The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
This Ends at Prom
Brennan Klein
4.8 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2025
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
If you were on Tumblr in 2012, chances are you or someone you know had a huge THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER phase. This week, The Wives Colangelo are talking about the book-turned-movie phenomenon, addressing their personal hang-ups from a decade ago, getting extremely candid about the ways they relate to Charlie, and why this story is far more important than its "hipster" reputation.
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Article Referenced
How The Perks of Being a Wallflower Became a Generation-Defining Classic: https://consequence.net/2022/09/perks-of-being-a-wallflower-why-its-good/
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings and salutations, and welcome to This Ends at Prom. |
| 0:05.5 | A coming-of-age podcast highlighting cinema about or marketed towards teen girls. |
| 0:10.6 | I'm one of your hosts, BJ Colangelo, and I'm joined by my wife. |
| 0:14.9 | Harmony Colangelo, a trans woman who grew up watching none of these movies. |
| 0:19.2 | Is today's movie a Queen Bee? |
| 0:21.2 | Or are we killing the teen dream? |
| 0:23.5 | Get in loser. |
| 0:24.7 | We're analyzing the movies. |
| 0:26.0 | People make fun of us for loving. |
| 0:28.7 | I don't want to be your merch girl. |
| 0:32.1 | I want to be your goddamn idol. |
| 0:35.6 | And I don't want to have to work twice as hard |
| 0:38.8 | for the same motherfucking title |
| 0:41.9 | but I realize |
| 0:48.3 | that I probably won't be so lucky. |
| 1:00.0 | Welcome back prom party. |
| 1:07.2 | Hello. |
| 1:08.6 | Hello. |
| 1:09.6 | How are you today? |
| 1:13.7 | I'm tired, man. I'm feeling it. It's a busy week. |
| 1:19.7 | You have the day off today. Dude, it's a busy life. That's, okay, that's a good point. It is a very busy life. |
| 1:26.8 | It's like, I just logged off work, so I'm, we're getting this recording in before I turn into a pumpkin for the night. |
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