Director Ol Parker (who would later go on to write Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again ) understood that Imagine Me & You needed to look different from other rom-coms. The color palette is warm greens, soft whites, and earthy browns. Everything is overgrown. Flowers spill out of vases. Luce’s shop is a jungle.
was revolutionary because it refused to punish its characters. It refused to wallow in misery. Instead, it embraced the tropes of the romantic comedy genre—the grand gesture, the witty banter, the happy ending—and applied them to a lesbian love story. Imagine Me A N D You
You might wonder why fans obsess over the formatting of the keyword rather than simply writing "Imagine Me and You." The ampersand (&) is a ligature. It connects two things without merging them. It says: You are you, and I am me, and together we are something else. Director Ol Parker (who would later go on to write Mamma Mia
So here is the real question: If you can imagine me and you, so clearly that your chest aches a little— what exactly are you waiting for? Everything is overgrown