Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) with Mary-Anne Megalopowitz & Verbal Diorama

Welcome to DON'T CALL US SHIRLEY! A PARODY MOVIE PODCAST, proudly sponsored this time by Delusion Labs, where high-fashion luxury meets absolute chaos. Hosted by A. J. Black and Matt Latham, Don't Call Us Shirley! explores the breadth of cinematic parody and pastiche across the decades, tackling the great, good and obscure along the way. In this episode, Matt chooses and picks as much a satire as parody in caustic 1999 beauty pageant comedy, Drop Dead Gorgeous. Joined by beauty pageant expert and former winner Mary-Anne Megalopowitz (Ed: I know, an actual guest who shows up!), they discuss the lineage of this kind of comedy, the targets it takes aim at, just how savage the comedy is and whether it would hold up in the modern age, and much more. Will it pass the Latham laugh test? Does it pass the Bechdel test? Did you pass your driving test? Find out! Host / Editor Matt Latham Co-Host A. J. Black (Unexpected) Guest Em aka Verbal Diorama Find the podcast on social media via Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/dontcallusshirley Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: 'Wait in Line' by Martin Klem (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices