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Spice World · Verbal Diorama

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  Hi,
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  everyone.
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  I'm
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  Em,
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  and
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  welcome
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  to
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  Verbal
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  Diorama,
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  Episode
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  336,
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  Spice
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  World.
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  This
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  is
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  a
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  podcast
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  that's
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  all
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  about
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  the
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  history
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  and
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  legacy
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  of
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  movies
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  you
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  know,
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  and
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  movies
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  you
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  don't.
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  But
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  I
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  see
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  ya.
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  Hold
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  tight.
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  This
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  podcast
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  is
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  here
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  to
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  spice
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  up
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  your
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  life.
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  Welcome
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  to
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  Verbal
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  Diorama.
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  Whether
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  you're
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  a
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  brand
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  new
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  listener
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  to
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  this
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  podcast,
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  whether
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  you're
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  a
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  regular
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  returning
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  listener,
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  thank
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  you
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  so
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  much
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  for
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  being
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  here.
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  Thank
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  you
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  so
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  much
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  for
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  choosing
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  to
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  listen
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  to
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  this
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  podcast.
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  I
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  am
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  so
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  happy
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  to
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  have
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  you
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  here
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  for
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  the
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  history
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  and
• 2:24
  legacy
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  of
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  Spice
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  World.
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  And
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  if
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  you
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  are
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  a
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  regular
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  returning
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  listener,
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  thank
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  you
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  so
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  much
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  for
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  continuing
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  to
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  listen
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  to
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  and
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  support
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  this
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  podcast.
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  This
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  podcast
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  has
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  now
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  been
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  running
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  for
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  seven
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  years
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  and,
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  well,
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  336
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  episodes.
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  So
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  thank
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  you
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  so
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  much
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  for
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  your
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  support.
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  It
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  genuinely
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  means
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  so
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  much.
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  And
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  animation
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  season
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  is
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  over
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  for
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  another
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  year.
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  After
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  animation
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  season
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  finished,
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  I
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  took
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  somewhat
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  of
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  an
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  extended
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  break
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  to
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  basically
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  get
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  some
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  things
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  done
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  around
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  my
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  house,
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  as
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  well
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  as
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  buy
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  some
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  new
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  equipment
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  for
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  the
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  podcast.
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  So
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  I'm
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  actually
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  recording
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  this
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  with
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  a
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  brandbrand-newnewmicrophone.Hugethanksto
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  thepatronsforfundingthis
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  new
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  equipment.
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  Hopefully,
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  the
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  difference
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  is
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  notable.
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  Animation
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  season
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  is
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  always
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  one
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  of
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  the
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  most
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  fun
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  things
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  that
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  I
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  get
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  to
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  do
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  on
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  this
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  podcast.
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  So
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  whether
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  you
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  listen
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  to
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  all,
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  some
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  or
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  indeed
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  none
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  of
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  it,
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  thank
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  you
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  for
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  coming
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  back
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  to
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  this
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  podcast.
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  Anyway,
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  as
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  we
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  step
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  away
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  from
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  animation
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  briefly
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  and
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  instead
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  give
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  this
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  podcast
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  A
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  bit
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  of
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  Spice,
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  let
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  me
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  add
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  a
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  little
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  bit
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  of
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  spice.
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  Filmed
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  across
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  just
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  seven
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  and
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  a
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  half
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  weeks
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  at
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  the
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  same
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  time
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  as
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  they
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  wrote
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  and
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  recorded
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  songs
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  for
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  Spice
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  World,
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  their
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  sophomore
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  album,
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  the
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  Spice
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  Girls
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  meteoric
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  rise
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  to
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  fame
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  and
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  the
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  prophetic
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  nature
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  of
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  this
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  movie
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  should
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  be
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  studied.
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  In
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  fact,
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  it
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  probably
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  already
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  is.
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  Here's
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  the
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  trailer
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  for
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  Spice
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  World.
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  The
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  Spice
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  Girls
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  have
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  become
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  superstars
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  and
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  a
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  global
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  phenomenon
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  as
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  they
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  prepare
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  for
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  what
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  may
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  be
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  their
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  most
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  prestigious
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  concert
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  to
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  date
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  at
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  London's
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  Royal
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  Albert
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  Hall.
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  Everyone
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  in
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  the
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  world
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  wants
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  their
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  two
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  pounds
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  of
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  flesh
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  from
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  the
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  girls
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  at
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  their
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  expense.
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  Their
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  manager
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  Clifford
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  and
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  his
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  behind
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  the
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  scenes
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  boss,
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  the
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  Chief
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  want
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  to
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  control
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  all
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  aspects
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  of
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  the
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  girls
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  lives
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  with
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  the
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  sole
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  goal
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  of
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  getting
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  them
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  to
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  the
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  concert
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  in
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  the
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  best
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  shape
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  possible.
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  A
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  documentary
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  film
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  crew
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  wants
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  247
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  access.
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  Amid
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  the
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  girls
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  busy
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  schedule,
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  a
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  Hollywood
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  creative
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  team
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  wants
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  them
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  to
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  star
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  in
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  a
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  movie
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  and
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  pitches
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  one
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  outlandish
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  idea
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  after
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  another.
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  The
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  London
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  tabloids
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  want
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  to
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  print
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  whatever
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  salacious
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  story
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  they
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  can
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  get
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  their
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  hands
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  on,
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  even
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  if
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  it
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  ruins
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  the
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  girls
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  careers.
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  Their
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  best
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  friend
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  Nicola
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  is
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  nine
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  months
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  pregnant
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  and
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  wants
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  them
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  to
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  be
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  her
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  baby's
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  godmothers.
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  And
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  even
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  some
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  out
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  of
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  this
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  world
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  visitors
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  want
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  what
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  all
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  their
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  adoring
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  fans
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  want.
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  Through
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  it
• 7:47
  all,
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  the
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  Spice
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  Girls
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  just
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  want
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  to
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  embody
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  girl
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  power
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  and
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  show
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  that
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  friendship
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  never
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  ends,
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  not
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  even
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  with
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  a
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  bomb
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  on
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  a
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  bus.
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  Let's
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  run
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  through
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  the
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  cast.
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  We
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  have
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  Victoria
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  Adams
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  as
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  Posh
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  Melanie
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  Brown
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  as
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  Scary,
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  Emma
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  Bunton
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  as
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  Baby
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  Melanie
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  Chisholm
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  as
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  Sporty,
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  Geri
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  Halliwell
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  as
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  Ginger,
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  Richard
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  E.
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  Grant
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  as
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  Clifford,
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  Claire
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  Rushbrook
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  as
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  Deborah,
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  Roger
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  Moore
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  as
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  the
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  Chief,
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  Naoko
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  Mori
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  as
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  Nicola
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  Meat
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  Loaf
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  as
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  Dennis
• 8:20
  Barry
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  Humphries
• 8:21
  as
• 8:21
  Kevin
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  McMaxford,
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  Jason
• 8:23
  Flemyng
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  as
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  Brad,
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  Richard
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  O'
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  Brien
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  as
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  Damien,
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  Alan
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  Cumming
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  as
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  Piers
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  Cuthbertson
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  Smythe,
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  George
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  Wendt
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  as
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  Martin
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  Barnfield
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  and
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  Mark
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  McKinney
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  as
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  Graydon.
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  This
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  movie
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  also
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  features
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  so
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  many
• 8:38
  cameos,
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  mostly
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  by
• 8:40
  Jules
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  Holland,
• 8:41
  Jonathan
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  Ross,
• 8:42
  Elvis
• 8:43
  Costello,
• 8:43
  Elton
• 8:44
  John,
• 8:44
  Bob
• 8:45
  Geldof,
• 8:46
  Bob
• 8:46
  Hoskins,
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  Jennifer
• 8:47
  Saunders,
• 8:48
  Hugh
• 8:48
  Laurie
• 8:49
  and
• 8:49
  Stephen
• 8:49
  Fry,
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  among
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  many
• 8:51
  others.
• 8:52
  Spice
• 8:52
  World
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  was
• 8:53
  written
• 8:53
  by
• 8:54
  Kim
• 8:54
  Fuller,
• 8:55
  was
• 8:55
  directed
• 8:56
  by
• 8:56
  Bob
• 8:56
  Spiers
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  and
• 8:57
  based
• 8:58
  on
• 8:58
  an
• 8:58
  idea
• 8:58
  by
• 8:58
  the
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  Spice
• 8:59
  Girls
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  and
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  Kim
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  Fuller.
• 9:01
  The
• 9:01
  rise
• 9:02
  and
• 9:02
  fall
• 9:02
  of
• 9:02
  the
• 9:02
  Spice
• 9:03
  Girls
• 9:03
  is
• 9:03
  unlike
• 9:04
  anything
• 9:04
  we've
• 9:04
  ever
• 9:05
  seen
• 9:05
  in
• 9:05
  music
• 9:05
  history.
• 9:07
  Their
• 9:07
  flame
• 9:07
  burned
• 9:08
  hot
• 9:08
  and
• 9:08
  bright,
• 9:09
  but
• 9:10
  not
• 9:10
  for
• 9:10
  as
• 9:10
  long
• 9:10
  as
• 9:10
  you
• 9:10
  might
• 9:11
  remember
• 9:11
  because
• 9:12
  they
• 9:12
  became
• 9:12
  so
• 9:13
  huge
• 9:13
  so
• 9:13
  quickly
• 9:14
  and
• 9:14
  even
• 9:14
  when
• 9:15
  they
• 9:15
  did
• 9:15
  eventually
• 9:16
  go
• 9:16
  on
• 9:16
  hiatus,
• 9:17
  they
• 9:17
  were
• 9:18
  such
• 9:18
  a
• 9:18
  cultural
• 9:18
  touchstone
• 9:19
  that
• 9:19
  they
• 9:19
  barely
• 9:20
  left
• 9:20
  our
• 9:21
  media
• 9:21
  nor
• 9:22
  our
• 9:22
  collective
• 9:23
  memories.
• 9:24
  Their
• 9:24
  creation
• 9:25
  is
• 9:25
  down
• 9:25
  in
• 9:25
  part
• 9:26
  to
• 9:26
  New
• 9:26
  Kids
• 9:26
  on
• 9:26
  the
• 9:27
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• 9:27
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• 9:28
  kids
• 9:28
  on
• 9:28
  the
• 9:28
  block's
• 9:29
  success
• 9:29
  led
• 9:29
  to
• 9:30
  British
• 9:30
  boy
• 9:31
  bands
• 9:31
  in
• 9:31
  the
• 9:31
  early
• 9:31
  90s
• 9:32
  like
• 9:33
  Take
• 9:33
  that
• 9:33
  and
• 9:33
  East
• 9:34
  17
• 9:34
  and
• 9:35
  Irish
• 9:35
  ones
• 9:35
  like
• 9:35
  Boyzone.
• 9:37
  Boy
• 9:37
  bands
• 9:37
  flooded
• 9:38
  the
• 9:38
  pop
• 9:38
  market
• 9:39
  and
• 9:39
  over
• 9:39
  in
• 9:39
  the
• 9:40
  British
• 9:40
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• 9:40
  and
• 9:40
  B
• 9:41
  market
• 9:41
  we
• 9:41
  had
• 9:42
  girl
• 9:42
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• 9:42
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• 9:43
  one
• 9:43
  of
• 9:44
  the
• 9:44
  most
• 9:44
  underrated
• 9:45
  British
• 9:45
  girl
• 9:45
  groups
• 9:46
  of
• 9:46
  all
• 9:46
  time.
• 9:46
  I
• 9:46
  have
• 9:47
  to
• 9:47
  say.
• 9:47
  Coincidentally,
• 9:48
  the
• 9:49
  first
• 9:49
  auditions
• 9:49
  for
• 9:50
  what
• 9:50
  would
• 9:50
  become
• 9:50
  the
• 9:51
  Spice
• 9:51
  Girls
• 9:52
  were
• 9:52
  to
• 9:52
  stay
• 9:53
  by
• 9:53
  Eternal.
• 9:55
  But
• 9:55
  in
• 9:55
  the
• 9:55
  90s,
• 9:56
  British
• 9:56
  girl
• 9:56
  bands
• 9:57
  doing
• 9:57
  pop
• 9:57
  music
• 9:58
  wasn't
• 9:59
  seen
• 9:59
  as
• 9:59
  marketable
• 10:00
  or
• 10:01
  a
• 10:01
  money
• 10:01
  making
• 10:01
  venture
• 10:02
  in
• 10:02
  the
• 10:02
  music
• 10:02
  industry.
• 10:03
  That
• 10:04
  was
• 10:04
  until
• 10:04
  father
• 10:05
  and
• 10:05
  son
• 10:05
  team
• 10:05
  Bob
• 10:06
  and
• 10:06
  Chris
• 10:06
  Herbert
• 10:07
  of
• 10:07
  Heart
• 10:07
  Management
• 10:08
  decided
• 10:09
  to
• 10:09
  create
• 10:09
  a
• 10:10
  pop
• 10:10
  girl
• 10:10
  group
• 10:11
  to
• 10:11
  compete
• 10:11
  with
• 10:12
  British
• 10:12
  pop
• 10:13
  boy
• 10:13
  bands
• 10:13
  and
• 10:14
  take
• 10:14
  on
• 10:14
  their
• 10:15
  dominance
• 10:15
  of
• 10:15
  the
• 10:15
  charts.
• 10:16
  In
• 10:17
  February
• 10:17
  1994,
• 10:18
  Heart
• 10:19
  Management
• 10:20
  placed
• 10:20
  an
• 10:20
  ad
• 10:20
  in
• 10:20
  London
• 10:21
  trade
• 10:21
  paper
• 10:22
  the
• 10:22
  Stage
• 10:23
  seeking
• 10:23
  girls
• 10:24
  to
• 10:24
  audition
• 10:24
  for
• 10:25
  an
• 10:25
  all
• 10:25
  new
• 10:25
  all
• 10:26
  girl
• 10:26
  pop
• 10:26
  group.
• 10:27
  The
• 10:27
  ad
• 10:28
  said
• 10:28
  wanted
• 10:29
  RU
• 10:30
  18-23
• 10:31
  with
• 10:31
  the
• 10:32
  ability
• 10:32
  to
• 10:32
  sing,
• 10:33
  dance?
• 10:34
  RU
• 10:35
  streetwise?
• 10:36
  Outgoing,
• 10:36
  ambitious
• 10:37
  and
• 10:37
  dedicated?
• 10:38
  Heart
• 10:39
  Management
• 10:39
  limited
• 10:40
  are
• 10:40
  a
• 10:40
  widely
• 10:41
  successful
• 10:41
  music
• 10:42
  industry
• 10:42
  management
• 10:43
  consortium
• 10:44
  currently
• 10:44
  forming
• 10:45
  a
• 10:45
  choreographed,
• 10:46
  singing,
• 10:47
  dancing,
• 10:48
  all
• 10:48
  female
• 10:49
  pop
• 10:49
  act
• 10:49
  for
• 10:49
  a
• 10:50
  recording
• 10:50
  deal.
• 10:51
  Open
• 10:51
  Audition
• 10:52
  Dance
• 10:53
  Works
• 10:53
  16
• 10:54
  Boulderton
• 10:54
  Street
• 10:55
  Friday
• 10:55
  4th
• 10:57
  March
• 10:58
  11am-5.30pm
• 10:59
  Please
• 11:00
  bring
• 11:00
  sheet
• 11:00
  music
• 11:01
  or
• 11:01
  backing
• 11:02
  cassette.
• 11:03
  Around
• 11:03
  400
• 11:04
  young
• 11:04
  women
• 11:04
  attended
• 11:05
  the
• 11:05
  auditions.
• 11:06
  Geri
• 11:07
  Halliwell
• 11:07
  showed
• 11:08
  up
• 11:08
  to
• 11:08
  the
• 11:08
  auditions
• 11:08
  for
• 11:09
  the
• 11:09
  band
• 11:09
  after
• 11:10
  the
• 11:10
  first
• 11:10
  round
• 11:11
  had
• 11:11
  already
• 11:11
  been
• 11:11
  screened
• 11:12
  and
• 11:12
  decisions
• 11:12
  were
• 11:12
  being
• 11:13
  made.
• 11:13
  She
• 11:14
  wasn't
• 11:14
  prepared
• 11:14
  and
• 11:15
  had
• 11:15
  very
• 11:15
  little
• 11:15
  idea
• 11:16
  what
• 11:16
  she
• 11:16
  was
• 11:16
  even
• 11:17
  auditioning
• 11:17
  for.
• 11:18
  Yet
• 11:18
  she
• 11:19
  managed
• 11:19
  to
• 11:19
  get
• 11:20
  a
• 11:20
  spot
• 11:20
  on
• 11:20
  the
• 11:20
  strength
• 11:21
  of
• 11:21
  her
• 11:21
  personality
• 11:22
  and
• 11:22
  determination
• 11:24
  and
• 11:24
  five
• 11:25
  girls
• 11:25
  were
• 11:25
  selected
• 11:26
  after
• 11:26
  several
• 11:27
  weeks
• 11:27
  of
• 11:27
  deliberation.
• 11:29
  Victoria
• 11:29
  Adams,
• 11:30
  Melanie
• 11:31
  Brown,
• 11:31
  Melanie
• 11:32
  Chisholm,
• 11:32
  Geri
• 11:33
  Halliwell
• 11:34
  and
• 11:34
  Michelle
• 11:34
  Stephenson,
• 11:35
  not
• 11:36
  Emma
• 11:36
  Bunton.
• 11:37
  These
• 11:37
  five
• 11:38
  girls
• 11:38
  were
• 11:38
  chosen
• 11:38
  to
• 11:39
  become
• 11:39
  a
• 11:39
  girl
• 11:39
  band
• 11:40
  called
• 11:40
  Touch.
• 11:42
  The
• 11:42
  five
• 11:42
  girls
• 11:43
  moved
• 11:43
  into
• 11:43
  a
• 11:43
  house
• 11:44
  in
• 11:44
  Maidenhead
• 11:45
  to
• 11:45
  rehearse
• 11:45
  and
• 11:45
  bond
• 11:46
  as
• 11:46
  a
• 11:46
  group.
• 11:47
  They
• 11:47
  started
• 11:47
  choreographing
• 11:48
  their
• 11:48
  own
• 11:49
  dance
• 11:49
  routines
• 11:49
  and
• 11:50
  worked
• 11:50
  on
• 11:50
  writing
• 11:51
  their
• 11:51
  own
• 11:51
  songs.
• 11:52
  A
• 11:53
  few
• 11:53
  months
• 11:53
  into
• 11:53
  the
• 11:53
  training,
• 11:54
  Michelle
• 11:54
  Stephenson
• 11:55
  was
• 11:55
  let
• 11:56
  go
• 11:56
  from
• 11:56
  the
• 11:56
  group
• 11:57
  in
• 11:57
  either
• 11:57
  for
• 11:58
  lack
• 11:58
  of
• 11:58
  commitment
• 11:59
  or
• 11:59
  close
• 12:00
  family
• 12:00
  illness.
• 12:01
  Both
• 12:01
  are
• 12:01
  used
• 12:02
  interchangeably
• 12:03
  to
• 12:03
  explain
• 12:03
  her
• 12:04
  departure,
• 12:05
  and
• 12:05
  the
• 12:05
  group's
• 12:05
  vocal
• 12:06
  coach
• 12:06
  suggested
• 12:07
  a
• 12:07
  former
• 12:07
  pupil
• 12:08
  of
• 12:08
  hers,
• 12:08
  Emma
• 12:09
  Bunton,
• 12:09
  as
• 12:10
  a
• 12:10
  replacement.
• 12:11
  By
• 12:11
  late
• 12:12
  1994,
• 12:12
  Emma
• 12:13
  Bunton
• 12:13
  was
• 12:14
  now
• 12:14
  fully
• 12:14
  integrated
• 12:15
  into
• 12:15
  Touch,
• 12:16
  who
• 12:16
  were
• 12:16
  bonded
• 12:17
  and
• 12:17
  fully
• 12:17
  supportive
• 12:18
  of
• 12:18
  each
• 12:18
  other.
