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'Dating is entirely worth the trouble and risk'
Blackpool Gazette
|August 16, 2025
'Love is a great miracle' - writer and director Celine Song discusses matchmaking, class and true love with Lynn Rusk in her new film Materialists
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“It's something entirely worth the trouble and the risk and none of these numbers are going to be able to help us get there.”
In Materialists, Lucy ended her relationship with John due to his lack of money and stability, and decides to take her own professional advice as she searches for a partner herself.
This story is from the August 16, 2025 edition of Blackpool Gazette.
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