Fried Green Tomatoes - ep 50 -1991 -

It’s not Steel Magnolias.

You may remember liking Kathy Bates in Fried Green Tomatoes, especially the scene where she teaches some bimbos proper parking etiquette. That’s only a small part of this 1991 tearjerker, with most of the good stuff coming from the story of two, ahem, friends played by Mary Stuart Masterson and Mary-Louise Parker. They make good food together, and there’s a food fight scene as a symbol of a romantic relationship the filmmakers didn’t want to depict honestly… because 1991.

Anyway, the Old Millennials talk memories of seeing this movie as kids, the thematic elements that shaped one host’s core beliefs, and the general mediocrity of the scenes between Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy. We also talk Chris O’Donnell and how this movie loves to milk train-related tragedies. Towanda Forever!

Also discussed in this episode:

The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
Luce (2019)
Climax (2019)
Ready or Not (2019)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:25:54 — 39.3MB) | Embed