• 12:19
  They
• 12:19
  were
• 12:19
  already
• 12:20
  a
• 12:20
  force
• 12:20
  to
• 12:20
  be
• 12:20
  reckoned
• 12:21
  with.
• 12:21
  Loud,
• 12:22
  vivacious,
• 12:23
  intimidating,
• 12:24
  energetic
• 12:25
  and
• 12:25
  determined.
• 12:26
  They
• 12:27
  already
• 12:27
  had
• 12:27
  girl
• 12:28
  power.
• 12:28
  They
• 12:29
  were
• 12:29
  five
• 12:29
  girls,
• 12:30
  each
• 12:30
  from
• 12:30
  ordinary
• 12:31
  working
• 12:31
  class
• 12:32
  backgrounds,
• 12:33
  wanting
• 12:33
  to
• 12:33
  make
• 12:33
  songs
• 12:34
  that
• 12:34
  defined
• 12:34
  their
• 12:35
  generation
• 12:35
  and
• 12:36
  defined
• 12:36
  girlhood.
• 12:37
  Hart
• 12:38
  management,
• 12:38
  though,
• 12:39
  still
• 12:39
  hadn't
• 12:39
  offered
• 12:40
  them
• 12:40
  a
• 12:40
  permanent
• 12:41
  official
• 12:41
  contract,
• 12:42
  wanting
• 12:42
  to
• 12:42
  keep
• 12:43
  them
• 12:43
  on
• 12:43
  their
• 12:43
  toes
• 12:44
  and
• 12:44
  hungry
• 12:44
  for
• 12:45
  success.
• 12:46
  After
• 12:46
  Heart
• 12:47
  set
• 12:47
  up
• 12:47
  a
• 12:47
  showcase
• 12:48
  performance
• 12:48
  in
• 12:48
  front
• 12:48
  of
• 12:49
  industry
• 12:49
  writers,
• 12:50
  producers
• 12:50
  and
• 12:51
  executives.
• 12:52
  The
• 12:52
  reaction
• 12:52
  was
• 12:53
  positive
• 12:53
  enough
• 12:53
  to
• 12:54
  persuade
• 12:54
  Bob
• 12:54
  and
• 12:55
  Chris
• 12:55
  Herbert
• 12:56
  to
• 12:56
  offer
• 12:56
  the
• 12:56
  girls
• 12:57
  a
• 12:57
  contract.
• 12:58
  But
• 12:58
  the
• 12:58
  girls
• 12:59
  refused
• 12:59
  to
• 12:59
  sign.
• 13:00
  In
• 13:01
  January,
• 13:02
  the
• 13:02
  group
• 13:02
  began
• 13:03
  songwriting
• 13:03
  sessions
• 13:04
  with
• 13:04
  Richard
• 13:04
  Stannard,
• 13:05
  whom
• 13:05
  they'd
• 13:06
  impressed
• 13:06
  at
• 13:06
  the
• 13:06
  showcase,
• 13:07
  and
• 13:07
  his
• 13:07
  partner
• 13:08
  Matt
• 13:08
  Rowe.
• 13:09
  During
• 13:10
  these
• 13:10
  sessions,
• 13:10
  the
• 13:11
  songs
• 13:11
  Wannabe
• 13:12
  and
• 13:12
  Two
• 13:12
  Become
• 13:12
  One
• 13:13
  were
• 13:13
  written.
• 13:14
  The
• 13:14
  Spice
• 13:14
  Girls
• 13:15
  wrote
• 13:15
  or
• 13:15
  co
• 13:15
  wrote
• 13:16
  all
• 13:16
  of
• 13:16
  their
• 13:16
  music
• 13:17
  and
• 13:17
  the
• 13:17
  reason
• 13:18
  Victoria
• 13:19
  doesn't
• 13:19
  have
• 13:19
  a
• 13:19
  solo
• 13:20
  in
• 13:20
  Wannabe
• 13:21
  is
• 13:22
  she
• 13:22
  wasn't
• 13:22
  there
• 13:22
  for
• 13:23
  the
• 13:23
  writing
• 13:23
  session
• 13:24
  and
• 13:24
  contributed
• 13:25
  her
• 13:25
  thoughts
• 13:25
  over
• 13:26
  the
• 13:26
  phone.
• 13:27
  Wannabe
• 13:28
  was
• 13:28
  recorded
• 13:29
  in
• 13:29
  under
• 13:29
  an
• 13:29
  hour
• 13:30
  and
• 13:30
  not
• 13:31
  only
• 13:31
  did
• 13:31
  they
• 13:31
  also
• 13:31
  co
• 13:32
  write
• 13:32
  all
• 13:32
  of
• 13:33
  their
• 13:33
  music,
• 13:33
  they
• 13:34
  had
• 13:34
  a
• 13:34
  clause
• 13:34
  in
• 13:35
  their
• 13:35
  contract
• 13:35
  stipulating
• 13:36
  that
• 13:37
  they
• 13:37
  each
• 13:37
  receive
• 13:38
  an
• 13:38
  equal
• 13:38
  share
• 13:38
  of
• 13:39
  the
• 13:39
  songwriting
• 13:39
  credit,
• 13:40
  along
• 13:40
  with
• 13:41
  their
• 13:41
  regular
• 13:41
  writing
• 13:42
  and
• 13:42
  producing
• 13:43
  team
• 13:43
  absolute.
• 13:45
  By
• 13:45
  March
• 13:45
  1995,
• 13:46
  the
• 13:46
  group
• 13:47
  left
• 13:47
  Heart
• 13:47
  management
• 13:48
  in
• 13:48
  the
• 13:49
  middle
• 13:49
  of
• 13:49
  the
• 13:49
  night
• 13:49
  and
• 13:50
  stole
• 13:50
  their
• 13:50
  master
• 13:51
  recordings
• 13:51
  back,
• 13:52
  a
• 13:52
  story
• 13:52
  that
• 13:53
  could
• 13:53
  probably
• 13:53
  be
• 13:53
  a
• 13:54
  movie
• 13:54
  in
• 13:54
  its
• 13:54
  own
• 13:54
  right.
• 13:55
  They
• 13:55
  then
• 13:56
  contacted
• 13:56
  songwriter
• 13:57
  Elliot
• 13:57
  Kennedy
• 13:58
  and
• 13:58
  The
• 13:58
  absolute
• 13:59
  production
• 13:59
  team
• 14:00
  to
• 14:00
  write
• 14:00
  and
• 14:00
  record
• 14:01
  demos
• 14:01
  of
• 14:02
  say
• 14:02
  youy'll
• 14:02
  Be
• 14:02
  There
• 14:03
  and
• 14:03
  who
• 14:03
  do
• 14:03
  youo
• 14:03
  Think
• 14:04
  youk
• 14:04
  Are.
• 14:05
  A
• 14:05
  track
• 14:05
  called
• 14:06
  Sugar
• 14:06
  and
• 14:06
  Spice
• 14:07
  led
• 14:07
  to
• 14:07
  them
• 14:08
  renaming
• 14:08
  themselves
• 14:09
  Spice.
• 14:10
  However,
• 14:10
  that
• 14:11
  name
• 14:11
  was
• 14:11
  already
• 14:11
  taken,
• 14:12
  so
• 14:12
  they
• 14:12
  became
• 14:13
  the
• 14:13
  Spice
• 14:14
  Girls.
• 14:15
  After
• 14:15
  a
• 14:15
  few
• 14:15
  weeks
• 14:16
  of
• 14:16
  using
• 14:16
  Geri
• 14:17
  Halliwell's
• 14:17
  Fiat
• 14:18
  Uno
• 14:18
  as
• 14:18
  a
• 14:18
  makeshift
• 14:19
  office,
• 14:19
  they
• 14:20
  managed
• 14:20
  to
• 14:20
  get
• 14:21
  some
• 14:21
  demos
• 14:21
  together.
• 14:22
  It
• 14:22
  was
• 14:23
  these
• 14:23
  demos
• 14:23
  that
• 14:24
  caught
• 14:24
  the
• 14:24
  attention
• 14:24
  of
• 14:25
  Simon
• 14:25
  Fuller,
• 14:26
  who
• 14:26
  signed
• 14:26
  them
• 14:27
  to
• 14:27
  his
• 14:27
  management
• 14:27
  company
• 14:28
  in
• 14:28
  May
• 14:28
  1995.
• 14:30
  The
• 14:30
  characters
• 14:31
  of
• 14:32
  Sporty,
• 14:32
  Baby,
• 14:33
  Ginger,
• 14:34
  Scary
• 14:34
  and
• 14:35
  Posh,
• 14:35
  and
• 14:36
  the
• 14:36
  individual
• 14:36
  styles
• 14:37
  of
• 14:37
  each
• 14:37
  girl
• 14:38
  were
• 14:38
  a
• 14:38
  major
• 14:39
  part
• 14:39
  of
• 14:39
  the
• 14:39
  group's
• 14:39
  success.
• 14:40
  They
• 14:41
  weren't
• 14:41
  manufactured
• 14:42
  Personas
• 14:42
  assigned
• 14:43
  to
• 14:43
  them
• 14:43
  by
• 14:43
  the
• 14:43
  record
• 14:44
  company,
• 14:45
  they
• 14:45
  were
• 14:45
  actually
• 14:45
  coined
• 14:46
  by
• 14:46
  a
• 14:46
  journalist.
• 14:47
  But
• 14:47
  once
• 14:48
  the
• 14:48
  marketing
• 14:48
  potential
• 14:49
  in
• 14:49
  their
• 14:49
  own
• 14:50
  characters
• 14:50
  became
• 14:51
  clear,
• 14:51
  they
• 14:52
  played
• 14:52
  it
• 14:52
  up
• 14:53
  for
• 14:53
  all
• 14:53
  it
• 14:54
  was
• 14:54
  worth.
• 14:55
  Simon
• 14:56
  Fuller
• 14:56
  orchestrated
• 14:57
  a
• 14:57
  bidding
• 14:57
  war
• 14:57
  between
• 14:58
  major
• 14:58
  record
• 14:59
  labels
• 14:59
  for
• 15:00
  their
• 15:00
  debut
• 15:00
  album,
• 15:01
  with
• 15:01
  the
• 15:01
  Girls
• 15:02
  wanting
• 15:02
  to
• 15:02
  retain
• 15:03
  complete
• 15:03
  creative
• 15:04
  control
• 15:04
  over
• 15:05
  their
• 15:05
  personalities,
• 15:06
  looks
• 15:06
  and
• 15:07
  brand.
• 15:08
  Virgin
• 15:08
  Records
• 15:09
  offer
• 15:09
  gave
• 15:10
  them
• 15:10
  the
• 15:10
  control
• 15:10
  they
• 15:11
  wanted
• 15:11
  and
• 15:11
  they
• 15:12
  signed
• 15:12
  a
• 15:12
  five
• 15:13
  album
• 15:13
  deal
• 15:13
  in
• 15:14
  July
• 15:14
  1995
• 15:15
  with
• 15:16
  a
• 15:16
  one
• 15:16
  million
• 15:16
  pound
• 15:17
  advance
• 15:18
  and
• 15:18
  a
• 15:18
  lavish
• 15:18
  party
• 15:19
  in
• 15:19
  their
• 15:19
  honour.
• 15:20
  And
• 15:20
  in
• 15:20
  the
• 15:20
  tradition
• 15:21
  of
• 15:21
  the
• 15:21
  Girls
• 15:21
  not
• 15:21
  bowing
• 15:22
  down
• 15:22
  to
• 15:22
  their
• 15:22
  new
• 15:22
  corporate
• 15:23
  overlords,
• 15:24
  they
• 15:24
  put
• 15:25
  themed
• 15:25
  Spice
• 15:25
  Girl
• 15:26
  sex
• 15:26
  dolls
• 15:26
  in
• 15:27
  the
• 15:27
  limo
• 15:27
  the
• 15:27
  label
• 15:28
  sent
• 15:28
  to
• 15:28
  pick
• 15:28
  them
• 15:29
  up.
• 15:29
  But
• 15:30
  despite
• 15:30
  this
• 15:30
  shiny
• 15:31
  new
• 15:31
  record
• 15:32
  deal
• 15:32
  and
• 15:32
  this
• 15:33
  shiny
• 15:33
  new
• 15:33
  contract
• 15:33
  with
• 15:34
  Simon
• 15:34
  Fuller,
• 15:35
  there
• 15:35
  was
• 15:35
  an
• 15:36
  immediate
• 15:36
  issue.
• 15:37
  Because
• 15:37
  the
• 15:37
  Spice
• 15:38
  Girls
• 15:38
  wanted
• 15:38
  Wannabe
• 15:39
  to
• 15:39
  be
• 15:39
  their
• 15:40
  first
• 15:40
  single,
• 15:41
  but
• 15:41
  the
• 15:41
  label
• 15:42
  did
• 15:42
  not.
• 15:43
  The
• 15:43
  label
• 15:44
  preferred
• 15:44
  Love
• 15:44
  Thing,
• 15:45
  a
• 15:45
  softer
• 15:46
  R
• 15:46
  and
• 15:46
  B
• 15:47
  song,
• 15:47
  or
• 15:48
  Say
• 15:48
  You'll
• 15:48
  Be
• 15:48
  There.
• 15:49
  Their
• 15:50
  reasoning
• 15:50
  was
• 15:50
  first
• 15:51
  songs
• 15:51
  don't
• 15:51
  often
• 15:52
  hit.
• 15:52
  It's
• 15:52
  usually
• 15:53
  second
• 15:53
  singles
• 15:54
  that
• 15:54
  make
• 15:54
  an
• 15:54
  impact.
• 15:55
  But
• 15:55
  the
• 15:56
  girls
• 15:56
  stood
• 15:56
  firm.
• 15:57
  Wannabe
• 15:58
  was
• 15:58
  their
• 15:58
  introduction.
• 15:59
  It
• 16:00
  mentioned
• 16:00
  each
• 16:00
  member
• 16:01
  by
• 16:01
  name.
• 16:01
  It
• 16:02
  was
• 16:02
  punk
• 16:02
  influenced
• 16:03
  and
• 16:03
  anarchic
• 16:04
  and
• 16:04
  intimidating
• 16:05
  on
• 16:06
  purpose.
• 16:07
  It
• 16:07
  wasn't
• 16:07
  a
• 16:07
  traditional
• 16:08
  pop
• 16:08
  song.
• 16:09
  It
• 16:09
  had
• 16:09
  a
• 16:09
  rap
• 16:09
  verse,
• 16:10
  it
• 16:10
  had
• 16:11
  Zigga
• 16:11
  Cigar
• 16:12
  and
• 16:12
  still
• 16:12
  no
• 16:13
  one
• 16:13
  truly
• 16:13
  knows
• 16:14
  what
• 16:14
  that
• 16:14
  even
• 16:15
  is.
• 16:15
  It
• 16:16
  wasn't
• 16:16
  an
• 16:16
  overly
• 16:17
  stylized
• 16:17
  or
• 16:18
  managed
• 16:18
  debut.
• 16:19
  It
• 16:19
  was
• 16:19
  raw
• 16:20
  and
• 16:20
  honest
• 16:21
  like
• 16:21
  the
• 16:21
  Spice
• 16:22
  Girls
• 16:22
  were.
• 16:23
  Like
• 16:23
  they
• 16:24
  always
• 16:24
  did
• 16:24
  in
• 16:25
  their
• 16:25
  career.
• 16:25
  The
• 16:26
  girls
• 16:26
  banded
• 16:27
  together
• 16:27
  and
• 16:27
  said
• 16:28
  it
• 16:28
  was
• 16:28
  Wannabe
• 16:29
  or
• 16:29
  nothing.
• 16:30
  The
• 16:30
  label
• 16:31
  relented.
• 16:32
  Girl
• 16:32
  power
• 16:32
  won
• 16:33
  again.
• 16:33
  And
• 16:33
  for
• 16:34
  each
• 16:34
  of
• 16:34
  their
• 16:34
  decisions
• 16:35
  they
• 16:35
  were
• 16:35
  steadfast
• 16:36
  and
• 16:36
  had
• 16:37
  a
• 16:37
  clear
• 16:37
  and
• 16:37
  concise
• 16:38
  ide
• 16:38
  of
• 16:38
  what
• 16:39
  they
• 16:39
  wanted
• 16:40
  and
• 16:40
  who
• 16:40
  they
• 16:40
  were.
• 16:41
  And
• 16:41
  even
• 16:41
  for
• 16:41
  the
• 16:42
  Wannabe
• 16:42
  video,
• 16:42
  which
• 16:43
  was
• 16:43
  chaotic,
• 16:44
  supposed
• 16:44
  to
• 16:45
  be
• 16:45
  filmed
• 16:45
  in
• 16:45
  Barcelona,
• 16:46
  but
• 16:46
  ended
• 16:47
  up
• 16:47
  at
• 16:47
  the
• 16:47
  former
• 16:47
  Midland
• 16:48
  grand,
• 16:48
  which
• 16:48
  is
• 16:48
  now
• 16:49
  the
• 16:49
  St
• 16:49
  Pancras
• 16:49
  Hotel
• 16:50
  in
• 16:50
  High
• 16:51
  street,
• 16:51
  clothing
• 16:52
  Shot
• 16:52
  through
• 16:52
  the
• 16:53
  Night
• 16:53
  in
• 16:53
  April
• 16:53
  1996.
• 16:55
  The
• 16:56
  label
• 16:56
  also
• 16:57
  didn't
• 16:57
  like
• 16:57
  the
• 16:57
  Wannabe
• 16:58
  music
• 16:58
  video.
• 16:59
  It
• 16:59
  wasn't
• 17:00
  the
• 17:00
  glossy
• 17:00
  glam
• 17:01
  pop
• 17:01
  videos
• 17:02
  of
• 17:02
  other
• 17:02
  all
• 17:02
  female
• 17:03
  groups.
• 17:03
  The
• 17:04
  video
• 17:04
  was
• 17:04
  even
• 17:05
  banned
• 17:05
  in
• 17:05
  some
• 17:05
  Asian
• 17:06
  countries
• 17:06
  because
• 17:06
  the
• 17:07
  cold
• 17:07
  was
• 17:07
  made
• 17:08
  Melanie
• 17:08
  B's
• 17:08
  nipples
• 17:09
  too
• 17:09
  visible.
• 17:10
  The
• 17:11
  label
• 17:11
  wanted
• 17:11
  to
• 17:11
  reshoot
• 17:12
  the
• 17:12
  video
• 17:12
  for
• 17:13
  the
• 17:13
  American
• 17:13
  market.
• 17:14
  The
• 17:14
  Spice
• 17:15
  Girls
• 17:15
  didn't.
• 17:16
  So
• 17:16
  they
• 17:16
  didn't.
• 17:17
  And
• 17:17
  Wannabe
• 17:18
  was
• 17:18
  released
• 17:19
  on
• 17:19
  the
• 17:19
  music
• 17:19
  video
• 17:20
  channel
• 17:20
  the
• 17:20
  Box
• 17:21
  and
• 17:21
  was
• 17:21
  voted
• 17:22
  number
• 17:22
  one
• 17:22
  within
• 17:23
  two
• 17:23
  hours
• 17:23
  and
• 17:24
  stayed
• 17:24
  number
• 17:25
  one
• 17:25
  for
• 17:25
  three
• 17:25
  months
• 17:26
  only
• 17:27
  to
• 17:27
  be
• 17:27
  replaced
• 17:28
  by
• 17:28
  the
• 17:28
  Spice
• 17:29
  Girls
• 17:29
  again
• 17:29
  with
• 17:30
  say
• 17:30
  youy'll
• 17:30
  Be
• 17:30
  There.
• 17:31
  Wannabe
• 17:32
  debuted
• 17:32
  at
• 17:32
  number
• 17:32
  three
• 17:33
  in
• 17:33
  the
• 17:33
  UK
• 17:33
  charts
• 17:34
  in
• 17:34
  June
• 17:34
  1996.
