This Ends at Prom

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Can't Buy Me Love (1987) Apr 14, 2022

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“You ignored the Donald Miller geek for seventeen years, now you want to ride the Ronnie Miller express!”

We're heading back to the 1980s and letting Patrick Dempsey buy our time, because this week is all about CAN'T BUY ME LOVE. Together the wives assess one of the earliest version of the teenage "bet" subgenre of romantic comedies, try to figure out what it is about popularity that turns everyone into huge jerks, and we even hear from our teenage nephew, Cash of the Why Did We Ever Meet? podcast, as he gives his Gen Z perspective on a film he loves a lot more than we do.

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Article Referenced

Can't Buy Me Love: A Sound Investment 30 Years Later: https://rb.gy/69bd8r

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Theme Song: The Sonder Bombs 'Title': https://thesonderbombs.bandcamp.com/

Turning Red (2022) w/ Hoai-Tran Bui Apr 07, 2022

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"Honoring your parents sounds great but if you take it too far...well, you might forget to honor yourself."

This week The Wives are heading back to the world of animation to talk about Pixar's latest masterpiece, TURNING RED. /Film editor and professional fangirl Hoai-Tran Bui joins to help make sense of why so many people were pearl-clutchingly angry over an animated teen girl film, reminisce about coming-of-age in the 2000s, what it means to love a boy band, the glory of watching anime, how it feels to develop your found family, and HT lovingly expresses what a film like this means to her as an Asian-American.

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Theme Song: The Sonder Bombs 'Title': https://thesonderbombs.bandcamp.com/

A Very Special Episode--Mental Health and Setting Limits Mar 31, 2022

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TW/CW: Discussions of mental illness, intrusive thoughts, and suicide

We're not talking about a movie this week, because quite honestly, we don't have it in us. The Wives sit down to have a candid discussion about living with mental illness, knowing when to set limits, and why "the show must go on" isn't always the best course of action. There's laughs, there's tears, and there's a lot of vulnerable honesty. We hope that this episode resonates with you, and if this is a week you need to skip, we hope you take care of yourselves. We love you. Back to our regularly scheduled episodes next week.

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Theme Song: The Sonder Bombs 'Title': https://thesonderbombs.bandcamp.com/

Cruel Intentions (1999) w/ Chelsey Weber-Smith Mar 24, 2022

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"I'm the Marcia F*cking Brady of the Upper East Side and sometimes, I wanna kill myself. So there's your psycho analysis, Dr. Freud."

This week The Wives are joined by the incomparable host of American Hysteria, non-binary queer dreamboat Chelsey Weber-Smith. Together they all discuss the "naughtiest" teen film of 1999, explore the queer themes scattered throughout, and give their respects to one of the most unbelievably stacked casts in film history. Put away the rosary, it's time to talk about CRUEL INTENTIONS.

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The Oral History of Cruel Intentions: tinyurl.com/yc53zyya

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Follow Our Guest on Twitter: @AmerHysteria

Follow Our Guest on IG: @AmericanHysteriaPodcast

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Theme Song: The Sonder Bombs 'Title': https://thesonderbombs.bandcamp.com/

Spring Breakers (2012) Mar 17, 2022

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"We'll always remember the trip. I wanna go back again next year with you. Something so amazing, magical. Something so beautiful. Feels as if the world is perfect. Like it's never gonna end."

It's the most debaucherous time of the year, prom party, and we're going to analyze the heck out of it. Harmony Korine's SPRING BREAKERS is a wild time capsule of 2012, a look at an evolutionary step of "The American Dream," and the meta-casting of former Disney starlets pushed this indie art-house director into the mainstream. BJ talks about ridiculous college party nonsense, Harmony laments the cruel reality that sometimes creepy jerks can also be super talented, and together they discuss how SPRING BREAKERS might as well be Grand Theft Auto: The Movie.

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In Defense of Spring Breakers: https://rb.gy/fq4g8l

Spring Breakers, a riotous take on modern America: https://rb.gy/ss1dvr

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Theme Song: The Sonder Bombs 'Title': https://thesonderbombs.bandcamp.com/

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1982) Mar 10, 2022

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"I'm perfect but nobody in this sh*thole gets me, because I don't put out!"

Sometimes the world feels absolutely impossible to deal with and the only cure is listening to teenage Diane Lane and Laura Dern try to burn it all down. This week we're going back to the 80s and talking about the peak of punk rock teenage girl rebellion, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS. We address how this is a film that couldn't be made today, the undeniable star-power of two of our leads, and the power and fear the world has surrounding teen girls who know their worth.

