One woman dares to speak her mind and the pitchforks come out! After Grace's brave 1-star first time log of Moulin Rouge! on November 17th, her friends and community turned on her. Big White Elephants decided it was time get to the bottom of it. Is Baz Luhrmann's 2001 movie musical a brilliant post-modernist piece of maximalist romanticism with incredible production design and a love story for the ages or is it an insufferable over-edited slog of nonsense with cheap musical interpolations and singing voices of questionable quality? Maybe it's both! 

Where do you stand?

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For our 20th episode, Grace and Scott round out Emerald City Month with one last trip to Oz. This time they put on their sex cardigans, free the flying monkeys, and look into many reflective surfaces for Jon M. Chu's follow up to Wicked (2024), Wicked: For Good (2025).

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Good news, she's dead! Emerald City Month continues with Grace and Scott being joined by Sammy to talk about Jon M. Chu's Wicked Part 1 (2024). Fascism against animals, Emerald Cities, and backlighting, oh my! We get into our histories with the stage musical and how we think this adaptation handles the material

Tune in next week for our discussion of Wicked: For Good (2025)

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Emerald City Month continues with Grace and Scott easing on down the road and bringing no bad news to talk about Sydney Lumet's adaptation of The Wiz (1978)

Tune in next week for our discussion of Wicked (2024)

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Welcome to Big Emerald Elephants, a month-long journey to the land of Oz! Grace and Scott put on their ruby red slippers and follow the yellow brick road to talk about MGM classic The Wizard Of Oz (1937)

Tune in next week for our discussion of The Wiz (1978)

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On Episode 16, Grace and Scott are joined by Austin Danger Podcast's Kev to celebrate Halloween. We go down to Skid Row, dream of somewhere that's green, and heed the warning: Don't Feed The Plants! by discussing Frank Oz's Little Shop Of Horrors (1986)

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Suddenly Seymour - Starring Trisha Paytas as All The Parts

Carpool Karaoke - Ariana Grande & Seth MacFarlane

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On Episode 15, Grace and Scott go back to 1943 to discuss 20th Century Fox's showcase of incredible African American talent, Stormy Weather, starring Bill Robinson, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Ada Brown, the Nicholas Brothers, and more!

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On Episode 14, Grace and Scott discuss escapism, fascism, and whether it's ok to see soiled underwear on screen for Bill Condon's Kiss Of The Spider Woman (2025) in theaters now!

Read Eric Langberg's review of the film mentioned in the discussion: An Electrifying Ode To The Power Of Diva Worship

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On Episode 13, Grace and Scott lace up their corsets, practice their audience call-outs, and do the Time Warp again for the 50th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

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On episode 12, Grace and Scott put on their choir robes, check their high blood pressure, and pray to beat children in competition while they discuss Joyful Noise (2012).

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