• 17:36
  A
• 17:36
  week
• 17:36
  later
• 17:37
  it
• 17:37
  hit
• 17:37
  number
• 17:37
  one.
• 17:38
  And
• 17:39
  then
• 17:39
  the
• 17:39
  carnage
• 17:40
  began.
• 17:41
  The
• 17:41
  schedule
• 17:42
  was
• 17:42
  brutal.
• 17:43
  Constant
• 17:44
  TV
• 17:44
  appearances,
• 17:45
  radio
• 17:46
  appearances,
• 17:46
  public
• 17:47
  appearances.
• 17:48
  A
• 17:48
  never
• 17:48
  ending
• 17:49
  display
• 17:49
  of
• 17:49
  girl
• 17:50
  power.
• 17:51
  Wannabe
• 17:51
  reached
• 17:52
  number
• 17:52
  one
• 17:52
  in
• 17:53
  37
• 17:53
  countries,
• 17:54
  becoming
• 17:54
  one
• 17:55
  of
• 17:55
  the
• 17:55
  best
• 17:55
  selling
• 17:56
  singles
• 17:56
  of
• 17:56
  all
• 17:56
  time
• 17:57
  as
• 17:57
  of
• 17:58
  2010
• 17:58
  by
• 17:58
  selling
• 17:59
  over
• 17:59
  6
• 18:00
  million
• 18:00
  copies
• 18:00
  worldwide.
• 18:02
  The
• 18:02
  next
• 18:02
  two
• 18:02
  singles,
• 18:03
  say
• 18:03
  youy'll
• 18:04
  Be
• 18:04
  There
• 18:04
  and
• 18:04
  Two
• 18:04
  Become
• 18:05
  One
• 18:05
  reached
• 18:06
  number
• 18:06
  one
• 18:06
  in
• 18:06
  53
• 18:07
  countries.
• 18:08
  Their
• 18:08
  debut
• 18:09
  album,
• 18:09
  Spice
• 18:09
  would
• 18:10
  be
• 18:10
  released
• 18:10
  in
• 18:11
  September
• 18:11
  1996
• 18:12
  and
• 18:13
  go
• 18:13
  on
• 18:13
  to
• 18:13
  become
• 18:13
  the
• 18:14
  best
• 18:14
  selling
• 18:14
  album
• 18:15
  by
• 18:15
  a
• 18:15
  girl
• 18:15
  group
• 18:16
  in
• 18:16
  history,
• 18:17
  selling
• 18:18
  23
• 18:18
  million
• 18:18
  copies
• 18:19
  worldwide.
• 18:20
  It
• 18:21
  didn't
• 18:21
  mean
• 18:21
  criticism
• 18:22
  wasn't
• 18:22
  there.
• 18:23
  Mel
• 18:23
  B,
• 18:24
  as
• 18:24
  the
• 18:24
  only
• 18:24
  Spice
• 18:25
  Girl
• 18:25
  of
• 18:25
  color,
• 18:26
  was
• 18:26
  told
• 18:26
  she
• 18:26
  would
• 18:27
  have
• 18:27
  to
• 18:27
  straighten
• 18:27
  her
• 18:28
  hair.
• 18:29
  But
• 18:29
  in
• 18:29
  traditional
• 18:30
  Spice
• 18:30
  Girl
• 18:31
  style,
• 18:31
  she
• 18:32
  refused
• 18:33
  and
• 18:33
  she
• 18:33
  let
• 18:33
  her
• 18:34
  natural
• 18:34
  hair
• 18:34
  flow
• 18:35
  freely.
• 18:36
  And
• 18:36
  just
• 18:36
  to
• 18:36
  fully
• 18:37
  understand
• 18:37
  the
• 18:37
  timelines
• 18:38
  here,
• 18:38
  by
• 18:39
  the
• 18:39
  time
• 18:39
  their
• 18:39
  debut
• 18:40
  album
• 18:40
  was
• 18:40
  15
• 18:41
  months
• 18:41
  old,
• 18:42
  they
• 18:42
  had
• 18:42
  a
• 18:42
  movie
• 18:43
  out
• 18:43
  in
• 18:43
  British
• 18:44
  cinemas.
• 18:45
  That's
• 18:45
  how
• 18:45
  quickly
• 18:46
  all
• 18:46
  of
• 18:46
  this
• 18:46
  happened.
• 18:47
  And
• 18:48
  it
• 18:48
  wasn't
• 18:48
  just
• 18:48
  the
• 18:49
  uk.
• 18:49
  The
• 18:50
  Spice
• 18:50
  Girls
• 18:50
  were
• 18:51
  a
• 18:51
  worldwide
• 18:51
  phenomenon
• 18:52
  of
• 18:52
  the
• 18:53
  likes
• 18:53
  we've
• 18:53
  not
• 18:53
  seen
• 18:54
  since.
• 18:54
  Since
• 18:55
  sure,
• 18:55
  One
• 18:56
  Direction
• 18:56
  were
• 18:56
  big,
• 18:57
  but
• 18:57
  they
• 18:57
  weren't
• 18:58
  Spice
• 18:58
  Girls
• 18:59
  big.
• 18:59
  And
• 18:59
  success
• 19:00
  here
• 19:00
  didn't
• 19:01
  always
• 19:01
  mean
• 19:02
  success
• 19:02
  in
• 19:02
  markets
• 19:03
  like
• 19:03
  the
• 19:03
  us.
• 19:04
  Oasis
• 19:05
  were
• 19:05
  one
• 19:05
  of
• 19:05
  the
• 19:06
  pioneering
• 19:06
  bands
• 19:07
  of
• 19:07
  Britpop
• 19:08
  along
• 19:08
  with
• 19:08
  Blur,
• 19:09
  but
• 19:09
  both
• 19:09
  acts
• 19:10
  saw
• 19:10
  limited
• 19:11
  success
• 19:11
  in
• 19:11
  the
• 19:11
  US.
• 19:12
  Oasis
• 19:13
  never
• 19:13
  had
• 19:14
  a
• 19:14
  number
• 19:14
  one
• 19:14
  album
• 19:15
  in
• 19:15
  the
• 19:15
  US.
• 19:15
  They
• 19:16
  had
• 19:16
  to
• 19:16
  make
• 19:16
  do
• 19:16
  with
• 19:16
  Top
• 19:17
  5
• 19:17
  and
• 19:18
  Wonderwall
• 19:18
  going
• 19:19
  to
• 19:19
  number
• 19:19
  8.
• 19:20
  Take
• 19:21
  that
• 19:21
  with
• 19:21
  a
• 19:21
  pioneering
• 19:22
  UK
• 19:22
  90s
• 19:23
  boy
• 19:23
  band,
• 19:24
  but
• 19:24
  a
• 19:24
  relative
• 19:25
  unknowns
• 19:25
  in
• 19:25
  the
• 19:25
  US.
• 19:27
  Just
• 19:27
  like
• 19:27
  Robbie
• 19:28
  Williams.
• 19:29
  Even
• 19:29
  Girls
• 19:29
  Aloud,
• 19:30
  one
• 19:30
  of
• 19:30
  the
• 19:30
  most
• 19:30
  successful
• 19:31
  British
• 19:32
  girl
• 19:32
  groups
• 19:32
  post
• 19:33
  the
• 19:33
  Spice
• 19:33
  Girls
• 19:34
  sold
• 19:35
  millions
• 19:35
  of
• 19:35
  records
• 19:36
  in
• 19:36
  the
• 19:36
  uk,
• 19:37
  but
• 19:37
  not
• 19:37
  in
• 19:38
  the
• 19:38
  us.
• 19:39
  The
• 19:39
  Spice
• 19:40
  Girls
• 19:40
  broke
• 19:41
  the
• 19:41
  US
• 19:41
  easily,
• 19:42
  unlike
• 19:43
  any
• 19:43
  other
• 19:43
  band
• 19:44
  had
• 19:44
  done.
• 19:44
  Except
• 19:45
  maybe
• 19:45
  for
• 19:45
  the
• 19:45
  Beatles.
• 19:47
  Five
• 19:47
  young
• 19:47
  women
• 19:48
  in
• 19:48
  a
• 19:48
  band
• 19:48
  together
• 19:49
  sharing
• 19:49
  songwriting
• 19:50
  credit
• 19:51
  and
• 19:51
  vocal
• 19:51
  duties
• 19:52
  equally
• 19:52
  was
• 19:53
  a
• 19:53
  new
• 19:53
  concept
• 19:54
  in
• 19:54
  British
• 19:54
  pop
• 19:54
  in
• 19:55
  1996,
• 19:56
  and
• 19:56
  it
• 19:57
  translated
• 19:58
  their
• 19:58
  target
• 19:59
  market
• 19:59
  was
• 19:59
  a
• 19:59
  young
• 20:00
  female
• 20:00
  fan
• 20:00
  base,
• 20:01
  but
• 20:01
  being
• 20:02
  attractive
• 20:03
  young
• 20:03
  women,
• 20:03
  they
• 20:04
  also
• 20:04
  attracted
• 20:05
  young
• 20:05
  men,
• 20:05
  too.
• 20:06
  In
• 20:06
  their
• 20:07
  initial
• 20:07
  meetings
• 20:07
  with
• 20:08
  Simon
• 20:08
  Fuller,
• 20:08
  the
• 20:09
  Girls
• 20:09
  spoke
• 20:09
  about
• 20:09
  plans
• 20:10
  for
• 20:11
  international
• 20:11
  pop
• 20:12
  dominance
• 20:13
  and
• 20:13
  a
• 20:13
  movie
• 20:13
  was
• 20:13
  briefly
• 20:14
  mentioned.
• 20:14
  But
• 20:15
  it
• 20:15
  was
• 20:15
  a
• 20:15
  bit
• 20:15
  of
• 20:15
  a
• 20:16
  pipe
• 20:16
  dream
• 20:16
  at
• 20:16
  the
• 20:17
  time.
• 20:17
  But
• 20:18
  in
• 20:18
  late
• 20:18
  1996,
• 20:19
  the
• 20:20
  group's
• 20:20
  stratospheric
• 20:21
  rise
• 20:22
  and
• 20:22
  the
• 20:22
  vast
• 20:23
  marketing
• 20:23
  machine
• 20:24
  around
• 20:24
  them
• 20:25
  meant
• 20:25
  that
• 20:25
  Simon
• 20:25
  Fuller
• 20:26
  was
• 20:26
  already
• 20:26
  trying
• 20:27
  to
• 20:27
  whip
• 20:27
  up
• 20:28
  interest
• 20:28
  in
• 20:28
  Los
• 20:29
  Angeles.
• 20:30
  An
• 20:30
  initial
• 20:31
  idea
• 20:31
  from
• 20:31
  Disney
• 20:32
  with
• 20:32
  a
• 20:32
  fictionalised
• 20:33
  version
• 20:33
  of
• 20:33
  the
• 20:33
  Spice
• 20:34
  Girls,
• 20:34
  one
• 20:34
  of
• 20:34
  them
• 20:35
  being
• 20:35
  a
• 20:35
  single
• 20:35
  mother
• 20:36
  and
• 20:36
  another
• 20:37
  supporting
• 20:37
  an
• 20:37
  ill
• 20:38
  relative
• 20:39
  before
• 20:39
  they
• 20:39
  end
• 20:39
  up
• 20:39
  becoming
• 20:40
  globally
• 20:40
  famous,
• 20:41
  was
• 20:41
  declined
• 20:42
  by
• 20:42
  the
• 20:42
  Girls.
• 20:43
  Screenwriter
• 20:44
  Kim
• 20:44
  Fuller,
• 20:45
  the
• 20:45
  brother
• 20:45
  of
• 20:46
  their
• 20:46
  manager
• 20:46
  Simon
• 20:47
  Fuller,
• 20:47
  offered
• 20:48
  instead
• 20:48
  to
• 20:49
  write
• 20:49
  something
• 20:49
  on
• 20:50
  spec.
• 20:51
  On
• 20:51
  the
• 20:51
  1st
• 20:51
  of
• 20:52
  November
• 20:52
  1996,
• 20:53
  Simon
• 20:54
  Fuller
• 20:54
  would
• 20:54
  have
• 20:55
  lunch
• 20:55
  with
• 20:55
  Barnaby
• 20:56
  Thompson
• 20:56
  and
• 20:56
  Yuri
• 20:57
  Fruchtman,
• 20:58
  who'd
• 20:58
  started
• 20:58
  a
• 20:59
  company
• 20:59
  called
• 20:59
  Fragile
• 21:00
  Films.
• 21:01
  At
• 21:01
  the
• 21:01
  time,
• 21:02
  Fruchtman
• 21:02
  was
• 21:03
  married
• 21:03
  to
• 21:03
  Annie
• 21:03
  Lennox,
• 21:04
  who
• 21:04
  was
• 21:05
  managed
• 21:05
  by
• 21:05
  Simon
• 21:06
  Fuller.
• 21:07
  Also
• 21:07
  joining
• 21:08
  that
• 21:08
  lunch
• 21:08
  was
• 21:09
  Simon
• 21:09
  Fuller's
• 21:09
  brother,
• 21:10
  Kim
• 21:10
  Fuller,
• 21:11
  who
• 21:11
  would
• 21:11
  end
• 21:11
  up
• 21:11
  writing
• 21:12
  the
• 21:12
  script.
• 21:13
  Simon
• 21:14
  Fuller
• 21:14
  would
• 21:14
  rather
• 21:14
  prophetically
• 21:15
  lay
• 21:15
  out
• 21:16
  the
• 21:16
  arc
• 21:16
  of
• 21:16
  the
• 21:16
  Girl's
• 21:17
  future
• 21:17
  career,
• 21:18
  including
• 21:18
  their
• 21:19
  future
• 21:19
  success
• 21:19
  in
• 21:20
  the
• 21:20
  us,
• 21:20
  and
• 21:21
  had
• 21:21
  a
• 21:21
  very
• 21:21
  specific
• 21:22
  idea
• 21:22
  of
• 21:22
  what
• 21:23
  the
• 21:23
  film
• 21:23
  should
• 21:23
  be,
• 21:24
  noting
• 21:25
  that
• 21:25
  the
• 21:25
  Girls
• 21:25
  weren't
• 21:26
  actors,
• 21:26
  they
• 21:27
  were
• 21:27
  the
• 21:27
  Spice
• 21:27
  Girls,
• 21:28
  so
• 21:28
  of
• 21:28
  course
• 21:28
  they
• 21:29
  had
• 21:29
  to
• 21:29
  star
• 21:29
  as
• 21:30
  themselves
• 21:30
  in
• 21:31
  the
• 21:31
  movie.
• 21:32
  Kim
• 21:32
  Fuller
• 21:33
  wrote
• 21:33
  a
• 21:33
  script
• 21:34
  initially
• 21:34
  called
• 21:35
  Five,
• 21:35
  which
• 21:36
  was
• 21:36
  Three
• 21:36
  Days
• 21:37
  in
• 21:37
  the
• 21:37
  life
• 21:37
  of
• 21:37
  the
• 21:38
  Spice
• 21:38
  Girls
• 21:39
  in
• 21:39
  the
• 21:39
  vein
• 21:39
  of
• 21:40
  the
• 21:40
  Beatles,
• 21:41
  A
• 21:41
  Hard
• 21:41
  Day's
• 21:41
  Night.
• 21:42
  It
• 21:42
  would
• 21:43
  be
• 21:43
  bright,
• 21:43
  it
• 21:44
  would
• 21:44
  be
• 21:44
  fun
• 21:44
  and
• 21:45
  it
• 21:45
  would
• 21:45
  be
• 21:45
  bold.
• 21:46
  Over
• 21:46
  the
• 21:47
  next
• 21:47
  six
• 21:47
  months,
• 21:48
  as
• 21:48
  their
• 21:48
  fame
• 21:48
  and
• 21:48
  success
• 21:49
  grew
• 21:49
  in
• 21:49
  the
• 21:50
  us,
• 21:50
  where
• 21:51
  most
• 21:51
  of
• 21:51
  the
• 21:51
  investment
• 21:52
  would
• 21:52
  come
• 21:52
  from,
• 21:53
  Simon
• 21:53
  Fuller's
• 21:54
  predictions
• 21:54
  were
• 21:55
  coming
• 21:55
  true.
• 21:56
  And
• 21:56
  day
• 21:56
  after
• 21:56
  day,
• 21:57
  the
• 21:57
  Spice
• 21:57
  Girls
• 21:58
  were
• 21:58
  becoming
• 21:59
  a
• 21:59
  more
• 21:59
  viable
• 22:00
  movie
• 22:00
  investment.
• 22:01
  They'd
• 22:02
  released
• 22:02
  four
• 22:02
  number
• 22:03
  one
• 22:03
  singles.
• 22:04
  They
• 22:04
  were
• 22:04
  being
• 22:04
  talked
• 22:05
  about
• 22:05
  positively
• 22:06
  in
• 22:06
  the
• 22:06
  press
• 22:06
  almost
• 22:07
  daily.
• 22:08
  Young
• 22:08
  fans
• 22:09
  were
• 22:09
  obsessed
• 22:09
  with
• 22:10
  them
• 22:10
  and
• 22:10
  in
• 22:10
  April
• 22:11
  1997,
• 22:12
  the
• 22:13
  European
• 22:13
  deal
• 22:14
  was
• 22:14
  done.
• 22:14
  And
• 22:15
  in
• 22:15
  May,
• 22:15
  the
• 22:16
  Spice
• 22:16
  Girls
• 22:16
  went
• 22:17
  to
• 22:17
  the
• 22:17
  Cannes
• 22:17
  Film
• 22:17
  Festival,
• 22:18
  where
• 22:19
  they
• 22:19
  arrived
• 22:19
  by
• 22:20
  boat
• 22:20
  in
• 22:21
  a
• 22:21
  big
• 22:21
  burst
• 22:21
  of
• 22:21
  colour,
• 22:22
  wearing
• 22:22
  headscarves
• 22:23
  in
• 22:23
  honor
• 22:24
  of
• 22:24
  Grace
• 22:24
  Kelly.
• 22:25
  The
• 22:25
  whole
• 22:26
  French
• 22:26
  town
• 22:26
  went
• 22:27
  crazy.
• 22:28
  Traffic
• 22:28
  stood
• 22:29
  to
• 22:29
  a
• 22:29
  standstill
• 22:30
  and
• 22:30
  crowds
• 22:31
  of
• 22:31
  5
• 22:31
  to
• 22:31
  10,000
• 22:32
  people
• 22:33
  formed
• 22:34
  to
• 22:34
  catch
• 22:34
  a
• 22:34
  glimpse
• 22:35
  of
• 22:35
  Sporty
• 22:36
  Baby
• 22:36
  Ginger.
• 22:37
  Scary
• 22:37
  or
• 22:38
  posh.
• 22:39
  Now,
• 22:39
  Simon
• 22:39
  Fuller
• 22:40
  was
• 22:40
  all
• 22:40
  too
• 22:40
  aware
• 22:41
  of
• 22:41
  the
• 22:41
  wave
• 22:41
  the
• 22:41
  group
• 22:42
  were
• 22:42
  cresting
• 22:42
  on
• 22:43
  and
• 22:43
  just
• 22:43
  like
• 22:44
  the
• 22:44
  movie
• 22:44
  itself,
• 22:44
  mentions
• 22:45
  the
• 22:46
  inevitable
• 22:46
  backlash.
• 22:47
  If
• 22:48
  A
• 22:48
  movie
• 22:48
  was
• 22:48
  going
• 22:49
  to
• 22:49
  be
• 22:49
  made,
• 22:49
  it
• 22:50
  needed
• 22:50
  to
• 22:50
  be
• 22:50
  made
• 22:51
  sooner
• 22:51
  rather
• 22:52
  than
• 22:52
  later.
