Dec 12, 2014
With all of the superheroes, spaceships, and horror films we've
been discussing lately, we decided it was time to shake things up a
little. It might be easy to dismiss Steel Magnolias as a
chick flick, but Donna makes the case that it's themes of
friendship and loss are pretty universal.
Chris was expecting a very different movie when he first
saw this as a kid, but he wound up liking it anyways - even if he
never would have admitted to it at the time. Donna didn't see it
until college and it turned her into a sobbing mess. Carlos has
always been a little surprised how emotional everyone gets over the
final act, but he enjoys the film nonetheless.
Topics include: the real life tragedy that inspired the original
stage play, who almost played Shelby, the rocky relationship
between the cast and their director, misconceptions we had about
sex as kids, a simpler (and possibly more effective) version of the
pregnancy subplot, the aspects of grief that the film absolutely
nails, the rather abrupt ending, and much much more!