We are talking terrific tearjerkers - the female friendship phenom Steel Magnolias (1989). Does this film represent diabetes in a kind and compassionate manner? Is it okay to invite a nurse that witnessed your sister's death to reprise her role? Is this Sally Field's most emotional performance? The answer to all these questions is no, but we will talk about it anyway!

Hopefully you don't end up in a very bad mood for 40 years!

Steel Magnolias (TV Movie 2012) - IMDb

The Dark Side of 'Steel Magnolias' - The Atlantic

Steel Magnolias: Movie Still Hits a Diabetes Nerve 30 Years Later (thediabeticscornerbooth.com)

Top 10 Ways To Support Someone With Diabetes (diabetescarecommunity.ca)

(2) Heritage Minute: The Discovery of Insulin - YouTube

7 Ways Dolly Parton Quietly Gives Back to the World (mymodernmet.com)

Graeme and I finally sit down for a documentary, Angel of Nanjing (2015), to see if this one can melt our stone hearts. This film follows the life of Chen Si a genuinely nice person that volunteers trying to prevent people from jumping off the Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, China. 

We ask questions like -- is it better to watch a 10 minute news piece on Youtube? How difficult was this film to make with government censorship? And of course, what is that very cute dog doing? Spoiler alert, the dog is okay!

Don't Jump! China's Suicide Bridge (Interview w/ Jordan Horowitz) | China Uncensored - YouTube

Calls to Action

Preventing suicide: Warning signs and how to help - Canada.ca

Today we watched the 2012 animated/comedy film It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012). We talk about whether brain damage is a laughing matter, watching films that profoundly examine life through creative mediums, and a heaping plate of existential dread. Bon appétit!

Don Hertzfeldt's website: http://www.bitterfilms.com/ 

Don Hertzfeldt on It’s Such a Beautiful Day at 10 (lwlies.com)

7 tips for volunteering after brain injury | Headway

Volunteer work and psychological health following traumatic brain injury. | Cervo Brain Research Centre (ulaval.ca)

Volunteer | Get Involved - Ontario Brain Injury Association (obia.ca)

This could have been a contender... for the least ethical child acting award! We cover the remake of the Champ (1979) a "boxing" film that is mostly about a sad separated dad with a gambling addiction. We also have our first guest: Natalie Feinblatt, psychologist and fellow Bloody Good Horror Writer! Check out her website here:

https://drnataliefeinblatt.com/ 

Please note that she was unable to be there for parts of the intro if you are wondering why she was so quiet. 

Check out the paper we referenced regarding Emotions and Film: 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282289958_Emotion_Elicitation_Using_Film_Clips_Effect_of_Age_Groups_on_Movie_Choice_and_Emotion_Rating#:~:text=Emotion%20elicitation%20was%20conducted%20using%20standardized%20movie%20clips,choice%20of%20the%20most%20relevant%20clip%20is%20analyzed

Our calls to action involved the following organizations:

https://adultchildren.org/ 

https://www.ncpgambling.org/help-treatment/national-helpline-1-800-522-4700/#:~:text=The%20National%20Council%20on%20Problem,National%20Problem%20Gambling%20Helpline%20Network.

We went Whale watching! Will it tasks us or will we escape to tell the tale? All I know is that we have lots of terrible puns ahead captain. 

Content Warning: Suicide and Eating Disorders. 

There are a variety of suicide prevention and mental health resources at the following links:

Get Help | Talk Suicide Canada

Preventing suicide: Warning signs and how to help - Canada.ca

For resources on eating disorders please check out the links at: 

ANAD | Free Eating Disorder Support Groups & Services

Interviews with Aronofsky used in production: Darren Aronofsky on the 10-year journey to making The Whale' and 'challenging actors to do the best' - YouTube

Darren Aronofsky: Making Mother, why there's no music and other creative choices - The Feed - YouTube

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Get out your rowboats and your bird seed, it's time for a Valentine's classic. Graeme and Adam cover the Notebook (2004) and ask the hard hitting questions:

Why do they always do James Marsden dirty? 

Can we rewrite the film to make it sadder?

Which one of us openly wept? 

All this and more on this lovely episode of Bad For Me.

Alzheimer Society of Canada - for info or to donate. 

Movie Couple Therapy: THE NOTEBOOK - YouTube - breakdown of the film's relationship. 

Fashion Historian Fact Checks The Notebook's Wardrobe - YouTube - Fashion breakdown of the Notebook. 

Well, we decided to tackle a very important film second - one of the somberest depictions of Shoah (the Holocaust) ever made. Will we cry? Will we upset our audience? Are three people an audience? These and more quesitons will be answered by Graeme and Adam in this informative episode of Bad For Me.

Please read the Attached for More Information on Our Discussion:

Microsoft Word - Son_of_Saul_final (philarchive.org) 

Making Monsters in László Nemes’ Son of Saul – Senses of Cinema

The Slaughter of Six Million Jews: A Holocaust or a Shoah? - TheTorah.com

Shulchan Aruch/Yoreh Deah/375 - Wikisource, the free online library

In Hungary, a Jewish community fight taints effort to bury Holocaust victims | The Jewish Standard (timesofisrael.com)

Overview of Holocaust-related Organizations | IHRA (holocaustremembrance.com)

Graeme and Adam take on the dog gone saddest movie a child has ever seen... or is it? Will we weep wildly or take the film back out behind the woodshed? Find out this and more on our "first" episode of Bad For Me, a sad movie podcast. 

The documentary we refer to several times in the podcast - a short watch:

The Making Of Old Yeller - YouTube

Check out the International or your local SPCA to help out animals near you:

SPCA International | Global Animal Rescue

On our cross-over sadstravaganza with Thor's Hour of Thunder, Graeme and Adam discuss the Oscar winning animated short If Anything Happens I Love You (2020). Is this a genuine exploration of parental grief and gun violence in schools or a strategic use of a serious topic to drum up Oscar buzz? Our hosts will discuss and not answer those questions. 

Please listen to Thor's Hour of Thunder if you have a chance: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thors-hour-of-thunder/id416719608

Check out the commercial referenced by Adam for Sandy Hook Promise (there is also a link for donations): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ykNZl9mTQ&t=1s