• 22:53
  But
• 22:53
  he
• 22:53
  also
• 22:53
  wanted
• 22:54
  something
• 22:54
  that
• 22:54
  would
• 22:55
  stand
• 22:55
  the
• 22:55
  test
• 22:55
  of
• 22:56
  time
• 22:56
  and
• 22:56
  something
• 22:57
  that
• 22:57
  would
• 22:57
  sate
• 22:58
  the
• 22:58
  lust
• 22:58
  of
• 22:58
  Spice
• 22:59
  Girls
• 22:59
  fans
• 22:59
  across
• 23:00
  the
• 23:00
  world.
• 23:01
  Because
• 23:02
  Spice
• 23:02
  Girls
• 23:03
  fandom
• 23:03
  was
• 23:03
  unlike
• 23:04
  anything
• 23:04
  you
• 23:04
  see
• 23:05
  today.
• 23:06
  If
• 23:06
  you
• 23:06
  think
• 23:06
  that
• 23:07
  Taylor
• 23:07
  Swift's
• 23:08
  fans
• 23:08
  or
• 23:08
  Beyonce's
• 23:09
  or
• 23:09
  Rihanna's
• 23:10
  fans
• 23:10
  are
• 23:11
  voracious
• 23:12
  and
• 23:12
  passionate,
• 23:13
  they
• 23:13
  were
• 23:14
  nothing
• 23:14
  compared
• 23:15
  to
• 23:15
  the
• 23:15
  Spice
• 23:15
  Girls
• 23:16
  fans
• 23:16
  back
• 23:17
  then.
• 23:17
  Without
• 23:18
  the
• 23:18
  Internet's
• 23:19
  vast
• 23:19
  reach,
• 23:20
  the
• 23:20
  fans
• 23:20
  of
• 23:20
  the
• 23:21
  Spice
• 23:21
  Girls
• 23:21
  were
• 23:22
  desperate
• 23:22
  for
• 23:22
  anything
• 23:23
  to
• 23:23
  do
• 23:23
  with
• 23:24
  or
• 23:24
  about
• 23:25
  their
• 23:25
  favourite
• 23:26
  band.
• 23:27
  Kim
• 23:27
  Fuller
• 23:28
  wrote
• 23:28
  the
• 23:28
  script
• 23:29
  based
• 23:29
  on
• 23:29
  the
• 23:29
  girls
• 23:30
  own
• 23:30
  lives
• 23:30
  and
• 23:31
  experiences.
• 23:32
  They
• 23:32
  got
• 23:32
  together
• 23:32
  in
• 23:33
  a
• 23:33
  hotel
• 23:33
  in
• 23:33
  London
• 23:34
  to
• 23:34
  read
• 23:34
  it,
• 23:35
  and
• 23:35
  Geri
• 23:36
  was
• 23:36
  particularly
• 23:37
  involved
• 23:37
  and
• 23:37
  worked
• 23:38
  closely
• 23:38
  with
• 23:38
  additional
• 23:39
  writer
• 23:39
  Jamie
• 23:40
  Curtis
• 23:41
  once
• 23:41
  the
• 23:42
  script
• 23:42
  was
• 23:42
  agreed
• 23:42
  by
• 23:43
  everyone.
• 23:44
  What
• 23:44
  started
• 23:45
  as
• 23:45
  a
• 23:45
  bit
• 23:45
  of
• 23:45
  a
• 23:46
  silly
• 23:46
  spoofy
• 23:46
  movie
• 23:47
  for
• 23:47
  the
• 23:47
  fans
• 23:47
  and
• 23:48
  quickly
• 23:48
  turned
• 23:49
  into
• 23:49
  a
• 23:49
  probable
• 23:50
  blockbuster.
• 23:51
  And
• 23:51
  anyone
• 23:52
  who
• 23:52
  was
• 23:52
  anyone
• 23:53
  in
• 23:53
  British
• 23:54
  music
• 23:54
  or
• 23:54
  TV
• 23:55
  who
• 23:55
  wanted
• 23:56
  to
• 23:56
  be
• 23:56
  down
• 23:56
  with
• 23:56
  the
• 23:56
  kids
• 23:57
  or
• 23:57
  on
• 23:58
  speaking
• 23:58
  terms
• 23:58
  with
• 23:59
  their
• 23:59
  own
• 23:59
  kids
• 24:00
  wanted
• 24:00
  a
• 24:01
  part
• 24:01
  in
• 24:01
  this
• 24:01
  movie.
• 24:03
  The
• 24:03
  Spice
• 24:03
  Girls
• 24:04
  themselves
• 24:04
  weren't
• 24:05
  actors,
• 24:05
  but
• 24:05
  Emma
• 24:06
  had
• 24:06
  been
• 24:06
  to
• 24:06
  the
• 24:06
  Sylvia
• 24:07
  Young
• 24:07
  Theatre
• 24:08
  School,
• 24:08
  so
• 24:09
  knew
• 24:09
  how
• 24:09
  to
• 24:09
  hit
• 24:09
  a
• 24:10
  mark.
• 24:10
  Mel
• 24:11
  C
• 24:11
  had
• 24:11
  done
• 24:12
  amateur
• 24:12
  productions
• 24:13
  at
• 24:13
  Performing
• 24:14
  Arts
• 24:14
  college.
• 24:15
  As
• 24:15
  for
• 24:15
  a
• 24:15
  director,
• 24:16
  Bob
• 24:16
  Spears
• 24:17
  had
• 24:17
  worked
• 24:18
  on
• 24:18
  Absolutely
• 24:18
  Fabulous
• 24:19
  and
• 24:19
  Fawlty
• 24:20
  Towers.
• 24:21
  While
• 24:21
  a
• 24:21
  few
• 24:21
  young
• 24:22
  new
• 24:22
  filmmakers
• 24:23
  were
• 24:23
  touted,
• 24:24
  Simon
• 24:24
  Fuller
• 24:25
  wanted
• 24:25
  someone
• 24:25
  he
• 24:26
  trusted.
• 24:27
  Spears
• 24:27
  had
• 24:27
  been
• 24:28
  working
• 24:28
  in
• 24:28
  America
• 24:29
  on
• 24:29
  the
• 24:29
  Disney
• 24:29
  movie
• 24:30
  that
• 24:30
  Darn
• 24:31
  Cat
• 24:31
  at
• 24:31
  the
• 24:32
  peak
• 24:32
  of
• 24:32
  the
• 24:32
  Spice
• 24:32
  Girl's
• 24:33
  popularity.
• 24:34
  He
• 24:34
  was
• 24:34
  unaware
• 24:35
  of
• 24:35
  the
• 24:35
  group
• 24:35
  when
• 24:36
  first
• 24:36
  offered
• 24:36
  the
• 24:37
  job
• 24:37
  until
• 24:38
  his
• 24:38
  friend
• 24:39
  and
• 24:39
  Ab
• 24:40
  Fab
• 24:40
  star
• 24:40
  Jennifer
• 24:41
  Saunders
• 24:42
  advised
• 24:42
  him
• 24:42
  to
• 24:43
  take
• 24:43
  it.
• 24:43
  He
• 24:44
  arrived
• 24:44
  at
• 24:44
  a
• 24:44
  meeting
• 24:45
  with
• 24:45
  them
• 24:45
  in
• 24:45
  a
• 24:45
  New
• 24:46
  York
• 24:46
  City
• 24:46
  hotel,
• 24:47
  not
• 24:47
  knowing
• 24:48
  what
• 24:48
  the
• 24:48
  Spice
• 24:48
  Girls
• 24:49
  even
• 24:49
  looked
• 24:49
  like.
• 24:50
  And
• 24:50
  this
• 24:50
  was
• 24:51
  a
• 24:51
  movie
• 24:51
  that
• 24:51
  was
• 24:51
  constantly
• 24:52
  evolving
• 24:53
  as
• 24:53
  well,
• 24:54
  because
• 24:54
  agents
• 24:55
  would
• 24:55
  call
• 24:55
  up
• 24:55
  the
• 24:55
  producers
• 24:56
  suggesting
• 24:57
  their
• 24:58
  clients
• 24:58
  for
• 24:58
  cameos
• 24:59
  and
• 24:59
  roles
• 25:00
  in
• 25:00
  the
• 25:00
  movie.
• 25:01
  Every
• 25:01
  new
• 25:02
  cameo
• 25:02
  meant
• 25:03
  updating
• 25:03
  the
• 25:03
  script.
• 25:05
  Script
• 25:05
  supervisor
• 25:06
  Sarah
• 25:06
  Garner
• 25:07
  nearly
• 25:07
  quit
• 25:07
  due
• 25:08
  to
• 25:08
  the
• 25:08
  endless
• 25:09
  rewrites.
• 25:10
  The
• 25:10
  Spice
• 25:10
  Girls
• 25:11
  themselves
• 25:11
  also
• 25:12
  suggested
• 25:12
  actors
• 25:13
  they
• 25:13
  liked,
• 25:14
  like
• 25:14
  Alan
• 25:15
  Cumming,
• 25:15
  whom
• 25:15
  Geri
• 25:16
  had
• 25:16
  seen
• 25:16
  in
• 25:16
  Hamlet.
• 25:17
  This
• 25:18
  would
• 25:18
  be
• 25:18
  just
• 25:18
  after
• 25:19
  his
• 25:19
  role
• 25:19
  in
• 25:20
  GoldenEye
• 25:20
  and
• 25:21
  Romy
• 25:21
  and
• 25:21
  Michele's
• 25:22
  High
• 25:22
  School
• 25:22
  Reunion,
• 25:23
  both
• 25:23
  previous
• 25:23
  episodes
• 25:24
  of
• 25:24
  this
• 25:24
  podcast,
• 25:25
  but
• 25:25
  before
• 25:25
  Josie
• 25:26
  and
• 25:26
  the
• 25:26
  Pussycats,
• 25:27
  which
• 25:27
  is
• 25:27
  very
• 25:28
  similar
• 25:28
  to
• 25:28
  this
• 25:28
  movie
• 25:29
  in
• 25:29
  so
• 25:29
  many
• 25:29
  ways.
• 25:30
  That's
• 25:30
  also
• 25:31
  a
• 25:31
  previous
• 25:31
  episode
• 25:32
  of
• 25:32
  this
• 25:32
  podcast.
• 25:33
  People
• 25:33
  like
• 25:34
  Richard
• 25:34
  E.
• 25:34
  Grant
• 25:35
  had
• 25:35
  a
• 25:35
  daughter
• 25:35
  who
• 25:36
  was
• 25:36
  a
• 25:36
  fan
• 25:37
  and
• 25:37
  he
• 25:37
  gave
• 25:37
  the
• 25:38
  project
• 25:38
  credibility
• 25:39
  as
• 25:39
  the
• 25:40
  star
• 25:40
  of
• 25:40
  Withnail
• 25:41
  and
• 25:41
  I.
• 25:42
  Bob
• 25:42
  Hoskins
• 25:43
  did
• 25:43
  it
• 25:43
  for
• 25:44
  his
• 25:44
  children.
• 25:45
  Gary
• 25:45
  Oldman
• 25:46
  was
• 25:46
  asked
• 25:46
  to
• 25:46
  be
• 25:46
  in
• 25:46
  it
• 25:47
  by
• 25:47
  Geri,
• 25:47
  but
• 25:47
  unfortunately
• 25:48
  couldn't
• 25:49
  make
• 25:49
  it
• 25:49
  work.
• 25:49
  He
• 25:50
  was
• 25:50
  also
• 25:50
  going
• 25:50
  to
• 25:51
  do
• 25:51
  it
• 25:51
  for
• 25:51
  his
• 25:51
  children.
• 25:52
  Richard
• 25:53
  o'Brien,
• 25:53
  who
• 25:54
  is
• 25:54
  of
• 25:54
  course
• 25:54
  a
• 25:54
  queer
• 25:54
  icon
• 25:55
  for
• 25:55
  creating
• 25:56
  and
• 25:56
  starring
• 25:57
  in
• 25:57
  the
• 25:57
  Rocky
• 25:57
  Horror
• 25:58
  Picture
• 25:58
  show
• 25:58
  and
• 25:59
  for
• 25:59
  UK
• 25:59
  kids
• 25:59
  in
• 25:59
  the
• 26:00
  Crystal
• 26:00
  Maze,
• 26:01
  was
• 26:01
  also
• 26:01
  asked
• 26:02
  to
• 26:02
  be
• 26:02
  in
• 26:02
  the
• 26:02
  movie,
• 26:03
  as
• 26:03
  well
• 26:03
  as
• 26:03
  an
• 26:04
  actual
• 26:04
  James
• 26:05
  Bond,
• 26:05
  Sir
• 26:06
  Roger
• 26:06
  Moore,
• 26:07
  who
• 26:07
  did
• 26:07
  all
• 26:07
  of
• 26:07
  his
• 26:08
  scenes
• 26:08
  in
• 26:08
  one
• 26:08
  day
• 26:09
  with
• 26:09
  all
• 26:09
  of
• 26:10
  these
• 26:10
  people.
• 26:10
  It
• 26:10
  quickly
• 26:11
  became
• 26:12
  the
• 26:12
  celebrity
• 26:13
  cameo
• 26:13
  movie
• 26:14
  of
• 26:14
  the
• 26:14
  90s
• 26:15
  when
• 26:15
  Kim
• 26:16
  Fuller
• 26:16
  cut
• 26:16
  Moore's
• 26:17
  ridiculously
• 26:18
  philosophical
• 26:18
  lines
• 26:19
  from
• 26:19
  the
• 26:19
  script.
• 26:20
  Moore
• 26:20
  had
• 26:20
  actually
• 26:21
  memorized
• 26:21
  them
• 26:22
  all
• 26:22
  perfectly
• 26:23
  and
• 26:23
  wanted
• 26:23
  them
• 26:24
  put
• 26:24
  back
• 26:24
  in.
• 26:25
  Cue
• 26:25
  Sarah
• 26:26
  Garner
• 26:26
  raging
• 26:27
  from
• 26:27
  an
• 26:27
  office
• 26:27
  at
• 26:28
  Moore
• 26:28
  script
• 26:28
  changes.
• 26:30
  Moore
• 26:30
  just
• 26:30
  played
• 26:30
  up
• 26:31
  the
• 26:31
  role
• 26:31
  perfectly,
• 26:32
  despite
• 26:32
  the
• 26:33
  little
• 26:33
  piglet
• 26:33
  weeing
• 26:34
  down
• 26:34
  his
• 26:34
  jacket.
• 26:36
  Meat
• 26:36
  Loaf
• 26:36
  wasn't
• 26:37
  the
• 26:37
  original
• 26:37
  choice
• 26:38
  for
• 26:38
  Dennis
• 26:38
  the
• 26:38
  Bus
• 26:39
  Driver.
• 26:39
  Boxer
• 26:40
  Frank
• 26:40
  Bruno
• 26:41
  was
• 26:41
  originally
• 26:41
  cast,
• 26:42
  but
• 26:42
  quit
• 26:43
  the
• 26:43
  movie
• 26:43
  after
• 26:44
  his
• 26:44
  young
• 26:44
  son
• 26:45
  allegedly
• 26:45
  wasn't
• 26:46
  allowed
• 26:46
  to
• 26:46
  come
• 26:46
  on
• 26:47
  set
• 26:47
  for
• 26:47
  an
• 26:47
  autograph.
• 26:48
  This
• 26:49
  is
• 26:49
  a
• 26:49
  movie
• 26:49
  that
• 26:49
  was
• 26:50
  filmed
• 26:50
  on
• 26:50
  set
• 26:51
  and
• 26:51
  also
• 26:51
  on
• 26:52
  location
• 26:52
  in
• 26:53
  London.
• 26:53
  And
• 26:54
  filming
• 26:54
  was
• 26:54
  fraught
• 26:55
  with
• 26:55
  challenges
• 26:56
  from
• 26:56
  hundreds
• 26:56
  of
• 26:57
  screaming
• 26:57
  fans.
• 26:58
  And
• 26:58
  media
• 26:59
  interest
• 26:59
  in
• 26:59
  the
• 26:59
  production
• 27:00
  was
• 27:00
  through
• 27:00
  the
• 27:01
  roof.
• 27:01
  Newspapers
• 27:02
  were
• 27:02
  constantly
• 27:03
  reporting
• 27:03
  on
• 27:04
  the
• 27:04
  filming
• 27:04
  over
• 27:05
  the
• 27:05
  seven
• 27:06
  and
• 27:06
  a
• 27:06
  half
• 27:06
  week
• 27:06
  shoot,
• 27:07
  including
• 27:08
  calling
• 27:08
  Naoko
• 27:09
  Mori,
• 27:10
  who
• 27:10
  plays
• 27:10
  the
• 27:10
  girl's
• 27:11
  pregnant
• 27:11
  best
• 27:11
  friend,
• 27:11
  Nicola
• 27:12
  Rice
• 27:13
  Spice,
• 27:14
  which
• 27:14
  Mori
• 27:14
  found,
• 27:15
  quote,
• 27:15
  mildly
• 27:16
  racist
• 27:16
  but
• 27:17
  also
• 27:17
  pretty
• 27:18
  hilarious,
• 27:18
  unquote.
• 27:20
  With
• 27:20
  press
• 27:20
  and
• 27:21
  photographers
• 27:21
  nipping
• 27:22
  at
• 27:22
  the
• 27:22
  heels
• 27:22
  of
• 27:22
  the
• 27:23
  production,
• 27:24
  leaks
• 27:24
  were
• 27:24
  almost
• 27:25
  impossible
• 27:25
  to
• 27:26
  prevent.
• 27:27
  The
• 27:27
  press's
• 27:27
  antics
• 27:28
  bordered
• 27:28
  on
• 27:29
  the
• 27:29
  ludicrous.
• 27:30
  Long
• 27:30
  lenses
• 27:31
  were
• 27:31
  spotted
• 27:31
  everywhere.
• 27:32
  People
• 27:33
  hung
• 27:33
  out
• 27:33
  of
• 27:33
  windows,
• 27:34
  dressed
• 27:35
  as
• 27:35
  builders,
• 27:36
  followed
• 27:36
  members
• 27:37
  of
• 27:37
  the
• 27:37
  crew
• 27:37
  and
• 27:37
  hid
• 27:38
  in
• 27:38
  bushes
• 27:38
  and
• 27:39
  trees.
• 27:40
  Two
• 27:40
  even
• 27:41
  dressed
• 27:41
  as
• 27:41
  a
• 27:41
  pantomime
• 27:42
  cow
• 27:43
  and
• 27:43
  hid
• 27:43
  in
• 27:43
  a
• 27:44
  field
• 27:44
  of
• 27:44
  real
• 27:44
  cows,
• 27:45
  trying
• 27:46
  to
• 27:46
  sneak
• 27:46
  photos
• 27:47
  from
• 27:47
  a
• 27:47
  telephoto
• 27:48
  lens
• 27:49
  sticking
• 27:49
  out
• 27:49
  of
• 27:50
  the
• 27:50
  cow's
• 27:50
  rear
• 27:50
  end.
• 27:51
  I
• 27:52
  guess
• 27:52
  you
• 27:52
  really
• 27:52
  could
• 27:53
  call
• 27:53
  it
• 27:53
  cow
• 27:54
  moouflage.
• 27:56
  That's
• 27:56
  enough
• 27:56
  of
• 27:56
  that.
• 27:57
  There
• 27:57
  were
• 27:57
  even
• 27:58
  talks
• 27:58
  of
• 27:58
  moles
• 27:59
  on
• 27:59
  the
• 27:59
  set.
