Steel Magnolias (1989)

Shelby would rather have 30 minutes of something wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special. Well, she's in luck because we've got over 2 hours of wonderful headed your way. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia - as we're joined by Ian's sister, Kirsti, as we're heading to small-town Louisiana for the holidays. Which holidays? All the holidays!  There are so many things we'll have you know in our 82nd episode as we discuss:

• The history of Steel Magnolias as a play before it was a film
• The real life inspiration for the writing of the story
• The clashes between the director and his leading ladies during filming
• Whether we should judge Jackson more harshly than the film tells us too?
• The tradition of the groom's cake in North America
• We discuss our favourite Weezer songs
• We ask why M'Lynn & Drum don't have any scenes where they speak to each other and who came up with these names anyway?
• We discuss some casting of minor roles that were done in the name of tonal authenticity
• Who got nominated for awards and who was robbed on that front
• What should we make of the fact that the writer and director of such a female-driven story were both male?
• Ian shares his reason for picking this film and Kirsti joins him in some backstories on the subject
• Whether or not Steel Magnolias is the Best Film Ever

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/