My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 And What's Making Us Happy
Pop Culture Happy Hour
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🗓️ 8 September 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The family comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding was a very big hit back in 2002. |
| 0:10.0 | So perhaps it was inevitable that the movie spawned a sequel and now another one we have arrived of course at my big fat Greek wedding three |
| 0:18.8 | Writer and director Neia Vardalos is back as Tula, Jean Corbett is back as her husband Ian and this time they're headed to Greece for a family reunion. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm Linda Holmes and today we're talking about my big fat Greek wedding three on pop culture happy hour from |
| 0:34.5 | NPR. Joining me today is a co-host of Slate's I see why am I podcast and former |
| 0:41.3 | P.C.H.H. producer Candice Lim. Welcome back, Candice. |
| 0:46.0 | Hi, Linda. It's amazing to see you. I'm so excited. Also with us isolks. |
| 0:53.6 | Welcome, Anastasia. |
| 0:55.2 | Hey Linda. |
| 0:56.5 | And rounding out our panel is film, critic and culture journalist. |
| 1:00.3 | Badatry D. Chaudry, welcome back. |
| 1:02.0 | Butatry. Thank youaudrey, welcome back. Butatry. |
| 1:03.0 | Thank you, Linda. |
| 1:04.0 | Hey everyone. |
| 1:05.0 | If you need a refresher, Nia Vardalos wrote the screenplay for the original My Big Fat |
| 1:10.0 | Greek Wedding and she also stars as Tula. Tula was unmarried and 30 which was a huge problem for her parents |
| 1:16.9 | played by Laini Kazan and Michael Constantine but then she met Ian played by John Corbett and they got |
| 1:22.3 | engaged. |
| 1:23.0 | Her parents were upset because he wasn't Greek. |
| 1:25.5 | But after a lot of raucous scenes full of arguing and oodles of relatives, |
| 1:29.8 | Tula and Ian had their happy ending and their big fat, well you know. In 2016 we got the sequel |
| 1:36.4 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 which introduces Tula and Ian's daughter Paris played by |
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