80'S LADIES: Steel Magnolias (1989)

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CONTENT WARNING: Diabetes, divorce, small town gossip, grief, loss, death of loved ones.

Jordan aka The Lady Dame joins us for a truly outstanding finale to this series, probably the single most “80’s Ladies” movie out of all the ones we’ve watched. After all, it stars 3 of the ladies we’ve already talked about, two we’ve talked about in other iconic 80’s roles, and one who is surely one of the greatest actresses of her generation. We’ve seen this before, though - just because the star power is good, it doesn’t mean the story can hold up. So thank Ouiser for Robert Harling’s play and script, because he channeled a terribly tragic story into the absolute epitome of tragicomedy. This script is just about perfect, and the cast is perfectly balanced; even a (justifiably) grumpy and miserable Herbert Ross still brought a level of care and detail to this film that only helped it. So prepare yourselves, especially for the single most emotional trivia segment we’ve ever had on this show. We’re finishing up our 80’s Ladies series with Steel Magnolias this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!

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Intro and outro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

Excerpt of "Main Title Introduction” from the original soundtrack to the film Steel Magnolias was composed by Georges Delerue. Copyright 1989 Tri-Star Pictures, Inc.

Excerpts from the film Steel Magnolias are © 1989 TriStar Pictures, Inc. All Rights Reserved.