{"id":6078,"date":"2013-01-26T15:32:18","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T20:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=3736"},"modified":"2013-01-26T15:32:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-26T20:32:18","slug":"steel-magnolias-1989-drips-onto-blu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6078","title":{"rendered":"Steel Magnolias (1989) drips onto Blu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3739\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 190px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/JuliaRoberts_pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3739\" title=\"JuliaRoberts_pic\" src=\"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/JuliaRoberts_pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">That hairstyle was never in style, people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s no doubt there are two distinct audiences for weepies, otherwise known in more sexist terms as women&#8217;s pictures, which, if you think about it, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/dvd_reviews\/s\/4044_SteelMagnolias1989.htm\">Steel Magnolias<\/a><\/strong> [<a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6071\">M<\/a>] (1989) really\u00a0<em>is<\/em>: the story of a newlywed whose pregnancy endangers her life [<em>spoiler: she croaks in the lengthy final act<\/em>] yet manages to enjoy a full existence on this mortal coil because of her mother and assorted female friends.<\/p>\n<p>The husband&#8217;s in there, too, but Robert Harling&#8217;s play and adapted screenplay are exclusively about how the women socialize, cope with each other&#8217;s personas, and deal with a deepening illness that they know will likely claim their most important person.<\/p>\n<p>Known more for launching Julia Roberts&#8217; career (and landing her an Oscar nomination), <strong>Magnolias <\/strong>isn&#8217;t really for non-weepie fans &#8211; not because it&#8217;s wholly manipulative like the wretched <strong>What Dreams May Come<\/strong> (1998) but due to its rather rich maudlin tone. It&#8217;s still a fascinating curio, if not an impressive showcase of some of the era&#8217;s top talent, but the unconvinced may wish to follow up a viewing with a car chase movie or giant mutant cabbage roll epic in 3D.<\/p>\n<p>Twilight Time&#8217;s Blu-ray is very nice, and I&#8217;ve uploaded a review where I also compare the unique extras on both the 2012 Blu and the older 2000 Sony DVD.<\/p>\n<p><em>Coming next<\/em>: a movie about fast-moving cars. What else did you expect?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mark R. Hasan, Editor<br \/>\nKQEK.com\u00a0(\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/Main_Index_Page.htm\">Main Site<\/a> \/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php\">Mobile Site<\/a> )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New review of an old-ish classic, the 1989 weepie Steel Magnolias, which defied stiff critics and enjoyed a healthy theatrical run. Twilight Time&#8217;s new Blu-ray looks swell, and includes George Delerue&#8217;s lovely score as an isolated track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[1818,1821,1816,4212],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-1A2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6078"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}