthegreat2102]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@rocketforthree4479]

Does anyone know whats the name of her hairstyle at 0:25 ?

[@sparklefall687]

I remember watching this movie as a kid and thinking to myself "why do they all seem kinda crazy" As an adult, I think it's safe to say it's cuz they are

[@carolynv8979]

I hated this movie with a passion. My parents watched it a lot