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Standard Issue Podcast

Rated or Dated: Muriel’s Wedding (1994)

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

PJ Hogan’s 1994 classic, Muriel’s Wedding, launched his own career, as well as those of Toni Collette and Rachel Griffiths. But has Jen misremembered the Aussie comedy as a “feel-good” movie? Is Muriel/Marial/Muriel a likeable protagonist? And will Mick and Hannah ever stop laughing about an unzipped beanbag? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and I'm Hannah Dunleavy and I am joined by Mickey Noonan, hey and Jen Offord.

0:18.0

Hello. And we're going to be hang on, Deirdre Chambers, what a coincidence.

0:26.8

Jen, which film which featured an early scummy mummies gig,

0:31.6

did we watch this week?

0:33.4

Clear, sweet.

0:35.0

Oh, you're welcome.

0:41.0

This week, that was Dancing Queen by the way, you both looked at me blank Queen there.

0:46.4

No, it's like my computer said, this is only for dogs and just silenced you.

0:50.8

It's protecting your brain. Right, okay, and indeed your ears. Yeah,

0:57.6

this week we watched 1994's Muriel's Wedding. It was written and directed by PJ Hogan, not Paul Hogan's pen name or whatever,

1:08.5

ghostwriter name just in case anyone was worried, also known for other works about shit that women do, such as my

1:15.8

best friend's wedding and confessions of a shopper-holic to name but too. The film launched

1:21.3

the careers of Tony K Colette and Rachel Griffiths

1:24.0

who went on to become household names

1:26.0

starring in the likes of,

1:27.0

the sixth cents and six feet under.

1:29.0

And no I didn't deliberately go

1:31.0

for the repetition of six there, it's just, you know. didn't

1:33.4

go for the repetition of six there. It's just, you know, what happened.

1:35.8

It also starred Bill, haven't I seen you in everything Australian ever,

1:40.2

Hunter?

1:41.2

Who must have been a fair bit younger in this film than he looked and

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