This week on Every Rom Com we go to the dark-ish side of the rom com genre and join Julia Roberts on her mission to break up a wedding in “My Best Friend’s Wedding.” On the way we explore the gay best friend trope via perhaps the most-beloved gay best friend in rom com history; we mostly succeed at a wedding music trivia challenge; and we talk about an epic karaoke scene with Ed Cunard from the karaoke podcast, The Greatest Song Ever Sung (Poorly). Stay to the end for the lowdown on the film’s terrible original ending and our always delightful, sometimes surprising double feature recommendations!
0:00-16:33 Wedding Music Trivia Challenge!
Remember to also check out Ed’s awesome karaoke podcast where they have a trivia segment on every episode!: https://www.sungpoorly.com/
16:33-21:33 TRAILER, Basic Info, Interesting Facts
https://ew.com/movie-reunions/2019/02/07/my-best-friends-wedding-reunion-cover/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/julia-roberts-cast-my-best-friends-wedding-now-1121064/
https://www.vulture.com/2022/02/my-best-friends-wedding-ending-changed.html
21:33-36:50 Cast & Crew In-Depth
For More Information On Screenwriter, Ronald Bass Check Out Episode 10 “How Stella Got Her Groove Back”: https://www.everyromcom.com/podcast-1/episode/2f31ba31/every-rom-com-10-how-stella-got-her-groove-back
Rupert Everett Information:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/sep/28/rupert-everett-memoir-vanished-years
Rupert Everett singing “Generation of Loneliness” in 1987: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHIngA3cgz8
36:50-39:32 General Opinion, Spoiler-Free Version
39:32 SPOILERS BEGIN!
39:32-53:27 General Opinion With Spoilers, How “My Best Friend’s Wedding” Subverts Tropes, Opening Sequence, Intro To Julianne/The Basic Premise
More On The Opening Sequence: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-08-ca-1155-story.html
More On Dusty Springfield:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/j577kp/dusty-springfield-lgbtq-lesbian-biography
https://www.eriegaynews.com/news/article.php?recordid=201510dustyspringfield
53:27-1:06:59 Juianne And Kimmy
1:06:59-1:19:29 George And The Gay Best Friend Trope
https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/gay-best-friends-romantic-comedies-ranked/
https://ew.com/movies/evolution-gay-best-friend-romantic-comedies/
https://www.advocate.com/media/2020/11/20/history-gay-best-friend-film-and-tv#media-gallery-media-4
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/04/230318/the-perfect-date-murph-gay-best-friend
https://www.34st.com/article/2019/05/gay-best-friend-romantic-comedy-mean-girls-trope-lgbtq
1:19:29-1:34:32 Julianne Begins To Plot, The Karaoke Scene, The Third Phase of Julianne’s Plot
More On The Karaoke Scene: https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/entertainment/tv-and-film/my-best-friends-wedding-karaoke-scene-537300
1:34:32-1:49:29 George Arrives/The Fake Fiance Subplot, The “Say A Little Prayer” Scene, The Boat Scene
Info On The Singalong Scene And More: https://www.vulture.com/2022/02/my-best-friends-wedding-ending-changed.html
1:49:29-2:03:29 Julianne’s Final Sabotage, The Pre-Wedding Brunch, The Chase Scene, The Wedding And Reception
2:03:29-2:10:33 The Original Ending, How Much Do The Main Characters Suck On A Scale Of 1-10?, What Will Happen to Michael And Kimmy?
The Original/Alternate Ending
https://ew.com/movies/2017/03/31/my-best-friends-wedding-alternate-ending/
Clip of the alternate ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLNUAHiB2Kk
2:10:33-2:19:20 Double Feature Recommendations
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