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My Big Fat Greek Wedding
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This week for their 200th episode Kelley and Jordan go over, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding." In this episode they celebrate their 200th episode, Jordan has some words about the Charlotte airport, they accidentally record a moment of history, and they need Toula to stand up for herself.
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Podcast Milestone and Challenges
00:00:00
Speaker
Hello. Hello. Welcome to So You Think You're Iconic, the movie podcast. and I guess this is our 200th episode. it It could be, question mark. It's looking like it is. I'm so sorry. but we We had some issues. We had some issues. Don't worry about it. But this is this is the 200th episode. You will never hear the original 200 episode. Nope. But it's OK, because this is now the 200th episode. Yeah. Yeah.
00:00:37
Speaker
What a ride. 200. And we're still having issues. And we still have to deal with all of this bull. It doesn't get easier. and and No, not really. Well, how was your week, Kelly?
Work Stress and Vacation Advocacy
00:00:57
Speaker
It was rough. Um, so, um, We were pretty short staff this week. um And um so here's the thing. My supervisor went on vacation. He got COVID so he couldn't work this week. um And at the same time, my lead was out at work um and she was going to be out for the whole week too. um So it was literally me and um one other like senior um coworker of mine
00:01:33
Speaker
and then like essentially three new people running the division for a day. And then that next day, my lead came in and we're all like, I thought you were off for the week. And she's like, yeah, I checked my work email and I saw that that our supervisor was out. So I came in from vacation and we're all like- Girl, you dumb as hell. I know, I was like, girl, first of all, I wouldn't have checked my email. checking my email I would not have checked my work email um when I was on vacation. I don't even have that set up on my phone anywhere because why would I want to do that to myself? um And second of all, if I had checked my work email and I saw that y'all were struggling and understaffed, I would have been like, oh well, good luck.
00:02:25
Speaker
I will gladly hope you when I get back. Right, right. So yeah, she's all like, yeah, I came back from vacation. We're all like, at least me. I was like, hmm, girl, I would have, I would not have known what you did. I would not have known what you did. One of my other coworkers was like, oh my gosh, thank you for coming back. blah But like, what are you going to do about your vacation? She's like, actually, it works out better if I go next week. So she'll be off this coming week instead. And I'm just like, girl, I know. let how but okay Yeah, but there there are certain things that you come back from vacation for work is not one of them. No, work is not one of them. I don't I don't care what you do. So yeah, um, for those of you out there, go on vacation. Take the time. Oh, yes, please go on vacation. So yeah, be be b Jordan. Be Jordan and I go on vacation.
00:03:20
Speaker
Maybe don't ball as hard as I did. Don't ball as hard as Jordan is is is doing right now. Maybe ball like me. I take like every maybe two, three, three, four weeks, I'll take like two days off. I was taking i was saying four weeks off. Yes. Maybe don't do that. But um yeah, take ah take ah take a vacation. Take a vacation because you need to use that time. Yeah. The company does not care. It's a part of your compensation. Yes. Use it. They want you to take the time off. Yes. Because if you end up leaving or they they like fire you or something or something, God forbid happens. They have to pay you for that time that you didn't take. So they will literally make you take the time off. Yeah, just take the time. Take the time off, guys. Yeah. So it was it was a better week because she was there, but it was still super busy.
