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Episode 152 · April 30, 2025 · 1:58:59
Miss Congeniality
It’s been 25 years since the globally beloved Miss Congeniality came out, and it’s been 9 years since this only-just-slightly-less-globally-beloved podcast first started. And I don’t really remember where I was going with that, but that’s the timeline.
Anyway, we’re finally bringing you what you really want — a frank, 2-hour discussion of the Sandra Bullock beauty pageant classic, and eventually, somehow, world peace.
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Miss Congeniality
(2000)
Directed by Donald Petrie
Comedy
Crime
Action
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5.25
tampons
Chick Flick!
Performers
Sandra Bullock
Tropes
Corsets
Fashion/hair/makeup montage
Female producer
Female screenwriter
Feminist under-/overtones
Focus on female relationship
Gay best friend
Makeover montage
Male eye-candy
Movie is generally derided by men
Movie was suggested by Netflix after streaming Leap Year
Musical/dance numbers
Pivotal scene in women's restroom
Sisterhood
Strong female protagonist(s)
Woman makes a fool of herself at work
Primary love interests clumsily falling on each other in romantically convenient ways
Previously straight/predictable hair style becomes curlyish/wild as character falls in love
Sage advice delivered by parent, best friend, token black character, boss, landlord/lady, homeless person, etc.
Song written for movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song