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Big White Elephants
Director and Choreographer Rob Marshall once said, ”The thing about movie musicals is that there have been some brilliant ones, but when they’re bad, they’re really bad - big white elephants.” On this podcast, Grace and Scott discuss a range of Movie Musicals, from classics to DCOMs and everything in between to analyze what makes them work or why they’re Big White Elephants!
Episodes
Big White Elephants10. The Sound Of Music (1965) with Marcie
On Episode 10, Grace and Scott are joined by Marcie of the Movie Mixtape podcast to look after too many children, run away from Nazis, and hear that the hills…
Big White Elephants9. Xanadu (1980)
In Xanadu did Kubla Kahn/A stately pleasure-dome decree/Where Alph, the sacred river, ran/Through caverns measureless to man/Down to a sunless sea We don't…
Big White Elephants8. Grease (1978)
Live from Philadelphia, Grace and Scott meet in person to talk about their weekend trip before introducing a conversation about hand choreography…
Big White Elephants7. Gigi (1958)
On episode 7, Grace and Scott travel back to Paris in 1900, admire the lush colors, and thank heaven for...[checks notes] little girls(?!) for Vincente…
Big White Elephants6. Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical (2025)
Covering our first new release, this episode finds Grace and Scott heading off to summer camp, singing some Ben Folds songs around the campfire, digging up a…
Big White Elephants5. Hair (1979)
On Episode 5, Grace and Scott burn their draft cards and go to a Be-In to discuss Miloš Forman's adaptation of Hair (1979). Are the hippies too insufferable?…
Big White Elephants4. The Princess and the Frog (2009) with Tristan Miller
On Episode 4, Grace and Scott are joined by comedian and the host of You Got A Friend In Me, a Randy Newman podcast Tristan Miller to head on down to New…
Big White Elephants3. The Hole (1998)
On Episode 3 of Big White Elephants, Grace and Scott flood their apartments, dance to some calypso, and remember what it was like to live through a pandemic…
Big White Elephants2. Oklahoma (1955)
On episode 2 of Big White Elephants, Grace and Scott take a surrey with the fringe on top to the box social to discuss Fred Zinnemann's adaption of the Rogers…
Big White Elephants1. Chicago (2002)
On this first full episode, Grace and Scott give 'em the old razzle dazzle and discuss Rob Marshall's debut feature film, Chicago (2002). Scott talks about…
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Overture
Welcome to Big White Elephants, the podcast where we discuss movie musicals and whether they actually work or as, Rob Marshall says, they're “a big white…