Steel Magnolias
Hey, Do You Remember...?
Christopher Schrader
4.8 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2014
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
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!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, do you remember Steel Magnolias? |
| 0:07.0 | Hello and welcome to Hey Do You Remember, a show where we reminisce about a movie or TV series we grew up with, then take off the rose tinted glasses to see how it holds up. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Donna. |
| 0:32.6 | I'm Chris. |
| 0:33.3 | And I'm Carlos. |
| 0:34.2 | And today we're revisiting Steel Magnolias. |
| 0:53.3 | Yeah. I'm Carlos. And today we're revisiting steel magnolias. In Herbert Ross's 1989 classic steel magnolias, a group of friends in a small Louisiana town deal with life and loss, with grace, dignity, and humor. |
| 1:04.2 | Based on the play by Robert Harling about the loss of his beloved sister, the story lets us into the lives of these funny, strong, |
| 1:11.7 | diverse group of women. |
| 1:13.6 | Though often relegated as a chick flick and put on the shelf, uh, by certain groups. |
| 1:20.7 | What are you looking at us? |
| 1:22.1 | Hey, wait a minute. |
| 1:23.2 | I didn't even have a chance. |
| 1:24.4 | I didn't even say that, but it's often relegated as a chick flick. |
| 1:27.7 | But I think when we look deeper, there's emotional truth that rings through to everyone, |
| 1:33.4 | along with a lot of funny moments and amazing character development. |
| 1:38.0 | So with that being said, Chris, what do you remember about Steel Magnolias? |
| 1:43.1 | What do I remember about St C Cangolias? |
| 1:44.4 | Okay, so the first time I ever heard of this movie, I was eight years old. |
| 1:48.6 | My cousin Missy was staying with us for the weekend. |
| 1:51.6 | At one point, someone suggested renting a movie. |
| 1:53.9 | Either Missy or my mom said, oh, I think Steele Magnolias is out. |
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