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• In case you missed it, we are on Subjectify Media now.
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• Episode 37 of Not About The Weather has a great explanation of what exactly happened and why we\\u2019ve got a new website.
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• Our fun facts are themed: what\\u2019s your favorite Halloween TV special? The winners include Buffy, Supernatural, Stranger Things, How I Met Your Mother, and Boy Meets World.
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• Interestingly, all our Americans are newbies today, and our superfans are the international hosts.
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• Kendra had not heard of this movie til two weeks ago.
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• Karen was expecting scarier - like The Craft!
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• Danielle had seen a famous scene on Tiktok which both set the scene and did not prepare her at all.
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• Natalie saw this movie in the cinema in the 90s.
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• Is this a feminist movie? Kind of. It\\u2019s very women supporting women, but also weirdly women versus women. Starting with the whole Maria Owens situation.
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• Pro tip: don\'t curse your own family line, it goes against the biological imperative.
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• So much happens in the first 20 minutes. Some hosts expected the set up of the first 20 minutes to be the whole movie. But no.
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• The aunts casting a love spell on Sally might be well meaning but it\\u2019s creepy as hell.
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• Natalie\\u2019s theory is that they are breeding her to keep the family line going. Gross.
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• The Faith Hill \\u201cThis Kiss\\u201d scene is a pretty huge pop culture moment.
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• Everyone in this movie has a lot of hair and it is wonderful.
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• Should Gilly, the romantic, have gotten the chance at true love?
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• Was Jimmy a vampire. No. Well, maybe. Well, no. But. Maybe?
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• The newbies did not expect the sisters to be murderers.
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• Let alone double murderers.
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• Was the whipped cream disgusting or inspired?
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• \\xa0If you don\\u2019t make your own necromancy ingredients, store bought is fine!
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• Gary the Cop shows up chasing Jimmy down for Jimmy\\u2019s crimes, so he doesn\\u2019t seem to be concerned about harm befalling Jimmy.
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• But he does have to uphold the law, and these women are not good at covering up crimes.
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• Did Sally, like, make Gary with her spell?
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• Is the Owens curse objectively real? Is it naive to just not believe in it?
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• If you claim that it\\u2019s down to belief only, then Sally killed her husband by believing in it.
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• Karen wasn\'t expecting to be thinking about the theoretical workings of magic this hard for this movie.
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• It\\u2019s called Practical Magic! You didn\\u2019t think we may discuss the practicality of magic?
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• Are soul bonds ethical? What about free will?
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• Natalie has read a Supernatural AU of Practical Magic featuring Dean and Sam as the witches and Cas as the cop.
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• But seriously, Sally\\u2019s spell. Is it Google Maps or The Sims? (Just go with it.)
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• Natalie delivers some tea about soulmate compatibility. Depressing or inspiring? You decide. Karen is very upset.
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• Just when you thought this movie was over, it is not over!
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• The climax depends on reaching out to all the women who hated them and drawing back the fear curtain.
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• This movie fits into every category. Horror? Romcom? Family drama? Sure.
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• This movie is quite famously full of queer themes, even though it isn\\u2019t about lesbians.
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• There\\u2019s some chat about why fictional incest is a trope here too. (Just go with it.) We look at why media is incapable of showing intimacy between people without coding it the same way romantic intimacy is coded.
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• A real witch put a curse on this movie. It\\u2019s an extreme cult classic in so many ways!\\xa0
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• Favorite scenes.
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• Favorite lines.
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