00:04:15
Speaker
It was, it was awful, but yeah, take your time off guys. And that's don't and then take your time off. First of all, second of all, don't have your work email on your personal phone. No. That's awful. Why would
Travel Troubles and Silver Linings
00:04:28
Speaker
you do that to yourself? Uh, so yeah, that's, that was my week. That was yours. Okay. okay I'm not going to talk about my vacation. I will talk about my vacation next week because I have a long rant to go. A very long rant to go on. but oh Okay. Okay. Let's get started. So I had to fly to Florida. So I took my flight from San Francisco to Charlotte, North Carolina. Okay. That flight went perfectly fine. it
00:05:08
Speaker
I took a little nap on there. By the time I woke up, it was time for refreshments. We got our refreshments. I swear, like 30 minutes later, we were landing. It was. yeah ah So we we get to Charlotte. And the Charlotte airport has made an enemy out of me. I fucking ate the Charlotte airport. At first, I was like, oh, Charlotte, I don't think I've ever been there immediately when I walked. into the airport, I was like, oh no. dia I am as soon as I saw it, I was like, oh, I've been here before. Oh, the last time I had gone to the Charlotte airport was when me and my cousin were flying home from our cruise and we got stuck in that airport for like four hours. I hate the fucking Charlotte airport. So we land in the Charlotte airport. By the way, we land and, um,
00:06:07
Speaker
our plane lands and we're like going up to our gate. We landed early and we were going up to our gate and they're like, oh, we can't park here. The plane next to this gate was spilling oil or something. things So we can't park here. And I was like, what? I was like, OK, whatever. So they were like, yeah, we're just waiting to get a new gate. We sat there for like 25 minutes mind you I had like an hour layover yeah like I had to be on my plane in an hour and so they move we finally get somewhere they move us to a new gate my the gate that they move us to and the gate that my plane is taking off of are on opposite sides of the fucking airport nope and then the airport is
00:07:03
Speaker
Shoulder to shoulder packed with people So I had to run through this fucking airport Shoulder to shoulder with other people I was bumping into people I was barely able to say sorry because I had to go like I think I had like maybe 20 minutes before this plane was scheduled to depart not scheduled to close the gate scheduled to depart ye so i ran i literally ran through that fucking airport and then um this this is the most horrible airport in america so like i said it was crowded none of the moving walkways were working ah i was so upset yeah no i i think i would have had a breakdown and then i i i barely made it kelly i barely made it i get on this plane um it's the smallest plane i've ever been on
00:08:02
Speaker
Like it literally had two seats per row and it had like 20 rows. Oh. The smallest pint I'd ever been on in my entire life. I was kind of freaking out, but I was too tired to be freaking out. Right. So you would spend all your, um, all your, uh, what is it called? Anxiety and, and, um, just try to get on the fucking plane. Yes. Yes. So by the time you get on the plane, you're like, I don't and care. I'm on the plane. And so. Then I'm sitting on the plane. I'm like, oh, okay, good. We'll be taking off soon. And then they're just like, um we're still waiting for some, what did they say? They were still waiting for some bags to be put on the plane. I was like, there's like 60 people in this fucking plane. How many more bags do you have? Right? like Who on here checked three bags? like I don't know. This is a small ass plane. like How many bags do you need? We were delayed for like 30 minutes.
00:09:02
Speaker
I was like, I hate this fucking airport so much, like, ah and so we were delayed by 30 minutes. The wifi wasn't working, so I couldn't even watch a fucking movie. I was pissed Kelly. Luckily that flight was like only an hour and some change. Yeah. That's awful. And so, yeah. did that. That was fun. so North Carolina, you deserve so much better. This airport. So is your good name. ah North Carolina girlies, and those who have traveled through the North Carolina airport, we need we need your horror stories. There, there have to be because literally every single time I've gone to that airport. It's been something, right? I've never left on time.
00:09:59
Speaker
from the North Carolina airport. And so, y'all want me to get it. And then, who we got to get into my trip back home. Oh, yeah. We got to get into my trip back home. Y'all remember that little CrowdStrike slash Microsoft outage? That was the day I was flying home. Yep. Yep. And so we're all in our air. We're all in our um hotel that Friday. freaking out because we're like, are our flights going to get delayed or flights going to get canceled? i but I was checking my flight all morning and it never said it was delayed. It was like always like on time, on time, on time. And I was like, OK, good. So I left. What did you fly with? American. um And so. I'm like, OK.
00:10:52
Speaker
My my my flights on time out everybody else in America has a delayed flight or something but my flights on time so i was like good And so I go to this small-ass airport in Destin or Fort Mayer Beach or whatever the fuck it's called. I don't care right i I I Breeze through TSA like literally that was the easiest TSA experience I've ever had in my entire life and I feel like that's a bad setup. That was a bad omen, girl. Because you always give stuff to TSA. I always get the little pat down. Always. Always. Jordan's got a fatty, so they got it. Yeah, I have a fatty. So every time I go through that little scanner, so that's yeah they're tapping my penis and they're tapping my ass every single time. um This time they didn't. I should have saw that as a bad side. You should have.