• 28:00
  The
• 28:00
  movie
• 28:01
  was
• 28:01
  filmed
• 28:01
  in
• 28:02
  and
• 28:02
  around
• 28:02
  iconic
• 28:03
  locations
• 28:04
  including
• 28:05
  outside
• 28:05
  BBC
• 28:06
  Television
• 28:06
  Centre
• 28:07
  in
• 28:07
  London,
• 28:08
  Parliament
• 28:08
  Square,
• 28:09
  the
• 28:09
  Royal
• 28:09
  Albert
• 28:10
  hall,
• 28:10
  outside
• 28:11
  St
• 28:11
  Paul's
• 28:11
  Cathedral,
• 28:12
  Westminster
• 28:13
  Cathedral,
• 28:14
  Broadgate
• 28:15
  Circle,
• 28:16
  Millwall
• 28:16
  Inner
• 28:17
  Dock,
• 28:17
  not
• 28:17
  on
• 28:17
  the
• 28:18
  River
• 28:18
  Thames,
• 28:18
  Battersea
• 28:19
  Park,
• 28:19
  Piccadilly
• 28:20
  Circus,
• 28:21
  Trafalgar
• 28:21
  Square,
• 28:22
  the
• 28:22
  Mall,
• 28:23
  Buckingham
• 28:23
  Palace,
• 28:24
  Tower
• 28:24
  Bridge
• 28:25
  and
• 28:25
  most
• 28:25
  of
• 28:26
  these
• 28:26
  scenes
• 28:26
  are
• 28:27
  driving
• 28:27
  the
• 28:27
  bus.
• 28:28
  The
• 28:29
  movie
• 28:29
  also
• 28:29
  takes
• 28:30
  place
• 28:30
  in
• 28:30
  the
• 28:31
  Royal
• 28:31
  Albert
• 28:31
  hall
• 28:32
  as
• 28:32
  well
• 28:32
  as
• 28:33
  Lowsley
• 28:33
  park
• 28:33
  in
• 28:34
  Surrey.
• 28:35
  The
• 28:35
  interior
• 28:35
  sets
• 28:36
  were
• 28:36
  filmed
• 28:36
  at
• 28:36
  Twickenham
• 28:37
  Studios.
• 28:38
  Despite
• 28:39
  the
• 28:39
  gruelling
• 28:40
  schedule,
• 28:40
  the
• 28:40
  14
• 28:41
  hour
• 28:41
  days,
• 28:42
  the
• 28:42
  rapid
• 28:42
  pace
• 28:43
  of
• 28:43
  each
• 28:43
  shot
• 28:43
  and
• 28:44
  the
• 28:44
  Crack
• 28:44
  of
• 28:44
  dawn
• 28:45
  calls.
• 28:45
  Many
• 28:46
  of
• 28:46
  the
• 28:46
  cast
• 28:46
  and
• 28:46
  crew
• 28:47
  remarked
• 28:47
  that
• 28:47
  it
• 28:48
  was
• 28:48
  an
• 28:48
  unusually
• 28:48
  enjoyable
• 28:49
  shoot
• 28:50
  and
• 28:50
  that
• 28:50
  the
• 28:50
  Spice
• 28:51
  Girls
• 28:51
  themselves
• 28:52
  had
• 28:52
  no
• 28:52
  heirs
• 28:53
  or
• 28:53
  graces
• 28:54
  and
• 28:54
  they
• 28:54
  were
• 28:54
  just
• 28:54
  down
• 28:55
  to
• 28:55
  earth,
• 28:55
  hard
• 28:56
  working
• 28:56
  and
• 28:57
  professional.
• 28:58
  As
• 28:58
  professional
• 28:59
  as
• 28:59
  you
• 28:59
  could
• 28:59
  be
• 29:00
  as
• 29:00
  a
• 29:00
  Spice
• 29:00
  Girl.
• 29:01
  But
• 29:01
  there
• 29:02
  were
• 29:02
  obvious
• 29:02
  issues.
• 29:03
  The
• 29:03
  timescale
• 29:04
  was
• 29:04
  incredibly
• 29:05
  tight.
• 29:06
  The
• 29:06
  budget
• 29:07
  was
• 29:07
  also
• 29:07
  incredibly
• 29:08
  tight.
• 29:09
  Sequences
• 29:10
  were
• 29:10
  removed
• 29:11
  due
• 29:11
  to
• 29:11
  cost
• 29:11
  and
• 29:12
  others
• 29:12
  had
• 29:12
  their
• 29:12
  budget
• 29:13
  slashed.
• 29:14
  They
• 29:14
  were
• 29:14
  never
• 29:15
  going
• 29:15
  to
• 29:15
  be
• 29:15
  able
• 29:16
  to
• 29:16
  afford
• 29:17
  to
• 29:17
  jump
• 29:17
  a
• 29:18
  real
• 29:18
  London
• 29:18
  bus
• 29:19
  over
• 29:19
  Tower
• 29:20
  Bridge.
• 29:20
  But
• 29:20
  the
• 29:21
  toy
• 29:21
  version
• 29:21
  is
• 29:22
  actually
• 29:22
  superbly
• 29:22
  kitsch
• 29:23
  and
• 29:23
  silly
• 29:24
  and
• 29:24
  really
• 29:24
  works
• 29:25
  for
• 29:25
  the
• 29:25
  movie.
• 29:26
  On
• 29:26
  screen.
• 29:27
  Production
• 29:27
  values
• 29:28
  did
• 29:28
  suffer,
• 29:29
  even
• 29:29
  if
• 29:29
  the
• 29:29
  production
• 29:30
  design
• 29:30
  and
• 29:30
  costuming
• 29:31
  really
• 29:32
  squeezed
• 29:32
  every
• 29:33
  penny
• 29:33
  they
• 29:33
  could
• 29:34
  to
• 29:34
  look
• 29:34
  great
• 29:35
  and
• 29:35
  also
• 29:36
  age
• 29:36
  fairly
• 29:36
  well.
• 29:37
  Kate
• 29:38
  Carin
• 29:38
  was
• 29:38
  the
• 29:38
  costume
• 29:39
  designer
• 29:39
  and
• 29:40
  this
• 29:40
  was
• 29:40
  the
• 29:40
  first
• 29:40
  time
• 29:41
  the
• 29:41
  Spice
• 29:42
  Girls
• 29:42
  had
• 29:42
  custom
• 29:43
  made
• 29:43
  costumes.
• 29:44
  And
• 29:44
  despite
• 29:45
  on
• 29:45
  screen
• 29:46
  Victoria
• 29:46
  choosing
• 29:47
  between
• 29:47
  the
• 29:48
  little
• 29:48
  Gucci
• 29:48
  dress,
• 29:49
  the
• 29:49
  little
• 29:49
  Gucci
• 29:50
  dress
• 29:50
  and
• 29:50
  the
• 29:50
  little
• 29:50
  Gucci
• 29:51
  dress.
• 29:52
  There
• 29:52
  were
• 29:52
  no
• 29:53
  Gucci
• 29:53
  dresses
• 29:54
  in
• 29:54
  the
• 29:54
  movie.
• 29:55
  All
• 29:55
  her
• 29:55
  dresses
• 29:56
  were
• 29:56
  custom
• 29:56
  made
• 29:57
  for
• 29:57
  her
• 29:58
  based
• 29:58
  on
• 29:58
  the
• 29:59
  little
• 29:59
  Gucci
• 29:59
  dress
• 30:00
  template.
• 30:01
  Although
• 30:01
  there
• 30:01
  were
• 30:02
  plenty
• 30:02
  of
• 30:02
  custom
• 30:02
  pieces.
• 30:03
  Emma
• 30:04
  wore
• 30:04
  Topshop
• 30:04
  and
• 30:05
  designers
• 30:05
  like
• 30:05
  Blumarine
• 30:06
  while
• 30:07
  sports
• 30:07
  brands
• 30:07
  like
• 30:08
  Adidas
• 30:08
  were
• 30:09
  shipping
• 30:09
  boxes
• 30:10
  of
• 30:10
  clothes
• 30:10
  and
• 30:10
  shoes
• 30:11
  for
• 30:11
  Mel
• 30:11
  C
• 30:11
  to
• 30:12
  wear.
• 30:13
  Geri's
• 30:13
  outfits
• 30:14
  were
• 30:14
  mixed
• 30:14
  with
• 30:15
  vintage
• 30:15
  pieces.
• 30:16
  Shoe
• 30:17
  brand
• 30:17
  Shelly's
• 30:18
  London
• 30:18
  made
• 30:18
  custom
• 30:19
  footwear
• 30:19
  for
• 30:19
  the
• 30:20
  girls
• 30:20
  from
• 30:20
  Karin's
• 30:21
  designs,
• 30:22
  including
• 30:22
  a
• 30:22
  pair
• 30:23
  of
• 30:23
  black
• 30:23
  and
• 30:23
  white
• 30:24
  polka
• 30:24
  dot
• 30:24
  knee
• 30:25
  length
• 30:25
  boots
• 30:25
  for
• 30:25
  Mel
• 30:26
  B.
• 30:27
  They
• 30:27
  also
• 30:27
  had
• 30:27
  a
• 30:27
  deal
• 30:27
  with
• 30:28
  Marks
• 30:28
  and
• 30:28
  Spencer's
• 30:29
  in
• 30:29
  Marble
• 30:29
  Arch
• 30:30
  where
• 30:30
  they
• 30:30
  could
• 30:30
  literally
• 30:31
  go
• 30:31
  in
• 30:31
  and
• 30:31
  fill
• 30:32
  their
• 30:32
  trolleys.
• 30:33
  Clifford's
• 30:34
  suits
• 30:34
  were
• 30:34
  inspired
• 30:35
  by
• 30:35
  60s
• 30:36
  movies
• 30:36
  and
• 30:36
  comic
• 30:36
  book
• 30:37
  villains
• 30:37
  in
• 30:38
  monochromatic
• 30:39
  suits
• 30:39
  in
• 30:39
  purples
• 30:40
  and
• 30:40
  greens.
• 30:41
  And
• 30:41
  the
• 30:41
  assless
• 30:42
  chaps
• 30:42
  on
• 30:42
  the
• 30:42
  Dream
• 30:43
  Boys
• 30:43
  were
• 30:44
  Carin's
• 30:45
  idea
• 30:45
  as
• 30:45
  a
• 30:45
  joke.
• 30:47
  Production
• 30:47
  designer
• 30:47
  Grenville
• 30:48
  Horner
• 30:49
  came
• 30:49
  up
• 30:49
  with
• 30:49
  the
• 30:49
  iconic
• 30:50
  Union
• 30:50
  Jack
• 30:51
  bus
• 30:51
  after
• 30:52
  seeing
• 30:52
  Jerry
• 30:52
  Halliwell's
• 30:53
  iconic
• 30:54
  Union
• 30:54
  Jack
• 30:55
  dress
• 30:55
  at
• 30:55
  the
• 30:55
  1997
• 30:56
  Brit
• 30:56
  Awards,
• 30:57
  which
• 30:58
  itself
• 30:58
  was
• 30:58
  a
• 30:59
  literal
• 30:59
  little
• 31:00
  Gucci
• 31:00
  dress
• 31:01
  that
• 31:01
  Geri
• 31:01
  Halliwell's
• 31:02
  sister
• 31:02
  sewed
• 31:03
  a
• 31:03
  Union
• 31:03
  Jack
• 31:04
  tea
• 31:04
  towel
• 31:04
  on
• 31:05
  the
• 31:05
  front.
• 31:06
  The
• 31:06
  interior
• 31:07
  of
• 31:07
  the
• 31:07
  bus
• 31:07
  was
• 31:07
  described
• 31:08
  in
• 31:08
  the
• 31:08
  script
• 31:08
  as
• 31:09
  having
• 31:09
  no
• 31:09
  seats,
• 31:10
  luxuriously
• 31:11
  carpeted
• 31:12
  and
• 31:12
  sectioned
• 31:12
  off
• 31:13
  into
• 31:13
  five
• 31:13
  individual
• 31:14
  areas
• 31:15
  with
• 31:15
  five
• 31:15
  of
• 31:16
  everything.
• 31:17
  Five
• 31:17
  towels,
• 31:17
  five
• 31:18
  bathrobes,
• 31:19
  five
• 31:19
  toothbrushes,
• 31:20
  five
• 31:20
  clothes
• 31:21
  racks.
• 31:22
  Emma
• 31:22
  had
• 31:22
  fluffy
• 31:23
  chair,
• 31:23
  pink
• 31:24
  wall,
• 31:24
  lots
• 31:25
  of
• 31:25
  Teddies
• 31:25
  and
• 31:25
  My
• 31:26
  Little
• 31:26
  Ponies.
• 31:27
  Mel
• 31:27
  B's
• 31:27
  area
• 31:28
  was
• 31:28
  mystical
• 31:29
  gothic
• 31:30
  with
• 31:30
  leopard
• 31:30
  skin
• 31:31
  throws
• 31:31
  and
• 31:31
  oriental
• 31:32
  wall
• 31:32
  hangings.
• 31:33
  Geri's
• 31:34
  was
• 31:34
  60s
• 31:35
  pastiche,
• 31:36
  posters
• 31:36
  of
• 31:36
  Charlie's
• 31:37
  Angels.
• 31:38
  Mel
• 31:38
  C's
• 31:39
  had
• 31:39
  an
• 31:39
  exercise
• 31:40
  bike
• 31:40
  and
• 31:41
  posters
• 31:41
  of
• 31:41
  Liverpool
• 31:42
  Football
• 31:42
  Club
• 31:43
  with
• 31:43
  Victoria's
• 31:44
  being
• 31:44
  voguish,
• 31:45
  sleek
• 31:46
  with
• 31:46
  a
• 31:46
  rail
• 31:47
  of
• 31:47
  expensive
• 31:47
  clothes
• 31:48
  and
• 31:49
  the
• 31:49
  bus
• 31:49
  had
• 31:49
  a
• 31:49
  kitchen
• 31:50
  area
• 31:50
  with
• 31:50
  drinks
• 31:51
  and
• 31:51
  food
• 31:51
  vending
• 31:52
  machines.
• 31:53
  Horner
• 31:54
  collaborated
• 31:54
  with
• 31:54
  a
• 31:54
  variety
• 31:55
  of
• 31:55
  craftspeople,
• 31:56
  quilters,
• 31:57
  drape
• 31:57
  makers,
• 31:58
  metal
• 31:58
  workers
• 31:59
  and
• 31:59
  set
• 31:59
  decorators
• 32:00
  to
• 32:01
  perfect
• 32:01
  the
• 32:01
  tiniest
• 32:02
  details
• 32:03
  of
• 32:03
  the
• 32:03
  bus
• 32:03
  before
• 32:04
  production
• 32:04
  began
• 32:05
  on
• 32:05
  the
• 32:05
  Twickenham
• 32:06
  Soundstage.
• 32:07
  For
• 32:07
  inspiration
• 32:08
  he
• 32:08
  looked
• 32:08
  to
• 32:08
  the
• 32:08
  work
• 32:09
  of
• 32:09
  architects
• 32:10
  Norman
• 32:10
  Foster
• 32:11
  and
• 32:11
  Richard
• 32:11
  Rogers,
• 32:12
  both
• 32:12
  known
• 32:13
  for
• 32:13
  high
• 32:13
  tech
• 32:14
  expressionism.
• 32:15
  It
• 32:15
  was
• 32:16
  supposed
• 32:16
  to
• 32:16
  be
• 32:16
  a
• 32:17
  modern
• 32:17
  dollhouse.
• 32:18
  The
• 32:19
  vaginal
• 32:19
  carpet
• 32:20
  design
• 32:20
  was
• 32:20
  apparently
• 32:21
  accidental
• 32:22
  though.
• 32:23
  Horner
• 32:23
  also
• 32:23
  owns
• 32:24
  the
• 32:24
  miniature
• 32:25
  bus
• 32:25
  which
• 32:25
  was
• 32:25
  hand
• 32:26
  painted
• 32:26
  by
• 32:27
  himself.
• 32:27
  The
• 32:28
  actual
• 32:28
  proper
• 32:29
  bus
• 32:29
  was
• 32:29
  renovated
• 32:30
  in
• 32:30
  2019
• 32:31
  by
• 32:31
  Suzanne
• 32:32
  Godley
• 32:32
  and
• 32:33
  if
• 32:33
  you
• 32:33
  go
• 32:33
  to
• 32:34
  thespicebus.co.uk
• 32:36
  you
• 32:37
  can
• 32:37
  book
• 32:37
  a
• 32:37
  stay
• 32:38
  on
• 32:38
  the
• 32:38
  bus
• 32:39
  or
• 32:39
  host
• 32:40
  a
• 32:40
  private
• 32:40
  party
• 32:41
  or
• 32:41
  event
• 32:41
  in
• 32:42
  it.
• 32:42
  Which
• 32:42
  is
• 32:43
  now
• 32:43
  located
• 32:43
  at
• 32:44
  the
• 32:44
  Island
• 32:44
  Harbour
• 32:45
  Marina
• 32:45
  on
• 32:45
  the
• 32:45
  Isle
• 32:46
  of
• 32:46
  Wight.
• 32:46
  It
• 32:47
  features
• 32:47
  a
• 32:47
  cosy
• 32:48
  living
• 32:48
  area
• 32:48
  with
• 32:49
  uni
• 32:49
  and
• 32:49
  jack
• 32:49
  cinema
• 32:50
  style
• 32:50
  chairs,
• 32:51
  a
• 32:51
  TV
• 32:52
  and
• 32:52
  CD
• 32:52
  player
• 32:53
  with
• 32:53
  90s
• 32:54
  music,
• 32:54
  all
• 32:55
  Spice
• 32:55
  Girls.
• 32:55
  One
• 32:56
  hopes
• 32:56
  a
• 32:56
  dressing
• 32:57
  area,
• 32:58
  one
• 32:58
  bedroom
• 32:58
  with
• 32:59
  a
• 32:59
  double
• 32:59
  bed
• 32:59
  and
• 32:59
  a
• 33:00
  single
• 33:00
  bed
• 33:00
  and
• 33:01
  vibrant
• 33:01
  90s
• 33:02
  themed
• 33:02
  decor.
• 33:04
  According
• 33:04
  to
• 33:05
  Clive
• 33:05
  Tickner,
• 33:06
  Spice
• 33:06
  World's
• 33:07
  director
• 33:07
  of
• 33:08
  photography,
• 33:09
  although
• 33:09
  director
• 33:10
  Bob
• 33:10
  Spiers
• 33:10
  had
• 33:11
  impeccable
• 33:11
  TV
• 33:12
  credentials,
• 33:13
  including
• 33:13
  as
• 33:14
  I
• 33:14
  mentioned,
• 33:14
  Fawlty
• 33:15
  Towers
• 33:15
  and
• 33:15
  Absolutely
• 33:16
  Fabulous,
• 33:17
  he
• 33:17
  struggled
• 33:18
  with
• 33:18
  Spice
• 33:18
  World.
• 33:19
  Tickner
• 33:20
  alleges
• 33:20
  that
• 33:21
  Spears
• 33:21
  was
• 33:21
  often
• 33:22
  inebriated
• 33:23
  on
• 33:23
  set
• 33:23
  and
• 33:24
  his
• 33:24
  problems
• 33:25
  with
• 33:25
  alcohol
• 33:25
  affected
• 33:26
  his
• 33:26
  decision
• 33:26
  making
• 33:27
  and
• 33:27
  his
• 33:27
  attitude.
• 33:29
  Tickner
• 33:29
  alleges
• 33:30
  that
• 33:30
  he
• 33:30
  lost
• 33:31
  six
• 33:31
  camera
• 33:31
  operators
• 33:32
  during
• 33:33
  the
• 33:33
  course
• 33:33
  of
• 33:33
  the
• 33:33
  shoot
• 33:34
  because
• 33:34
  they
• 33:34
  couldn't
• 33:35
  work
• 33:35
  with
• 33:35
  Spiers.
• 33:37
  Not
• 33:37
  everyone
• 33:37
  on
• 33:38
  the
• 33:38
  production
• 33:38
  agreed
• 33:39
  with
• 33:39
  Tickner's
• 33:39
  assessment
• 33:40
  of
• 33:40
  Spiers,
• 33:40
  who
• 33:41
  passed
• 33:41
  away
• 33:41
  in
• 33:42
  2008.
