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Chatterbox Awards 2023

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Well better late than never here are my 2023 Chatterbox Awards.  As usual, the categories are of my making, and the nominees are things I saw in 2023,  regardless of when they were published or released. I have written about most of these before so when appropriate I have added a link to the title.  There will be spoilers but I will try to keep them gentle.  So, off we go. Romantic comedy/drama Starstruck :   Series 2 won this category last year so I was interested to see what would happen with season 3.  As a series which could be described as an anti-rom-com, I am now wondering if it is here under false pretences.  But Rose Matafeo, who writes as well as stars in the show, understands the genre so well and plays with the tropes so successfully that it definitely still delivers as a romcom.  It openly teases with romcom clichés galore, from miscommunication to old flames being rekindled, but then gleefully sidesteps them in a way which made me la...