00:11:47
Speaker
And so I go in, I sit down, my flight's supposed to be leaving like an hour and a half. And then I'm noticing that we're getting towards like 30 minutes before my, like 45, 30 minutes before my flight's about to leave. And I don't even see anybody getting off of a plane. Oh no. So I was like, um what's going on here? You said my plane was on time. Yeah. And then I think about 20 minutes before my flight was supposed to leave, I look at the app and are like, it's delayed. And I'm like, y'all didn't know this. Like y'all didn't know this earlier. Like, what do you mean? Like it was raining, but I was like, this is Florida. Like it always rains. it always rains rain Like y'all don't know how to land planes in the rain. Like I was like, whatever. It wasn't even raining hard, by the way. Like it rained harder the day me and my family went like on a boat cruise.
00:12:45
Speaker
But whatever. And so. I'm sitting there, we get delayed like. An hour. That's not too bad. We find we finally get on the plane. We leave. Everything is fine, whatever. um And then we land in. um And like, I'm like on my phone, I'm like watching a movie or something. I go into the American app to look at my next flight, to like make sure I'm going to make my next flight. Cause the, I think the, what was the layover? It was like maybe two hours. So I was like, i I should be fine. And so I like looked at it and then that flight had been delayed two hours. Oh.
00:13:40
Speaker
And I was just like, okay, so I'm not to sit in this airport for like two and a half hours. Right. Okay. So I was like, well, at least I'll be able to like get some dinner. Right. And so we land. It's packed, packed with people, like even more packed than it was the day I was flying to Florida. Right. I was like, Oh my fucking God. But I was like, I don't have to worry though. I have a long way over. And so get off the plane. I'm like, what am I going to eat? I see a Chick-fil-A. I go to Chick-fil-A. The line ridiculous. Like I waited 40 minutes to get Chick-fil-A. 40 minutes? 40 minutes. Oh my Lord. And then on I was just like.
00:14:32
Speaker
I don't know what happened. Maybe it was like the delay of the first flight and then also the Chick-fil-A, but like I was like, okay, I have like an hour to get, like my next plane like leads in like an hour. but And so I started walking over there. It's so, like I should have known something was up by how crowded it was over there. yeah I get over there, the flight gets delayed even more.
00:15:00
Speaker
I was like, I can't do this anymore. And so I had to like, there was nowhere to sit. Cause like all the planes around us were delayed. So there was hundreds of people just sitting wherever they could fit. So I was like, I can't even sit down and eat this fucking food. So I just drank my drink and ate my fries. And I was like, I was just eat by my sandwich on the plane. And so they get us all on the plane eventually. Hours later. Eventually. And we have like a five hour flight home. And I'm just like, I can't do this. And so I get on the plane. I'm put next. I'm put next to this woman and her daughter. This woman snored the entire flight. Oh, no. But that's neither here nor there. um
00:15:58
Speaker
And then while we were, so I watched like two movies on the plane and then like, it's almost time to land. They're just like the pilot, she's like, yeah, yeah, we're going to be landing soon. Everyone please get ready. I guess someone like two rows ahead of me got sick.
00:16:18
Speaker
And so like he like called the like flight attendant. She was like, I'm sorry. There's like nothing we can do. We're landing. And so he was like, so this like boy maybe? I don't know. Maybe he was like 16, 17. He's like crying, getting sick. ah And then when we're supposed to be landing, all of a sudden we just all feel like it like go up and we were like, what the fuck just happened? And then we make like a giant like turn and she's like, I'm sorry. Um, it was too close for us to, um, to land, which is telling me that she almost crashed into another fucking plane.
00:17:03
Speaker
No. And then she finally did land. Hmm. um She landed two hours after we were supposed to be there.
00:17:16
Speaker
um And so I ran through the fucking airport, got to my car, which was at like a parking lot. So I had to like take a shuttle to that parking lot. And then I had to like turn on like music and open up my window. I was so fucking tired.