• 33:42
  But
• 33:43
  producer
• 33:43
  Peter
• 33:44
  McAleese
• 33:44
  would
• 33:45
  suggest
• 33:45
  Spiers
• 33:46
  inexperience
• 33:47
  in
• 33:47
  feature
• 33:48
  films
• 33:48
  worked
• 33:49
  against
• 33:49
  him
• 33:49
  on
• 33:49
  the
• 33:50
  movie.
• 33:50
  This
• 33:51
  was
• 33:51
  a
• 33:51
  movie
• 33:52
  written,
• 33:52
  produced
• 33:53
  and
• 33:53
  out
• 33:53
  within
• 33:54
  a
• 33:54
  year.
• 33:55
  The
• 33:55
  lunch
• 33:55
  planning
• 33:56
  it
• 33:56
  was
• 33:56
  on
• 33:56
  the
• 33:56
  1st
• 33:57
  of
• 33:57
  November
• 33:58
  1996
• 33:59
  and
• 33:59
  the
• 33:59
  movie
• 33:59
  was
• 34:00
  delivered
• 34:00
  exactly
• 34:01
  one
• 34:01
  year
• 34:01
  later
• 34:02
  on
• 34:02
  the
• 34:02
  1st
• 34:03
  of
• 34:03
  November
• 34:04
  1997.
• 34:05
  At
• 34:05
  the
• 34:06
  same
• 34:06
  time
• 34:06
  the
• 34:07
  Spice
• 34:07
  Girls
• 34:08
  were
• 34:08
  writing
• 34:08
  and
• 34:08
  recording
• 34:09
  the
• 34:09
  album
• 34:10
  Spice
• 34:10
  World
• 34:11
  and
• 34:11
  were
• 34:11
  working
• 34:11
  from
• 34:12
  a
• 34:12
  mobile
• 34:12
  studio
• 34:13
  on
• 34:13
  site
• 34:14
  as
• 34:14
  well
• 34:14
  as
• 34:14
  going
• 34:15
  back
• 34:15
  and
• 34:15
  forth
• 34:15
  to
• 34:16
  Abbey
• 34:16
  Road
• 34:16
  in
• 34:17
  full
• 34:17
  costume
• 34:18
  and
• 34:18
  makeup
• 34:18
  from
• 34:18
  filming,
• 34:20
  they
• 34:20
  wrote
• 34:20
  spice
• 34:21
  up
• 34:21
  your
• 34:21
  life
• 34:22
  24
• 34:22
  hours
• 34:23
  before
• 34:23
  shooting
• 34:24
  that
• 34:24
  particular
• 34:24
  scene
• 34:25
  for
• 34:25
  the
• 34:25
  movie
• 34:26
  at
• 34:26
  the
• 34:26
  Albert
• 34:26
  Hall,
• 34:27
  Sony
• 34:28
  executives
• 34:28
  sent
• 34:28
  pages
• 34:29
  of
• 34:29
  notes.
• 34:30
  This
• 34:30
  was
• 34:30
  a
• 34:31
  fairly
• 34:31
  inexperienced
• 34:32
  production
• 34:32
  after
• 34:33
  all,
• 34:33
  with
• 34:33
  an
• 34:33
  inexperienced
• 34:34
  writer,
• 34:35
  director
• 34:36
  and
• 34:36
  main
• 34:36
  stars.
• 34:37
  The
• 34:38
  notes
• 34:38
  suggested
• 34:39
  changes
• 34:39
  as
• 34:40
  well
• 34:40
  as
• 34:40
  subtitling
• 34:41
  Mel
• 34:41
  C's
• 34:41
  Scouse
• 34:42
  accent,
• 34:43
  but
• 34:43
  Then
• 34:44
  previews
• 34:44
  in
• 34:44
  Los
• 34:44
  Angeles
• 34:45
  went
• 34:45
  down
• 34:46
  well
• 34:46
  without
• 34:46
  the
• 34:47
  changes,
• 34:47
  and
• 34:48
  so
• 34:48
  they
• 34:48
  were
• 34:49
  scrapped.
• 34:49
  And
• 34:50
  with
• 34:50
  that
• 34:51
  they
• 34:51
  had
• 34:51
  a
• 34:52
  movie.
• 34:54
  But
• 34:55
  now
• 34:55
  is
• 34:55
  the
• 34:55
  perfect
• 34:55
  time
• 34:56
  to
• 34:56
  segue
• 34:57
  into
• 34:57
  the
• 34:57
  obligatory
• 34:58
  Keanu
• 34:58
  reference
• 34:58
  of
• 34:59
  this
• 34:59
  episode.
• 34:59
  And
• 34:59
  if
• 35:00
  you
• 35:00
  don't
• 35:00
  know
• 35:00
  what
• 35:00
  that
• 35:00
  is,
• 35:01
  it's
• 35:01
  where
• 35:01
  I
• 35:01
  try
• 35:01
  and
• 35:02
  link
• 35:02
  every
• 35:02
  movie
• 35:02
  that
• 35:02
  I
• 35:03
  feature
• 35:03
  with
• 35:03
  Keanu
• 35:04
  Reeves
• 35:04
  for
• 35:04
  no
• 35:04
  reason
• 35:05
  other
• 35:05
  than
• 35:05
  he
• 35:05
  is
• 35:06
  the
• 35:06
  best
• 35:06
  of
• 35:06
  Men.
• 35:07
  And
• 35:07
  this
• 35:07
  is
• 35:07
  a
• 35:07
  really
• 35:08
  obvious
• 35:08
  one
• 35:09
  actually,
• 35:09
  because
• 35:10
  this
• 35:11
  movie
• 35:11
  has
• 35:12
  a
• 35:12
  bomb
• 35:12
  on
• 35:13
  a
• 35:13
  bus.
• 35:14
  And
• 35:14
  what
• 35:14
  other
• 35:15
  movie
• 35:15
  has
• 35:16
  a
• 35:16
  bomb
• 35:16
  on
• 35:16
  a
• 35:16
  bus?
• 35:18
  Well,
• 35:18
  of
• 35:18
  course
• 35:19
  it's
• 35:19
  Speed
• 35:20
  starring
• 35:21
  Keanu
• 35:21
  Reeves,
• 35:22
  and
• 35:22
  that
• 35:23
  is
• 35:23
  the
• 35:23
  easiest
• 35:23
  way
• 35:23
  to
• 35:24
  link
• 35:24
  Spice
• 35:25
  World
• 35:25
  to
• 35:26
  Keanu
• 35:26
  Reeves.
• 35:28
  So
• 35:28
  as
• 35:28
  I
• 35:28
  mentioned,
• 35:29
  during
• 35:29
  the
• 35:30
  filming
• 35:30
  of
• 35:30
  this
• 35:30
  movie,
• 35:31
  the
• 35:31
  Spice
• 35:31
  Girls
• 35:32
  were
• 35:32
  also
• 35:33
  recording
• 35:34
  their
• 35:34
  second
• 35:34
  album.
• 35:35
  An
• 35:36
  official
• 35:36
  motion
• 35:37
  picture
• 35:37
  soundtrack
• 35:38
  for
• 35:38
  this
• 35:38
  movie
• 35:39
  was
• 35:39
  never
• 35:39
  released
• 35:40
  because
• 35:41
  their
• 35:41
  second
• 35:41
  album,
• 35:42
  also
• 35:43
  called
• 35:43
  Spice
• 35:43
  World,
• 35:44
  served
• 35:45
  as
• 35:45
  the
• 35:45
  soundtrack
• 35:46
  to
• 35:46
  this
• 35:46
  movie.
• 35:47
  The
• 35:47
  movie
• 35:48
  features
• 35:48
  songs
• 35:49
  from
• 35:49
  that
• 35:49
  album
• 35:50
  as
• 35:50
  well
• 35:50
  as
• 35:51
  their
• 35:51
  first
• 35:51
  album.
• 35:52
  Spice
• 35:52
  Too
• 35:53
  Much
• 35:53
  was
• 35:53
  released
• 35:54
  in
• 35:54
  part
• 35:55
  to
• 35:55
  promote
• 35:55
  the
• 35:55
  film
• 35:56
  and
• 35:56
  debuted
• 35:56
  at
• 35:57
  number
• 35:57
  one
• 35:57
  on
• 35:58
  the
• 35:58
  UK
• 35:58
  singles
• 35:58
  chart,
• 35:59
  becoming
• 35:59
  the
• 36:00
  Spice
• 36:00
  Girls
• 36:01
  second
• 36:01
  consecutive
• 36:02
  Christmas
• 36:02
  number
• 36:03
  one
• 36:03
  single.
• 36:04
  Very
• 36:04
  important
• 36:04
  in
• 36:05
  the
• 36:05
  uk.
• 36:05
  The
• 36:05
  Christmas
• 36:06
  number
• 36:06
  one.
• 36:07
  It
• 36:07
  made
• 36:07
  the
• 36:07
  group
• 36:08
  the
• 36:08
  first
• 36:08
  act
• 36:09
  to
• 36:09
  reach
• 36:09
  number
• 36:09
  one
• 36:10
  with
• 36:10
  their
• 36:10
  first
• 36:11
  six
• 36:11
  singles
• 36:11
  and
• 36:12
  the
• 36:12
  first
• 36:12
  to
• 36:13
  debut
• 36:13
  at
• 36:13
  number
• 36:14
  one
• 36:14
  in
• 36:14
  the
• 36:14
  chart
• 36:15
  five
• 36:15
  times
• 36:16
  in
• 36:16
  a
• 36:16
  row.
• 36:18
  The
• 36:18
  premiere
• 36:18
  for
• 36:18
  Spice
• 36:19
  World
• 36:19
  was
• 36:19
  held
• 36:20
  at
• 36:20
  the
• 36:20
  Empire
• 36:20
  Cinema
• 36:21
  in
• 36:21
  Leicester
• 36:21
  Square
• 36:22
  on
• 36:22
  15th
• 36:23
  December
• 36:24
  1997
• 36:25
  and
• 36:25
  was
• 36:26
  a
• 36:26
  who's
• 36:26
  who
• 36:26
  of
• 36:27
  celebrity
• 36:27
  guests
• 36:28
  including
• 36:29
  the
• 36:29
  then
• 36:30
  Prince
• 36:30
  Charles
• 36:31
  and
• 36:31
  the
• 36:31
  young
• 36:31
  princes
• 36:32
  William
• 36:33
  and
• 36:33
  Harry,
• 36:33
  who,
• 36:34
  let's
• 36:34
  remember,
• 36:35
  had
• 36:35
  lost
• 36:36
  their
• 36:36
  mother
• 36:37
  just
• 36:37
  a
• 36:37
  few
• 36:37
  months
• 36:38
  prior.
• 36:39
  The
• 36:39
  movie
• 36:39
  had
• 36:40
  referenced
• 36:40
  Diana,
• 36:41
  Princess
• 36:41
  of
• 36:41
  Wales
• 36:42
  originally,
• 36:43
  but
• 36:43
  the
• 36:43
  reference
• 36:43
  was
• 36:44
  removed
• 36:44
  before
• 36:44
  release,
• 36:45
  as
• 36:45
  well
• 36:46
  as
• 36:46
  a
• 36:46
  reference
• 36:46
  to
• 36:47
  designer
• 36:47
  Gianni
• 36:48
  Versace,
• 36:49
  both
• 36:49
  of
• 36:49
  whom
• 36:50
  passed
• 36:50
  away
• 36:50
  in
• 36:51
  summer
• 36:51
  1997.
• 36:53
  Also
• 36:54
  removed
• 36:54
  from
• 36:54
  the
• 36:54
  movie
• 36:55
  prior
• 36:55
  to
• 36:55
  release
• 36:56
  was
• 36:56
  a
• 36:56
  scene
• 36:57
  involving
• 36:57
  Gary
• 36:58
  Glitter,
• 36:58
  who
• 36:59
  was
• 36:59
  arrested
• 36:59
  just
• 37:00
  before
• 37:00
  release
• 37:00
  and
• 37:01
  faced
• 37:01
  trial
• 37:01
  for
• 37:02
  child
• 37:02
  abuse
• 37:03
  and
• 37:03
  child
• 37:03
  pornography
• 37:04
  charges.
• 37:05
  His
• 37:05
  song
• 37:06
  I'm
• 37:06
  the
• 37:06
  Leader
• 37:07
  of
• 37:07
  the
• 37:07
  Gang,
• 37:07
  I
• 37:07
  Am
• 37:08
  sung
• 37:08
  by
• 37:09
  the
• 37:09
  Spice
• 37:09
  Girls
• 37:10
  remains
• 37:10
  in
• 37:11
  the
• 37:11
  movie.
• 37:12
  Spice
• 37:12
  World
• 37:13
  was
• 37:13
  released
• 37:13
  in
• 37:13
  the
• 37:14
  UK
• 37:14
  on
• 37:14
  26
• 37:15
  December
• 37:16
  1997
• 37:17
  and
• 37:17
  was
• 37:18
  a
• 37:18
  box
• 37:18
  office
• 37:18
  success,
• 37:19
  hitting
• 37:20
  number
• 37:20
  one
• 37:20
  at
• 37:21
  the
• 37:21
  UK
• 37:21
  box
• 37:21
  office
• 37:22
  and
• 37:22
  grossing
• 37:23
  2.3
• 37:23
  million
• 37:24
  pounds
• 37:24
  during
• 37:25
  its
• 37:25
  opening
• 37:25
  weekend.
• 37:26
  It
• 37:27
  also
• 37:27
  set
• 37:27
  a
• 37:27
  record
• 37:28
  opening
• 37:28
  week
• 37:29
  gross
• 37:29
  for
• 37:29
  a
• 37:29
  British
• 37:30
  film
• 37:30
  in
• 37:30
  the
• 37:30
  UK
• 37:31
  with
• 37:31
  4.8
• 37:32
  million
• 37:33
  pounds.
• 37:34
  It
• 37:34
  was
• 37:34
  released
• 37:35
  on
• 37:35
  23rd
• 37:35
  January
• 37:36
  1998
• 37:37
  in
• 37:37
  the
• 37:37
  US
• 37:38
  and
• 37:38
  reached
• 37:39
  number
• 37:39
  two
• 37:39
  in
• 37:39
  the
• 37:39
  box
• 37:40
  office
• 37:40
  after
• 37:40
  Titanic,
• 37:41
  which
• 37:42
  had
• 37:42
  been
• 37:42
  out
• 37:42
  for
• 37:42
  six
• 37:43
  weeks.
• 37:44
  It
• 37:44
  had
• 37:44
  the
• 37:44
  highest
• 37:45
  ever
• 37:45
  weekend
• 37:45
  debut
• 37:46
  for
• 37:46
  super
• 37:46
  bowl
• 37:47
  weekend
• 37:47
  with
• 37:48
  box
• 37:48
  office
• 37:48
  sales
• 37:49
  of
• 37:49
  $10.5
• 37:50
  million
• 37:51
  that
• 37:51
  first
• 37:51
  weekend
• 37:53
  on
• 37:53
  its
• 37:54
  25
• 37:54
  million
• 37:55
  dollar
• 37:55
  budget,
• 37:56
  Spice
• 37:56
  World
• 37:56
  grossed
• 37:57
  $56
• 37:58
  million
• 37:58
  worldwide
• 38:00
  and
• 38:00
  when
• 38:00
  it
• 38:00
  was
• 38:00
  released
• 38:00
  on
• 38:01
  VHS
• 38:01
  in
• 38:02
  May
• 38:02
  1998,
• 38:03
  it
• 38:04
  was
• 38:04
  number
• 38:04
  one
• 38:04
  in
• 38:05
  the
• 38:05
  UK
• 38:05
  video
• 38:06
  charts
• 38:06
  for
• 38:06
  six
• 38:07
  consecutive
• 38:07
  weeks,
• 38:08
  certified
• 38:09
  11
• 38:09
  times
• 38:10
  platinum
• 38:11
  and
• 38:11
  was
• 38:11
  the
• 38:11
  ninth
• 38:12
  best
• 38:12
  selling
• 38:12
  VHS
• 38:13
  of
• 38:13
  1998
• 38:14
  in
• 38:14
  the
• 38:14
  UK.
• 38:16
  In
• 38:16
  the
• 38:16
  US
• 38:16
  the
• 38:17
  VHS
• 38:17
  was
• 38:18
  number
• 38:18
  one
• 38:18
  on
• 38:18
  the
• 38:18
  video
• 38:19
  charts
• 38:19
  for
• 38:19
  five
• 38:20
  consecutive
• 38:20
  weeks
• 38:21
  and
• 38:21
  was
• 38:21
  the
• 38:21
  fifth
• 38:22
  best
• 38:22
  selling
• 38:22
  video
• 38:23
  of
• 38:23
  1998.
• 38:25
  Spice
• 38:25
  World
• 38:26
  was
• 38:26
  released
• 38:26
  on
• 38:26
  DVD
• 38:27
  for
• 38:27
  the
• 38:27
  10th
• 38:27
  anniversary
• 38:28
  in
• 38:28
  November
• 38:29
  2007
• 38:30
  and
• 38:30
  again
• 38:31
  for
• 38:31
  the
• 38:31
  20th
• 38:32
  anniversary
• 38:32
  in
• 38:32
  2018
• 38:34
  and
• 38:34
  was
• 38:34
  re
• 38:34
  released
• 38:35
  in
• 38:35
  cinemas
• 38:35
  in
• 38:35
  the
• 38:36
  UK,
• 38:36
  Ireland
• 38:37
  and
• 38:37
  Australia
• 38:38
  in
• 38:38
  2017
• 38:39
  for
• 38:39
  the
• 38:40
  20th
• 38:40
  anniversary.
• 38:42
  Despite
• 38:42
  all
• 38:42
  this,
• 38:43
  the
• 38:43
  movie
• 38:43
  is
• 38:43
  remarkably
• 38:44
  difficult
• 38:44
  to
• 38:45
  get
• 38:45
  hold
• 38:45
  of
• 38:45
  with
• 38:46
  second
• 38:46
  hand
• 38:46
  DVD
• 38:47
  copies
• 38:47
  selling
• 38:48
  for
• 38:48
  over
• 38:48
  £20
• 38:50
  and
• 38:50
  no
• 38:50
  availability
• 38:51
  on
• 38:51
  any
• 38:52
  streaming
• 38:52
  or
• 38:52
  rental
• 38:53
  service
• 38:53
  here
• 38:54
  in
• 38:54
  the
• 38:54
  uk,
• 38:55
  likely
• 38:55
  due
• 38:56
  to
• 38:56
  the
• 38:56
  rights
• 38:56
  associated
• 38:57
  with
• 38:57
  the
• 38:58
  music
• 38:58
  contained
• 38:59
  within
• 38:59
  the
• 38:59
  movie,
• 39:00
  or
• 39:00
  Perhaps
• 39:01
  because
• 39:01
  the
• 39:01
  30th
• 39:02
  anniversary
• 39:03
  is
• 39:03
  looming
• 39:04
  and
• 39:04
  maybe
• 39:04
  they
• 39:04
  want
• 39:05
  to
• 39:05
  re
• 39:05
  release
• 39:05
  it
• 39:05
  for
• 39:06
  that
• 39:06
  spice
• 39:07
  world
• 39:07
  in
• 39:07
  4k
• 39:08
  anyone?
• 39:09
  I'm
• 39:09
  not
• 39:09
  suggesting
• 39:10
  it's
• 39:10
  going
• 39:10
  to
• 39:10
  happen,
• 39:10
  but
• 39:11
  it
• 39:11
  probably
• 39:11
  will
• 39:12
  happen
• 39:12
  for
• 39:12
  the
• 39:12
  30th
• 39:13
  anniversary.
• 39:15
  Unsurprisingly,
• 39:16
  critics
• 39:16
  did
• 39:16
  not
• 39:17
  warm
• 39:17
  to
• 39:17
  this
• 39:17
  movie.
