Episode 45 - My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Opa! The 2002 Nia Vardalos one-woman-show-turned-movie, "My Big
Fat Greek Wedding,” seems like it should have been a Lifetime
channel original. However, it somehow became the highest grossing
romantic comedy film of all time, and it still retains that
distinction by a significant margin over 15 years later. Watching
the film did feel like being at a wedding, but that’s only
because it was super cheesy, it felt like you were forced to be
there and it would have been a lot easier to get through if you
were really drunk. 


Nia Vardalos plays Toula Portokalos, a 30-year-old virgin who
spent her life contemptuously doing everything her overprotective
xenophobic parents expected of her, and she was somehow
astonished that this strategy didn’t result in happiness. After
attending college for about a week, Toula transforms herself from
a shy, inarticulate weirdo into an alluring and confident
businesswoman.


John Corbett plays Ian Miller, a manic pixie dream guy with
absolutely no dimension to his character other than being a
school teacher and a vegetarian, but we're supposed to overlook
his lack of depth because he constantly has a cute smile
plastered on his face.


Join us as we discuss how Greek children don’t have a monopoly on
being utterly embarrassed by their families, Keating’s dad’s
home-brewed Windex recipes and how funny Alzheimer’s disease can
be.


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