00:17:38
Speaker
And then I finally got home and then I had to clean up my dog's poop and pee because my mom was under the impression that I don't know what her deal was. She was he always pulls this, you didn't tell me you were going somewhere as if I don't tell her. Oh no. As if I don't tell her multiple times when I'm going somewhere. Right. um And so she and my sister, are in a different state right now for a basketball tournament. And so she didn't make arrangements for the dogs to go to the kennels. So she just had to leave in the house for a day and a half. And so I get home at like 11 o'clock and I have to like clean up all that shit. I was so upset. I spent all of yesterday sleeping, pretty much. Sleeping and laying in my bed. I was like, I'm not doing anything today.
00:18:36
Speaker
yeah no after after that full day no it was a full it was a 10 hour travel day oh no until yeah i i'm exhausted still it's still yeah know you're you're probably going to be exhausted for the next like three days yeah and so that was my that was just my traveling for this vacation i will tell you guys about the actual vacation next week but i had to tell you about the traveling. And I was like, that's gonna take like 20 minutes. So let's just get this out of the way. but But let me leave you on a bright note. um I had banana pudding ice cream for the first time and it changed my life. That is the highlight.
00:19:21
Speaker
That was the highlight of my vacation. I'm sorry. i went all time All that traveling was worth it for the but the banana pudding ice cream.
'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' Overview
00:19:29
Speaker
I went two days in a row to get it. Would have gone three, but I'll tell you why I didn't go the third day later. But yeah, that's it for me. Okay, Kelly, you can go ahead and tell us about our movie this week. Yay. So this week we are talking about my big fat Greek wedding.
00:19:51
Speaker
So we start this movie with a very rainy early morning in Chicago and we see- What was the DTI rain? Right, it was snowing. Like they couldn't find some stock footage of actual rain? No, apparently not. Okay. Cause like if you looked at the car while they're driving, it looks like it's snowing. Yes. Which it probably actually was. And then they just added this rain filter over it. The rain filter. And then they probably used like a water hose on like the front window to make it was raining. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Cause if you look like the scenes inside the car, it looks like it's dumping. It looks like someone like just got two hoses with the rain thing and just like, okay, shoot, shoot, shoot. shoot Yeah. Yeah.
00:20:41
Speaker
And so we see Tula and her dad, Gus, heading to the family restaurant, Dancing Zorbas, to open it. um While they are on their way though, Gus makes a very rude comment that Tula is looking very tired. um And we immediately get the voiceover from Tula that her whole life she has been told that Greek women have three functions. Marry a Greek man, make Greek babies, and feed everybody. That is their lot in life. um And so while she was growing up, she knew she was different. She, you know, she's a burly Greek girl. She wanted to be like the quintessential American girl, blonde hair, blue eyed.
00:21:28
Speaker
regular sandwiches at school. Oh my gosh. She's like, I really want it. Nothing more than I have Wonder bread sandwiches. I was like, have you ever had? It's not great. It's not good at all. It's the bottom of the barrel. The first time I had Wonder bread, I think I was like, how old were we that year? We were both went to that campery thingy at the same time, like near Santa Cruz. We were like 19, right? 19, 20. That was the first time I'd ever had Wonder Bread. That shit was awful. Yeah. No, I had, we, I think we had Wonder Bread at, um, cause at our school, we had like these reach out days. And so I think one day, um, I was putting like, um, to help out at a food bank.
00:22:20
Speaker
And they provided like some very light snack at the end. And it was like, just like your regular peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but like you had to make it yourself and they had the Wonder Bread. I'm like, Oh, Wonder Bread. Sure. Whatever.
00:22:33
Speaker
vi but Like white bread is pretty underwhelming. I don't know how they're able to do it, but Wonder Bread somehow goes lower. Yeah. It goes lower somehow. I can't, and I wish I could explain the consistency of it, but it kind of fit tastes like, it's like nothing, like a cloud. Yeah. It's, it's kind of like how LaCroix is for people who don't enjoy LaCroix, like your brain is like, there should be a taste here. Yeah. And there just isn't. Oh my God, Kelly. One second. Joe Biden just dropped out of the presidential race.
