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@thisendsatprom.bsky.social

A coming-of-age podcast about teen girl cinema of all styles and genres w/ The Wives Colangelo: BJ & Harmony.
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EP 198: GIDGET (65th ANNIVERSARY) The teen beach movie that started it all! Let's dive in and discuss how a teen girl is responsible for popularizing surfing in the US and look at how unintentionally gay this movie is and has always been. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 197: CADET KELLY (2002) We're honoring the queer tension of the military school propaganda disguised as a Disney Channel Original Movie starring Lizzie McGuire and Kim Possible. You love it. We love it. AT EASE, MAGGOTS!! Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 196: CRUSH (2022) Would a pun be enough to steal your heart? Have you ever done something you hate to get closer to your crush? Has your mom given you a glow-in-the-dark dental dam? Let's close out Pride Month with a queer rom-com! Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 195: THE HOT CHICK (2002) Everyone remembers all of the problems, but do you remember all of the heart? It's a complicated movie starring a bigot, but for a story based on shock value, there's a shocking amount of teen girl movie goodness. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 194: SLEEPAWAY CAMP (1983) Let's finally tackle one of the most impactful films to us, preview our book, and discuss why a low-budget slasher still has merit after all these years. Hide your curling irons, we're heading to Camp Arawak! Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 193: THE IRON CLAW w/ @alexsteed.bsky.social It's @harmonycolangelo.bsky.social's birthday so we're honoring a huge part of her coming-of-age: wrestling. Let's tackle the beautiful, heartbreaking, & complicated world of manhood through THE IRON CLAW. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 192: LEMONADE MOUTH w/ @michaelvarrati.bsky.social Poets, geniuses, revolutionaries ... Lemonade Mouth has been called all of these things, and we're here to talk about it. It's time to pay our respects to the most DCOM to ever DCOM. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 191: REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA! It's @bjcolangelo.bsky.social 's birthday so we're going goth, singing our faces off, and paying our organ debt on time. What's up with the Vaseline filter? Is this Paris Hilton's best role? LET'S GET INTO IT! Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 190: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN It's been 20 years since we first saw Lola in her quest to survive New Jersey, lying to be more interesting, and becoming disillusioned with rock stars. Happy anniversary, queen! We love you! Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 189: FAME (1980) THIS TEEN MOVIE WON OSCAR RESPECT! Let's talk about coming-of-age in a world that already treats you like an adult, loving Irene Cara, and gushing about working-class dads who love their sons. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 188: MEAN GIRLS (2024) We're talking about Renee Rapp's legendary press tour, updating the jokes (or lack thereof) for a new generation, killer vocals, and the unfair ruthlessness of TikTok reviews of one particular performance... Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 187: MYSTIC PIZZA (1988) Three different stories of girls growing up, learning about love, and trying to figure out the secret of the best pizza in town. Let's worship working-class women with big hair and mock out-of-touch rich people! Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 186: SUPERSTAR (1999) 25 years ago, Molly Shannon brought her beloved SNL character to the big screen with a hilarious coming-of-age film filled with actors in their 30s playing high schoolers and ridiculously quotable one-liners. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 185: LISA FRANKENSTEIN (2024) We're coming-of-rage awaking the body electric! Life sucks and people are jerk-offs, but if you've got an undead boyfriend and know your way around a sewing needle, you're pretty much set for your afterlife. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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Started my day off listening to @thisendsatprom.bsky.social talking about the lovely Lisa Frankenstein. You should too!
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EP 184: THE CRUSH w/ Sarah Marshall (@yourewrongabout.bsky.social / @youaregood.bsky.social) It's a prickly one! Lets celebrate the feature debut of Alicia Silverstone, tell the weird true story inspiration, & figure out the logistics of an attic carousel. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 183: THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY Sequel month comes to a close with a tragically relevant story and our conclusion of one of the biggest teen franchises in cinema history. Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favor. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 182: BRING IT ON AGAIN w/ Tara Giancaspro This week we're graduating to college to discuss school mascots, the effectiveness of cheering in pearls, and wonder why this film is so forgotten while being shockingly hilarious. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 181: THE RAGE: CARRIE 2 Happy 25th anniversary to an oft-maligned teen girl horror sequel that was decades ahead of its time in its messaging and has us wondering if we should get full-body barbed vine tattoos. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 180: TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE Sequel month is back! Let's talk about weird flashback sequences, PG-13 violence, try to resist making fun of "newborn vampires," and see if Harmony likes this one better than NEW MOON. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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Finally had the chance to talk about two of my favorite films of 2023 and to make it even sweeter, it was with one of my fave voices in film, Megan Cruz! Give a listen to us wax poetic about POOR THINGS and ANATOMY OF A FALL on The Broad Perspective. open.spotify.com/episode/5Ie9...
Poor Things & Anatomy of a Fall - the Final Best Picture Countdownopen.spotify.com Listen to this episode from The Broad Perspective on Spotify. The Oscars are almost upon us and host, Megan Cruz, finally gets to wax poetic about two of her personal favorite Best Picture nominees th...
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TOMORROW IS TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE DAY! Place your bets on whether or not Harmony circles yes, no, maybe, or ticket to prom on their own.
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March is sequel month on the pod and we're kicking things off by heading back to Forks and continuing our journey through the franchise with TWILIGHT: ECLIPSE. Spoiler Alert: @harmonycolangelo.bsky.social likes this one better than NEW MOON so you definitely need to hear it on Thursday!
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EP 179: GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN Do backflips mean you're the best dancer? Who brushed out SJP's curly hair in the 1980s? Will anyone ever be as cool as Helen Hunt in a grasshopper hat? LET'S FIND OUT! Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 178: FREEWAY w/ Elizabeth Teets Let's get sleazy and see a version of Reese Witherspoon we wish would come back as we dive into one of the edgiest teen films of the 1990s. You'll be shouting "EL SEXO" with a southern accent in no time! Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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EP 177: TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE (2018) In honor of Valentine's Day, let's talk about teen romance films that aren't "rom-coms," the relatability of Lara Jean, and BJ reads a love letter from Harmony on air! Listen wherever you get your podcasts!
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It's weekly show announcement time! Love is in the air so Thursday's episode is all about Lara Jean Covey and TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE. See y'all then!
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We have never been in the Top 10 on Apple Podcasts for Film reviews before, but our listeners put This Ends at Prom there today at #8 alongside some of our absolute favorites. These charts fluctuate daily and we have no idea how long this will last, but we cannot believe what I’m seeing.