• 39:18
  It
• 39:18
  currently
• 39:18
  holds
• 39:19
  a
• 39:19
  35%
• 39:20
  rating
• 39:20
  on
• 39:21
  Rotten
• 39:21
  Tomatoes,
• 39:22
  with
• 39:22
  a
• 39:22
  consensus
• 39:23
  of
• 39:24
  Spice
• 39:24
  World's
• 39:25
  lack
• 39:25
  of
• 39:25
  cohesive
• 39:26
  plot
• 39:26
  will
• 39:27
  likely
• 39:27
  lose
• 39:28
  most
• 39:28
  viewers,
• 39:28
  but
• 39:29
  for
• 39:29
  fans
• 39:29
  of
• 39:29
  the
• 39:29
  titular
• 39:30
  girl
• 39:30
  group,
• 39:30
  there's
• 39:31
  more
• 39:31
  than
• 39:31
  enough
• 39:31
  fun
• 39:31
  to
• 39:32
  be
• 39:32
  had
• 39:32
  in
• 39:33
  their
• 39:33
  wacky,
• 39:34
  albeit
• 39:34
  superficial
• 39:35
  whirlwind
• 39:36
  of
• 39:36
  an
• 39:36
  adventure.
• 39:38
  Roger
• 39:38
  Ebert
• 39:39
  hated
• 39:40
  the
• 39:40
  movie,
• 39:41
  gave
• 39:41
  it
• 39:41
  one
• 39:41
  half
• 39:42
  of
• 39:42
  a
• 39:42
  star,
• 39:42
  saying
• 39:43
  the
• 39:43
  Spice
• 39:44
  Girls
• 39:44
  are
• 39:44
  easier
• 39:45
  to
• 39:45
  tell
• 39:45
  apart
• 39:45
  than
• 39:45
  the
• 39:46
  Mutant
• 39:46
  Ninja
• 39:46
  Turtles,
• 39:47
  but
• 39:47
  that's
• 39:48
  is
• 39:48
  small
• 39:48
  consolation.
• 39:49
  What
• 39:50
  can
• 39:50
  you
• 39:50
  say
• 39:50
  about
• 39:50
  five
• 39:51
  women
• 39:51
  whose
• 39:52
  principal
• 39:52
  distinguishing
• 39:53
  characteristic
• 39:54
  is
• 39:54
  that
• 39:55
  they
• 39:55
  have
• 39:55
  different
• 39:55
  names?
• 39:56
  They
• 39:57
  occupy
• 39:57
  Spice
• 39:58
  World
• 39:58
  as
• 39:58
  if
• 39:58
  they
• 39:59
  were
• 39:59
  watching
• 39:59
  it.
• 40:00
  They're
• 40:00
  so
• 40:00
  detached
• 40:01
  they
• 40:01
  can't
• 40:01
  even
• 40:02
  successfully
• 40:02
  lip
• 40:03
  sync
• 40:03
  their
• 40:03
  own
• 40:03
  songs.
• 40:05
  That's
• 40:05
  pretty
• 40:05
  harsh,
• 40:06
  Rog.
• 40:07
  When
• 40:07
  he
• 40:07
  reviewed
• 40:08
  the
• 40:08
  film
• 40:08
  on
• 40:08
  his
• 40:08
  and
• 40:09
  Gene
• 40:09
  Siskel's
• 40:10
  film
• 40:10
  program,
• 40:10
  Siskel
• 40:11
  and
• 40:11
  Ebert,
• 40:12
  only
• 40:12
  three
• 40:13
  weeks
• 40:13
  into
• 40:13
  1998,
• 40:15
  he
• 40:15
  declared
• 40:15
  that
• 40:15
  he'd
• 40:16
  already
• 40:16
  seen
• 40:16
  the
• 40:17
  worst
• 40:17
  film
• 40:17
  of
• 40:17
  that
• 40:18
  year
• 40:18
  and
• 40:18
  called
• 40:19
  it
• 40:19
  an
• 40:19
  entertainment
• 40:20
  free
• 40:20
  Dead
• 40:21
  Zone.
• 40:21
  He
• 40:22
  included
• 40:22
  the
• 40:22
  film
• 40:23
  on
• 40:23
  his
• 40:23
  worst
• 40:24
  of
• 40:24
  1998
• 40:25
  special,
• 40:25
  but
• 40:26
  he
• 40:26
  instead
• 40:26
  chose
• 40:27
  Armageddon
• 40:28
  as
• 40:28
  the
• 40:28
  worst
• 40:29
  film
• 40:29
  of
• 40:29
  1998.
• 40:31
  But
• 40:32
  this
• 40:32
  movie
• 40:32
  has
• 40:33
  had
• 40:33
  somewhat
• 40:33
  of
• 40:33
  a
• 40:33
  retrospective
• 40:34
  critical
• 40:35
  reassessment
• 40:36
  over
• 40:36
  the
• 40:36
  years,
• 40:37
  with
• 40:37
  people
• 40:37
  calling
• 40:38
  it
• 40:38
  self
• 40:38
  aware
• 40:39
  and
• 40:39
  smarter
• 40:40
  than
• 40:40
  it
• 40:40
  was
• 40:40
  originally
• 40:41
  given.
• 40:41
  Credit
• 40:42
  for
• 40:42
  something
• 40:42
  I
• 40:43
  agree
• 40:43
  with
• 40:43
  wholeheartedly
• 40:44
  the
• 40:45
  Spice
• 40:45
  Girls
• 40:45
  were
• 40:45
  milking
• 40:46
  the
• 40:47
  very
• 40:47
  male
• 40:47
  dominated,
• 40:48
  occasionally
• 40:49
  sexist
• 40:49
  and
• 40:50
  misogynistic
• 40:50
  music
• 40:51
  industry.
• 40:52
  They
• 40:52
  made
• 40:52
  music
• 40:53
  on
• 40:53
  their
• 40:53
  terms
• 40:54
  and
• 40:54
  they
• 40:54
  weren't
• 40:55
  going
• 40:55
  to
• 40:55
  follow
• 40:55
  the
• 40:55
  rules.
• 40:56
  And
• 40:56
  they
• 40:57
  didn't
• 40:57
  with
• 40:57
  this
• 40:57
  movie
• 40:58
  either.
• 40:59
  It
• 40:59
  was
• 40:59
  nominated
• 41:00
  for
• 41:00
  seven
• 41:00
  Golden
• 41:01
  Raspberry
• 41:01
  Awards,
• 41:02
  including
• 41:03
  Worst
• 41:03
  Actress
• 41:04
  for
• 41:04
  all
• 41:04
  of
• 41:04
  the
• 41:04
  Spice
• 41:05
  Girls,
• 41:05
  Worst
• 41:06
  New
• 41:06
  Star
• 41:06
  for
• 41:07
  all
• 41:07
  of
• 41:07
  the
• 41:07
  Spice
• 41:07
  Girls,
• 41:08
  Worst
• 41:08
  Original
• 41:09
  Song
• 41:09
  for
• 41:09
  Too
• 41:10
  Much,
• 41:10
  Worst
• 41:11
  Picture,
• 41:11
  Worst
• 41:12
  Screenplay,
• 41:13
  Worst
• 41:13
  Supporting
• 41:14
  Actor
• 41:14
  for
• 41:14
  Roger
• 41:14
  Moore,
• 41:15
  and
• 41:15
  Worst
• 41:16
  Screen
• 41:16
  Couple
• 41:16
  for
• 41:17
  any
• 41:17
  combination
• 41:17
  of
• 41:18
  two
• 41:18
  people,
• 41:18
  body
• 41:19
  parts
• 41:19
  or
• 41:19
  fashion
• 41:20
  accessories.
• 41:21
  The
• 41:21
  Spice
• 41:22
  Girls
• 41:22
  won
• 41:22
  Worst
• 41:23
  Actress
• 41:23
  over
• 41:24
  Yasmine
• 41:24
  Bleeth,
• 41:25
  Anne
• 41:25
  Heche,
• 41:26
  Jessica
• 41:26
  Lange
• 41:27
  and
• 41:27
  Uma
• 41:28
  Thurman.
• 41:29
  The
• 41:29
  movie
• 41:30
  was
• 41:30
  also
• 41:30
  honored,
• 41:31
  I
• 41:31
  guess
• 41:31
  that's
• 41:31
  a
• 41:32
  loose
• 41:32
  term
• 41:32
  in
• 41:33
  the
• 41:33
  Golden
• 41:33
  Raspberry
• 41:34
  awards
• 41:34
  in
• 41:34
  2004
• 41:36
  in
• 41:36
  the
• 41:36
  category
• 41:36
  of
• 41:37
  worst
• 41:37
  musical
• 41:38
  of
• 41:38
  our
• 41:38
  first
• 41:39
  25
• 41:39
  years.
• 41:40
  Nominated
• 41:41
  against
• 41:41
  Can't
• 41:42
  Stop
• 41:42
  the
• 41:42
  Music,
• 41:43
  Glitter,
• 41:44
  Rhinestone
• 41:45
  and
• 41:45
  Xanadu,
• 41:46
  along
• 41:47
  with
• 41:47
  the
• 41:47
  eventual
• 41:47
  winner
• 41:48
  From
• 41:48
  Justin
• 41:49
  to
• 41:49
  Kelly.
• 41:50
  Another
• 41:50
  movie
• 41:51
  written
• 41:51
  by
• 41:51
  Kim
• 41:52
  Fuller
• 41:53
  starring
• 41:53
  American
• 41:53
  Idol
• 41:54
  winner
• 41:54
  Kelly
• 41:55
  Clarkson,
• 41:56
  Needing
• 41:57
  five
• 41:57
  for
• 41:57
  the
• 41:57
  Power
• 41:57
  of
• 41:58
  Spice
• 41:58
  turned
• 41:58
  out
• 41:59
  to
• 41:59
  be
• 41:59
  remarkably
• 42:00
  prophetic.
• 42:01
  Within
• 42:01
  six
• 42:02
  months
• 42:02
  of
• 42:02
  Spice
• 42:02
  World's
• 42:03
  release
• 42:04
  in
• 42:04
  May
• 42:04
  1998,
• 42:06
  Ginger
• 42:06
  Spice,
• 42:07
  Geri
• 42:07
  Halliwel
• 42:08
  left
• 42:08
  the
• 42:08
  Spice
• 42:08
  Girls
• 42:09
  citing
• 42:10
  exhaustion
• 42:10
  and
• 42:11
  creative
• 42:11
  differences.
• 42:12
  Rumors
• 42:13
  of
• 42:13
  a
• 42:13
  power
• 42:13
  struggle
• 42:14
  with
• 42:14
  Mel
• 42:14
  B
• 42:15
  surfaced
• 42:15
  and
• 42:16
  young
• 42:16
  fans
• 42:16
  were
• 42:16
  left
• 42:17
  reeling
• 42:17
  at
• 42:17
  the
• 42:18
  news.
• 42:18
  The
• 42:19
  remaining
• 42:19
  members
• 42:19
  assured
• 42:20
  everyone
• 42:20
  they
• 42:21
  would
• 42:21
  carry
• 42:21
  on
• 42:21
  as
• 42:22
  a
• 42:22
  foursome.
• 42:23
  They
• 42:23
  continued
• 42:24
  with
• 42:24
  their
• 42:24
  planned
• 42:24
  North
• 42:25
  American
• 42:25
  leg
• 42:25
  of
• 42:26
  the
• 42:26
  Spice
• 42:26
  World
• 42:26
  tour
• 42:27
  and
• 42:28
  released
• 42:28
  Viva
• 42:28
  Forever
• 42:29
  with
• 42:29
  the
• 42:29
  stop
• 42:30
  motion
• 42:30
  animated
• 42:30
  video
• 42:31
  still,
• 42:31
  including
• 42:32
  Ginger
• 42:32
  Spice.
• 42:34
  1998
• 42:35
  also
• 42:35
  led
• 42:35
  to
• 42:36
  pregnancy
• 42:36
  announcements,
• 42:37
  with
• 42:37
  both
• 42:37
  Mel
• 42:38
  B
• 42:38
  and
• 42:38
  Victoria
• 42:39
  expecting.
• 42:40
  Both
• 42:40
  gave
• 42:41
  birth
• 42:41
  in
• 42:41
  early
• 42:41
  1998
• 42:43
  to
• 42:43
  Phoenix
• 42:44
  and
• 42:44
  Brooklyn,
• 42:45
  respectively,
• 42:45
  and
• 42:46
  Victoria
• 42:46
  would
• 42:47
  shortly
• 42:47
  after
• 42:48
  marry
• 42:48
  footballer
• 42:49
  David
• 42:49
  Beckham
• 42:50
  in
• 42:50
  a
• 42:50
  lavish
• 42:51
  ceremony.
• 42:52
  By
• 42:52
  1999,
• 42:53
  Mel
• 42:54
  B,
• 42:54
  Mel
• 42:54
  C
• 42:55
  and
• 42:55
  Emma
• 42:55
  had
• 42:56
  all
• 42:56
  released
• 42:56
  solo
• 42:57
  music,
• 42:57
  and
• 42:57
  in
• 42:58
  2000,
• 42:58
  the
• 42:58
  Spice
• 42:59
  Girls
• 42:59
  released
• 43:00
  their
• 43:00
  final
• 43:00
  album,
• 43:01
  Forever.
• 43:02
  They
• 43:02
  ceased
• 43:03
  promotional
• 43:03
  activities
• 43:04
  in
• 43:04
  December
• 43:04
  2000
• 43:05
  as
• 43:05
  they
• 43:06
  began
• 43:06
  an
• 43:06
  indefinite
• 43:07
  hiatus
• 43:07
  to
• 43:08
  concentrate
• 43:08
  on
• 43:08
  their
• 43:09
  solo
• 43:09
  careers.
• 43:10
  Insisting
• 43:10
  that
• 43:11
  the
• 43:11
  group
• 43:11
  was
• 43:11
  not
• 43:12
  splitting
• 43:12
  up,
• 43:13
  all
• 43:14
  five
• 43:14
  members
• 43:14
  would
• 43:15
  return
• 43:15
  for
• 43:15
  a
• 43:15
  worldwide
• 43:16
  concert
• 43:16
  tour
• 43:17
  in
• 43:17
  2007.
• 43:18
  The
• 43:18
  return
• 43:19
  of
• 43:19
  the
• 43:19
  Spice
• 43:19
  Girls
• 43:20
  tickets
• 43:21
  would
• 43:21
  sell
• 43:21
  out
• 43:21
  for
• 43:21
  the
• 43:21
  first
• 43:22
  London
• 43:22
  date
• 43:22
  in
• 43:23
  38
• 43:24
  seconds.
• 43:25
  In
• 43:25
  2010,
• 43:26
  they
• 43:26
  collaborated
• 43:26
  with
• 43:27
  Judy
• 43:27
  Kramer
• 43:28
  and
• 43:28
  Jennifer
• 43:28
  Saunders
• 43:29
  for
• 43:29
  Viva
• 43:29
  Forever,
• 43:30
  a
• 43:30
  stage
• 43:31
  jukebox
• 43:31
  musical.
• 43:32
  Viva
• 43:33
  Forever
• 43:33
  premiered
• 43:34
  at
• 43:34
  the
• 43:34
  West
• 43:34
  End's
• 43:35
  Piccadilly
• 43:35
  Theatre
• 43:35
  in
• 43:36
  December
• 43:36
  2012
• 43:37
  with
• 43:37
  all
• 43:37
  five
• 43:38
  Spice
• 43:38
  Girls
• 43:39
  in
• 43:39
  attendance,
• 43:40
  but
• 43:40
  it
• 43:40
  was
• 43:40
  panned
• 43:40
  by
• 43:41
  critics
• 43:41
  and
• 43:41
  closed
• 43:42
  after
• 43:42
  seven
• 43:42
  months
• 43:43
  with
• 43:43
  a
• 43:43
  loss
• 43:44
  of
• 43:44
  at
• 43:44
  least
• 43:44
  5
• 43:45
  million
• 43:45
  pounds.
• 43:46
  In
• 43:46
  August
• 43:47
  2012,
• 43:48
  all
• 43:48
  five
• 43:48
  Spice
• 43:49
  Girls
• 43:49
  performed
• 43:50
  at
• 43:50
  the
• 43:50
  2012
• 43:51
  Summer
• 43:51
  Olympics
• 43:51
  closing
• 43:52
  ceremony
• 43:52
  in
• 43:53
  London.
• 43:54
  But
• 43:54
  despite
• 43:54
  the
• 43:55
  relative
• 43:55
  up
• 43:55
  and
• 43:56
  downs
• 43:56
  post
• 43:56
  Spice
• 43:57
  World,
• 43:58
  it
• 43:58
  didn't
• 43:58
  mean
• 43:58
  a
• 43:59
  sequel
• 43:59
  wasn't
• 43:59
  talked
• 44:00
  about
• 44:00
  as
• 44:01
  recently
• 44:01
  as
• 44:01
  for
• 44:02
  the
• 44:02
  25th
• 44:02
  anniversary
• 44:03
  in
• 44:03
  2021.
• 44:04
  There
• 44:05
  was
• 44:05
  a
• 44:05
  rumor
• 44:05
  they
• 44:06
  were
• 44:06
  looking
• 44:06
  for
• 44:06
  writers
• 44:07
  for
• 44:07
  a
• 44:07
  potential
• 44:08
  animated
• 44:08
  sequel,
• 44:09
  but
• 44:10
  it's
• 44:10
  unlikely
• 44:10
  Posh
• 44:11
  AKA
• 44:12
  Victoria
• 44:12
  Adams,
• 44:13
  then
• 44:13
  Victoria
• 44:14
  Beckham,
• 44:15
  now
• 44:15
  Victoria
• 44:16
  Lady
• 44:16
  Beckham
• 44:17
  would
• 44:17
  be
• 44:17
  involved
• 44:18
  because
• 44:18
  she's
• 44:19
  Lady
• 44:19
  Beckham
• 44:20
  and
• 44:20
  also
• 44:20
  arguably
• 44:21
  has
• 44:21
  had
• 44:21
  the
• 44:22
  most
• 44:22
  success
• 44:22
  post
• 44:23
  Spice
• 44:23
  Girls
• 44:24
  in
• 44:24
  her
• 44:24
  career
• 44:25
  as
• 44:25
  a
• 44:25
  high
• 44:25
  end
• 44:26
  fashion
• 44:26
  designer.
• 44:27
  But
• 44:28
  Spice
• 44:28
  World
• 44:28
  is
• 44:29
  a
• 44:29
  movie
• 44:29
  that
• 44:30
  wouldn't
• 44:30
  be
• 44:30
  made
• 44:31
  today.
• 44:31
  It
• 44:32
  is
• 44:32
  a
• 44:32
  time
• 44:32
  capsule
• 44:33
  of
• 44:33
  90s
• 44:34
  film
• 44:34
  and
• 44:34
  music
• 44:35
  meshed
• 44:35
  together
• 44:36
  in
• 44:36
  a
• 44:36
  movie
• 44:36
  that's
• 44:37
  more
• 44:37
  a
• 44:37
  sequence
• 44:38
  of
• 44:38
  vignettes
• 44:39
  than
• 44:39
  an
• 44:39
  actual
• 44:40
  story.
• 44:40
  As
• 44:41
  a
• 44:41
  movie,
• 44:41
  a
• 44:42
  piece
• 44:42
  of
• 44:42
  narrative,
• 44:43
  it's
• 44:43
  not
• 44:44
  really
• 44:44
  the
• 44:44
  Godfather,
• 44:45
  let's
• 44:45
  be
• 44:45
  honest,
• 44:45
  but
• 44:46
  as
• 44:46
  a
• 44:46
  piece
• 44:46
  of
• 44:46
  history.
• 44:47
  A
• 44:47
  look
• 44:48
  into
• 44:48
  the
• 44:48
  complexities
• 44:49
  of
• 44:49
  90s
• 44:49
  nostalgia,
• 44:50
  feminism,
• 44:51
  pop
• 44:52
  music,
• 44:52
  Cool
• 44:53
  Britannia
• 44:53
  and
• 44:54
  women
• 44:54
  in
• 44:54
  male
• 44:55
  dominated
• 44:55
  industries.