Articles Referenced

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Ladies and Gentleman, the Fabulous Stains: teenage Diane Lane and Laura Dern rock punk: https://rb.gy/toj1qn

Ladies and Gentlemen the Fabulous Stains at 4Colums: https://rb.gy/xqa4t7

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BJ Colangelo —Twitter & Instagram: @BJColangelo

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Logo Design: Haley Doodles @HaleyDoodleDo

Theme Song: The Sonder Bombs 'Title': https://thesonderbombs.bandcamp.com/

Assassination Nation (2018) Mar 03, 2022

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"This is the story of how my town, Salem, lost its motherf*cking mind. Now I understand that you may think I'm exaggerating, that I'm being hyperbolic, that there's no way an entire suburb could freak the f*ck out to the degree they'd want to kill four teenage girls...but I promise you, this is a hundred percent a true story."

With season 2 of Euphoria in the rearview, we're diving into Sam Levinson's ASSASSINATION NATION, and having some of the most difficult conversations yet. It's time to sit in our collective discomfort and talk about all of the things we're afraid to say out loud, because if we ever want the status quo to change, we're gonna have to start taking drastic measures. Trigger warning for, well, everything.

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Become a Patron! www.patreon.com/thisendsatprom

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Find the Show on Twitter & Instagram: @ThisEndsAtProm

BJ Colangelo —Twitter & Instagram: @BJColangelo

Harmony Colangelo — Twitter & Instagram: @Veloci_trap_tor

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Logo Design: Haley Doodles @HaleyDoodleDo

Theme Song: The Sonder Bombs 'Title': https://thesonderbombs.bandcamp.com/

Pretty Smart (1987) Feb 24, 2022

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"He's throwing you against each other! As long as you're at each other's throats, he can control you. If you stopped thrashing around for one second, you'd see that you aren't any different from the preens."

For this season's edition of TEEN MOVIE HELL, we're talking about the 1987 private school comedy, PRETTY SMART (1987). Don't let the poster, trailer, synopsis, or reviews fool you--this movie is unlike anything you'd expect. Together the Wives talk all about the wild, wild, west of teen chaos, the surprising progressiveness of the story, and try to find the answer to the age old question, "Who is this movie for?"

Buy TEEN MOVIE HELL! https://www.bazillionpoints.com/books/pre-order-teen-movie-hell-the-crucible-of-coming-of-age-comedies-from-animal-house-to-zapped-by-mike-mcbeardo-mcpadden/

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Find the Show on Twitter & Instagram: @ThisEndsAtProm

BJ Colangelo —Twitter & Instagram: @BJColangelo

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Logo Design: Haley Doodles @HaleyDoodleDo

Theme Song: The Sonder Bombs 'Title': https://thesonderbombs.bandcamp.com/

Never Been Kissed (1999) Feb 17, 2022

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"That thing, that moment, when you kiss someone and everything around becomes hazy and the only thing in focus is you and this person and you realize that that person is the only person that you're supposed to kiss for the rest of your life, and for one moment you get this amazing gift and you want to laugh and you want to cry because you feel so lucky that you found it and so scared that that it will go away all at the same time."

This week The Wives Colangelo are joined by essayist and podcaster Laura Leigh Abby to talk about the Drew Barrymore classic, NEVER BEEN KISSED. Together we talk about whether or not we'd ever want to return to high school, the importance of healing your inner "Josie Grossie," and question whether this film is as problematic as we remember, or if we were all just hypnotized by the rom-com beats. This episode is the perfect companion to Laura Leigh's new podcast "Seventeen: Conversations with My Teenage Self," now available everywhere you get your podcasts!

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Follow Our Guest on Twitter: @LauraLeighAbby

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Listen to Laura Leigh Abby's #SeventeenPod : linktr.ee/seventeenpod

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Find the Show on Twitter & Instagram: @ThisEndsAtProm

BJ Colangelo —Twitter & Instagram: @BJColangelo

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Logo Design: Haley Doodles @HaleyDoodleDo

Theme Song: The Sonder Bombs 'Title': https://thesonderbombs.bandcamp.com/

Twilight (2008) Feb 10, 2022

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"About three things I was absolutely certain. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was part of him-and I didn't know how potent that part might be- that thirsted for my blood. and third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him."

Love is in the air this valentine's day and what better way to celebrate than by dissecting one of the most maligned teen romance stories of all time, TWILIGHT. Harmony painfully sits through a movie she already knows she doesn't like, and BJ, who once had an entire column dedicated to hating on Twilight appears to have turned a new leaf. Hold on tight, spider monkeys, because we're not just talking about the movie, but the entire culture that defined an era.

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Article Referenced: Twilight Appeal: The cult of Edward Cullen and vampire love in Stephenie Meyer’s novels and the new film (2008) http://decentfilms.com/articles/twilight?fbclid=IwAR0fi46kNXD1k-z9YElJG5M_i2AnDX-8krb9HnZevufwXlBYqTyd8NVW-qk

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Become a Patron! www.patreon.com/thisendsatprom

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Find the Show on Twitter & Instagram: @ThisEndsAtProm

BJ Colangelo —Twitter & Instagram: @BJColangelo

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Logo Design: Haley Doodles @HaleyDoodleDo

Theme Song: The Sonder Bombs 'Title': https://thesonderbombs.bandcamp.com/