• 44:56
  It's
• 44:56
  a
• 44:57
  really
• 44:57
  fascinating
• 44:58
  and
• 44:58
  important
• 44:59
  piece
• 44:59
  of
• 44:59
  pop
• 44:59
  culture.
• 45:00
  For
• 45:01
  one,
• 45:01
  it
• 45:01
  aces
• 45:02
  the
• 45:02
  Bechdel
• 45:02
  test.
• 45:03
  The
• 45:03
  test
• 45:04
  created
• 45:04
  by
• 45:04
  Alison
• 45:04
  Bechdel
• 45:05
  about
• 45:05
  female
• 45:05
  presence
• 45:06
  on
• 45:06
  screen
• 45:06
  and
• 45:07
  whether
• 45:07
  they
• 45:07
  only
• 45:07
  talk
• 45:07
  about
• 45:08
  men.
• 45:08
  The
• 45:09
  Spice
• 45:09
  Girls
• 45:09
  reference
• 45:10
  men
• 45:10
  and
• 45:10
  speak
• 45:11
  to
• 45:11
  men
• 45:11
  on
• 45:11
  occasion,
• 45:12
  but
• 45:12
  it's
• 45:12
  mostly
• 45:13
  all
• 45:13
  about
• 45:13
  female
• 45:14
  centric
• 45:14
  conversation.
• 45:15
  There
• 45:16
  are
• 45:16
  no
• 45:16
  love
• 45:17
  interests.
• 45:17
  The
• 45:18
  love
• 45:18
  on
• 45:18
  screen
• 45:19
  is
• 45:19
  between
• 45:19
  the
• 45:19
  Spice
• 45:20
  Girls
• 45:20
  themselves.
• 45:21
  The
• 45:22
  male
• 45:22
  characters
• 45:22
  are
• 45:23
  mostly
• 45:23
  just
• 45:23
  cliched.
• 45:24
  The
• 45:25
  highly
• 45:25
  strung
• 45:25
  manager,
• 45:26
  the
• 45:26
  spitting
• 45:26
  evil
• 45:27
  newspaper
• 45:27
  boss,
• 45:27
  the
• 45:28
  man
• 45:28
  of
• 45:28
  few
• 45:28
  words,
• 45:29
  pulling
• 45:29
  all
• 45:29
  the
• 45:29
  strings
• 45:30
  and
• 45:30
  speaking
• 45:30
  in
• 45:30
  metaphors.
• 45:32
  Now,
• 45:32
  the
• 45:32
  Spice
• 45:33
  Girls
• 45:33
  themselves
• 45:33
  were
• 45:34
  a
• 45:34
  manufactured
• 45:35
  band,
• 45:36
  unlike
• 45:36
  how
• 45:36
  the
• 45:36
  movie
• 45:37
  itself
• 45:37
  frames
• 45:38
  their
• 45:38
  history
• 45:38
  as
• 45:38
  being
• 45:39
  lifelong
• 45:39
  friends
• 45:40
  who
• 45:40
  met
• 45:40
  in
• 45:40
  a
• 45:40
  coffee
• 45:41
  shop
• 45:41
  to
• 45:41
  sing
• 45:41
  their
• 45:41
  songs.
• 45:42
  They
• 45:43
  were
• 45:43
  created
• 45:43
  by
• 45:44
  men
• 45:44
  to
• 45:44
  sell
• 45:45
  records.
• 45:46
  They
• 45:46
  would
• 45:46
  ultimately
• 45:47
  become
• 45:47
  bigger
• 45:47
  than
• 45:48
  either
• 45:48
  Bob
• 45:48
  and
• 45:48
  Chris
• 45:49
  Herbert
• 45:49
  or
• 45:50
  even
• 45:50
  Simon
• 45:50
  Fuller
• 45:51
  could
• 45:51
  control.
• 45:52
  Indeed,
• 45:52
  they
• 45:53
  sacked
• 45:53
  Fuller
• 45:54
  just
• 45:54
  before
• 45:54
  the
• 45:54
  movie
• 45:55
  came
• 45:55
  out.
• 45:56
  They
• 45:56
  were
• 45:56
  an
• 45:57
  uncontrollable
• 45:58
  force
• 45:58
  of
• 45:58
  nature.
• 45:59
  That's
• 45:59
  why
• 45:59
  young
• 46:00
  girls
• 46:00
  specifically
• 46:01
  were
• 46:01
  drawn
• 46:01
  to
• 46:01
  them.
• 46:02
  They
• 46:02
  were
• 46:03
  rebellious,
• 46:04
  anarchic
• 46:04
  and
• 46:05
  completely
• 46:05
  unique.
• 46:06
  Every
• 46:07
  young
• 46:07
  girl
• 46:07
  could
• 46:07
  relate
• 46:08
  to
• 46:08
  one
• 46:08
  member.
• 46:09
  Every
• 46:09
  friend
• 46:10
  group
• 46:10
  had
• 46:11
  that
• 46:11
  sporty
• 46:12
  friend
• 46:12
  or
• 46:12
  that
• 46:13
  slightly
• 46:13
  posh
• 46:13
  friend
• 46:14
  who
• 46:14
  had
• 46:14
  Sky
• 46:14
  TV
• 46:15
  at
• 46:15
  home.
• 46:15
  That
• 46:15
  was
• 46:16
  probably
• 46:16
  me.
• 46:17
  The
• 46:17
  fact
• 46:17
  they
• 46:17
  weren't
• 46:18
  polished,
• 46:18
  that
• 46:19
  they
• 46:19
  were
• 46:19
  fairly
• 46:19
  ordinary,
• 46:20
  made
• 46:21
  it
• 46:21
  easy
• 46:21
  to
• 46:21
  see
• 46:22
  ourselves
• 46:22
  in
• 46:22
  them.
• 46:23
  And
• 46:23
  while
• 46:24
  it's
• 46:24
  easy
• 46:24
  to
• 46:24
  criticise
• 46:25
  the
• 46:25
  movie
• 46:25
  as
• 46:26
  them
• 46:26
  not
• 46:26
  being
• 46:26
  able
• 46:27
  to
• 46:27
  act.
• 46:28
  Listen.
• 46:28
  Victoria's
• 46:29
  one
• 46:29
  liners
• 46:30
  may
• 46:30
  not
• 46:30
  be
• 46:31
  intentional,
• 46:31
  but
• 46:32
  she
• 46:32
  is
• 46:32
  the
• 46:32
  silent
• 46:33
  assassin
• 46:34
  of
• 46:34
  comedy
• 46:34
  in
• 46:34
  this
• 46:35
  movie.
• 46:36
  None
• 46:36
  of
• 46:36
  the
• 46:36
  Spice
• 46:37
  Girls
• 46:37
  had
• 46:37
  the
• 46:37
  talents
• 46:38
  of
• 46:38
  Adele
• 46:38
  or
• 46:38
  Ariana
• 46:39
  Grande
• 46:40
  in
• 46:40
  the
• 46:40
  singing
• 46:40
  departments.
• 46:41
  Except
• 46:41
  maybe
• 46:42
  Mel
• 46:42
  C.
• 46:42
  Whose
• 46:43
  debut
• 46:43
  solo
• 46:44
  album
• 46:44
  Northern
• 46:44
  Star
• 46:45
  is
• 46:45
  in
• 46:45
  my
• 46:45
  CD
• 46:46
  collection
• 46:46
  and
• 46:47
  it
• 46:47
  is
• 46:47
  genuinely
• 46:48
  good.
• 46:49
  But
• 46:49
  what
• 46:49
  they
• 46:49
  lacked
• 46:50
  in
• 46:50
  talent
• 46:50
  they
• 46:50
  made
• 46:51
  up
• 46:51
  for
• 46:51
  in
• 46:52
  genuine
• 46:53
  heartfelt
• 46:54
  self
• 46:54
  belief
• 46:54
  and
• 46:55
  the
• 46:55
  confidence
• 46:55
  to
• 46:55
  just
• 46:56
  do
• 46:56
  it
• 46:56
  anyway.
• 46:57
  Which
• 46:57
  is
• 46:57
  something
• 46:57
  many
• 46:58
  young
• 46:58
  women
• 46:58
  lack,
• 46:59
  myself
• 46:59
  included.
• 47:00
  So
• 47:01
  maybe
• 47:01
  we
• 47:01
  should
• 47:01
  all
• 47:01
  be
• 47:02
  a
• 47:02
  bit
• 47:02
  more
• 47:02
  Spice
• 47:03
  Girls
• 47:04
  Whether
• 47:04
  Girl
• 47:05
  power
• 47:05
  was
• 47:05
  a
• 47:05
  manufactured
• 47:06
  phrase
• 47:06
  simply
• 47:07
  to
• 47:07
  sell
• 47:07
  records
• 47:08
  and
• 47:08
  merch,
• 47:08
  or
• 47:09
  third
• 47:09
  wave
• 47:10
  feminism
• 47:10
  being
• 47:11
  made
• 47:11
  palatable
• 47:12
  for
• 47:12
  young
• 47:12
  Girls
• 47:12
  in
• 47:12
  the
• 47:12
  90s,
• 47:13
  it's
• 47:14
  hard
• 47:14
  to
• 47:14
  deny
• 47:14
  the
• 47:14
  cultural
• 47:15
  shift
• 47:15
  the
• 47:15
  Spice
• 47:16
  Girls
• 47:16
  had.
• 47:17
  They
• 47:17
  were
• 47:17
  unlike
• 47:18
  any
• 47:18
  other
• 47:18
  group
• 47:19
  regardless
• 47:19
  of
• 47:19
  music
• 47:20
  genre.
• 47:21
  They
• 47:21
  talked
• 47:21
  about
• 47:21
  bodily
• 47:22
  autonomy,
• 47:23
  femininity,
• 47:24
  identity
• 47:25
  and
• 47:25
  opposed
• 47:25
  rigid
• 47:26
  gender
• 47:26
  narratives
• 47:27
  in
• 47:27
  a
• 47:28
  consumer
• 47:28
  friendly
• 47:29
  and
• 47:29
  accessible
• 47:30
  way.
• 47:30
  You
• 47:31
  were
• 47:31
  never
• 47:31
  just
• 47:31
  one
• 47:32
  Spice
• 47:32
  Girl
• 47:32
  throughout
• 47:33
  your
• 47:33
  life.
• 47:33
  You
• 47:34
  could
• 47:34
  start
• 47:34
  as
• 47:35
  Baby
• 47:35
  and
• 47:35
  become
• 47:36
  Ginger.
• 47:37
  They
• 47:37
  talked
• 47:37
  about
• 47:38
  sexuality
• 47:39
  and
• 47:39
  sex
• 47:39
  positivity
• 47:40
  through
• 47:40
  their
• 47:40
  music,
• 47:41
  but
• 47:41
  they
• 47:41
  were
• 47:42
  never
• 47:42
  overtly
• 47:43
  sexual.
• 47:44
  The
• 47:44
  long
• 47:44
  standing
• 47:44
  rumor
• 47:45
  that
• 47:45
  Mel
• 47:45
  B
• 47:46
  and
• 47:46
  Geri
• 47:46
  were
• 47:46
  in
• 47:46
  a
• 47:47
  relationship
• 47:47
  during
• 47:47
  the
• 47:48
  heyday
• 47:48
  of
• 47:48
  the
• 47:48
  Spice
• 47:48
  Girls
• 47:49
  was
• 47:49
  all
• 47:50
  but
• 47:50
  confirmed
• 47:50
  by
• 47:50
  Mel
• 47:51
  B
• 47:51
  in
• 47:51
  an
• 47:51
  interview.
• 47:52
  Mel
• 47:53
  B
• 47:53
  herself
• 47:54
  has
• 47:54
  been
• 47:54
  instrumental
• 47:55
  to
• 47:55
  the
• 47:55
  visibility
• 47:56
  of
• 47:56
  natural
• 47:56
  black
• 47:57
  hairstyles
• 47:58
  in
• 47:58
  representation
• 47:59
  in
• 47:59
  media.
• 48:00
  She
• 48:01
  challenged
• 48:01
  the
• 48:01
  90s
• 48:02
  beauty
• 48:02
  standards
• 48:02
  by
• 48:03
  having
• 48:03
  her
• 48:03
  hair
• 48:04
  natural
• 48:04
  by
• 48:05
  literally
• 48:05
  being
• 48:05
  proud
• 48:06
  of
• 48:06
  her
• 48:06
  roots
• 48:07
  and
• 48:07
  defying
• 48:07
  suggestions
• 48:08
  to
• 48:08
  straighten
• 48:09
  her
• 48:09
  hair.
• 48:10
  The
• 48:10
  fact
• 48:10
  she
• 48:11
  was
• 48:11
  nicknamed
• 48:11
  Scary
• 48:12
  Spice
• 48:12
  feels
• 48:13
  icky
• 48:13
  looking
• 48:13
  back,
• 48:14
  but
• 48:14
  Mel
• 48:15
  B
• 48:15
  had
• 48:15
  a
• 48:15
  voice.
• 48:16
  All
• 48:16
  the
• 48:16
  Spice
• 48:17
  Girls
• 48:17
  had
• 48:17
  a
• 48:18
  voice,
• 48:18
  but
• 48:18
  she
• 48:19
  used
• 48:19
  it
• 48:19
  louder
• 48:20
  than
• 48:20
  most
• 48:20
  and
• 48:20
  wasn't
• 48:21
  afraid
• 48:21
  to
• 48:21
  clap
• 48:21
  back.
• 48:22
  And
• 48:22
  good
• 48:22
  for
• 48:23
  her.
• 48:23
  I'm
• 48:23
  glad
• 48:24
  we
• 48:24
  live
• 48:24
  in
• 48:24
  a
• 48:25
  world
• 48:25
  where
• 48:25
  little
• 48:25
  black
• 48:26
  girls
• 48:26
  can
• 48:26
  see
• 48:26
  her
• 48:27
  in
• 48:27
  all
• 48:27
  her
• 48:28
  natural
• 48:28
  beauty
• 48:29
  being
• 48:29
  one
• 48:30
  fifth
• 48:30
  of
• 48:30
  the
• 48:30
  biggest
• 48:31
  girl
• 48:31
  group
• 48:31
  of
• 48:31
  all
• 48:32
  time.
• 48:33
  And
• 48:33
  this
• 48:33
  movie
• 48:33
  is
• 48:34
  not
• 48:34
  only
• 48:34
  the
• 48:34
  culmination
• 48:35
  of
• 48:35
  their
• 48:35
  incredible
• 48:36
  rise,
• 48:37
  it's
• 48:37
  also
• 48:37
  the
• 48:37
  start
• 48:38
  of
• 48:38
  the
• 48:39
  inevitable
• 48:39
  backlash
• 48:40
  and
• 48:40
  the
• 48:40
  Spice
• 48:41
  Girls
• 48:41
  descending
• 48:42
  from
• 48:42
  the
• 48:42
  throne
• 48:43
  of
• 48:43
  pop.
• 48:43
  But
• 48:44
  hey,
• 48:44
  what
• 48:45
  a
• 48:45
  journey
• 48:45
  it
• 48:45
  was.
• 48:46
  And
• 48:46
  girl
• 48:46
  power
• 48:47
  still
• 48:47
  means
• 48:48
  something
• 48:49
  if
• 48:49
  anything.
• 48:49
  Despite
• 48:50
  their
• 48:50
  issues
• 48:50
  with
• 48:50
  Geri
• 48:51
  leaving
• 48:51
  the
• 48:51
  band
• 48:52
  that
• 48:52
  they
• 48:52
  have
• 48:52
  reunited
• 48:53
  several
• 48:53
  times.
• 48:54
  And
• 48:54
  if
• 48:54
  social
• 48:55
  media
• 48:55
  is
• 48:55
  anything
• 48:56
  to
• 48:56
  go
• 48:56
  by,
• 48:56
  the
• 48:57
  five
• 48:57
  remain
• 48:58
  friends.
• 48:59
  So
• 48:59
  maybe
• 48:59
  despite
• 49:00
  their
• 49:00
  manufactured
• 49:01
  origins,
• 49:02
  friendship
• 49:03
  really
• 49:03
  does
• 49:03
  never
• 49:04
  end.
• 49:07
  Thank
• 49:07
  you
• 49:07
  for
• 49:07
  listening
• 49:08
  and
• 49:08
  as
• 49:09
  always,
• 49:09
  I'd
• 49:09
  love
• 49:09
  to
• 49:09
  hear
• 49:09
  your
• 49:10
  thoughts
• 49:10
  on
• 49:10
  Spice
• 49:11
  World.
• 49:11
  And
• 49:12
  thank
• 49:12
  you
• 49:12
  for
• 49:12
  your
• 49:13
  continued
• 49:13
  support
• 49:14
  of
• 49:14
  this
• 49:14
  podcast.
• 49:15
  If
• 49:16
  you
• 49:16
  like
• 49:16
  this
• 49:16
  episode
• 49:17
  on
• 49:17
  Spice
• 49:17
  World,
• 49:18
  I
• 49:18
  mentioned
• 49:18
  a
• 49:19
  couple
• 49:19
  of
• 49:19
  other
• 49:19
  episodes
• 49:20
  at
• 49:20
  the
• 49:20
  beginning
• 49:20
  of
• 49:21
  this
• 49:21
  one
• 49:21
  and
• 49:22
  I'm
• 49:22
  going
• 49:22
  to
• 49:22
  recommend
• 49:22
  them
• 49:22
  to
• 49:23
  you
• 49:23
  now.
• 49:23
  Episode
• 49:24
  87,
• 49:24
  Josie
• 49:25
  and
• 49:25
  the
• 49:25
  Pussycats
• 49:26
  because
• 49:27
  it
• 49:27
  is
• 49:27
  a
• 49:27
  fantastic
• 49:28
  and
• 49:28
  a
• 49:28
  wholly
• 49:29
  underrated
• 49:29
  movie
• 49:30
  that
• 49:30
  also
• 49:31
  has
• 49:31
  Alan
• 49:31
  Cumming
• 49:32
  in
• 49:32
  it.
• 49:32
  And
• 49:32
  episode
• 49:33
  124
• 49:34
  Romy
• 49:35
  and
• 49:35
  Michele's
• 49:35
  high
• 49:35
  School
• 49:36
  Reunion,
• 49:36
  which
• 49:37
  is
• 49:37
  another
• 49:38
  kind
• 49:38
  of
• 49:38
  underappreciated
• 49:39
  comedy
• 49:40
  that
• 49:40
  has
• 49:41
  Alan
• 49:41
  Cumming
• 49:41
  in
• 49:41
  it.
• 49:42
  So
• 49:42
  there's
• 49:42
  definitely
• 49:43
  an
• 49:43
  Alan
• 49:43
  Cumming
• 49:44
  based
• 49:44
  theme.
• 49:45
  As
• 49:46
  always,
• 49:46
  give
• 49:46
  me
• 49:46
  feedback.
• 49:47
  Let
• 49:47
  me
• 49:47
  know
• 49:47
  what
• 49:47
  you
• 49:47
  think
• 49:48
  of
• 49:48
  my
• 49:48
  recommendations.
• 49:51
  Thank
• 49:51
  you
• 49:51
  for
• 49:51
  listening
• 49:51
  to
• 49:52
  Verbal
• 49:52
  Diorama,
• 49:53
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• 49:53
  totally
• 49:53
  free
• 49:54
  and
• 49:54
  independent
• 49:54
  podcast
• 49:55
  that
• 49:55
  relies
• 49:56
  on
• 49:56
  listener
• 49:57
  support.
• 49:57
  If
• 49:58
  you
• 49:58
  want
• 49:58
  to
• 49:58
  show
• 49:58
  your
• 49:59
  support
• 49:59
  in
• 49:59
  multiple
• 50:00
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• 50:00
  ways,
• 50:01
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• 50:01
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• 50:01
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• 50:02
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• 50:02
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• 50:03
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• 50:35
  A
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  huge
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  the
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• 50:40
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• 50:43
  To
• 50:43
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