00:23:15
Speaker
What is happening? What is happening? Wait, so is that what that meant? Oh my gosh. The group chat that I'm in just said the same thing. Holy, did that really happen? What the hell is going on? I will speak to the nation leader this week in more detail about my decision, bro. ah What's happening? What the heck just happened? our country. i'm Stop making me live through historic events. I don't want to live through any more historic events. Literally, I've been living through them since 01. I'm not even 30 yet. And I've been through like a historical event every year. ah Okay, seriously, but the um what
00:24:07
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i
00:24:11
Speaker
I'm so confused. Well, I guess we can just go back to talking about this movie. I mean, what else are we supposed to do? What else are we supposed to do at this point?
00:24:29
Speaker
oh Oh my god. yeah i I'm going to use second.
00:24:43
Speaker
Well, Kelly. What the fuck, dude? Like, what? What? umm I'm not going to think about it. We can't think about it. We can't think about it right now. This is insane. I can't believe we cut this reaction live. This reaction is recorded for history. now this says the We will be um That one picture of Trump doing this with a hand up at his shooting and this will be in this reaction will be in history books. Yeah, we yes, we will be in a future museum if our country does not burn down. and if we don't Immediately implode before this year ends. Yeah, we will be in. We will be in one of the museums in the mall in DC. Yeah.
00:25:33
Speaker
make sure you you find the section for reactions. um I'm sure there's gonna be a little um audio recording, just press the button. yeah
00:25:46
Speaker
Wow, okay. Okay, so um yeah, Tula very excited to be part of quote unquote American culture, which is just bland. Just white people. It's white people. She just wants to be a white person. Yeah, which, with the privileges, I see, I see it. I get it. I get it. Um, so she is forced to go to Greek school. She's, her whole family is very deep in the Greek culture. They're very proud of it. Um, and, uh, when Tula gets a little bit older, Gus brings his mother to the States and she has a major PTSD from the Greek.
00:26:32
Speaker
um like turkey war and so she constantly tries to escape the house yeah and may maybe or maybe not attack the neighbors i'm not sure yeah she somehow ends up in their houses on the roofs how does she get on the roof though how does she get on the roof yaya is very old it's very old i don't know how she's getting on the roof yeah but you know what if if i can have the ability to climb up
00:27:02
Speaker
She heard the news. She heard the news.
00:27:07
Speaker
um It's okay, baby, we'll get through this. We'll get through this together. So um yeah, if I could have the agility that Yaya has at her whatever her age is, when I'm that age, I think I might be okay. Yeah. I'm gonna need to start stretching more so I can get on Yaya's level. Right, right, right. Gotta make sure those hips Got to make sure my knees are still intact. Got to get those Megan knees together. And so,
00:27:43
Speaker
um, back in the present day, ah since Tula hasn't gotten married, she works at the family restaurant. ah Maria, Tula's mother and her aunt Vula show up and have breakfast with her husbands. And Gus speaks with the two of them. and how he wants to send Tula to Greece so that she can get married, but Tula does not want to go, which fair. i mean it's ah it's ah It's a free trip to Greece. I might have taken might it take kitenney I would have taken it because Greece is number one on my places to go like internationally. um So yeah, I would have been like, yeah, Papa, I'll definitely go meet a Greek man. yeah I think I'll need two months out there to do it. Two months. And he might have to come meet me at the beach, but you know. Right.
00:28:36
Speaker
right and you know he you know what sometimes you know it won't work out with that man in particular so i might need a month another month to get over that heartbreak and to meet another man exactly so and all in all six months six months yeah i'd also need some spending money you know right right just you know just like a monthly check or something yeah i need some yeah i need some new outfits to attract new men Right. I need to, I need to maintain this, this beautiful look that I got going on. I gotta get my nails done. I gotta get it. Gotta get my hair did. I gotta, I need the clothes. Yeah. You know, just, just saying. I would totally scam for a grease trip. What the heck? Um, compared to her other siblings though, Athena, Athena, her older sister has already gotten married and has just started kicking out kids. Having
00:29:30
Speaker
Um, how many kids does she have? Like three, having three children before the age of 30 is crazy. Like crazy. Yeah. I mean, we do have somebody. Yeah, but it's still crazy nonetheless. Because we we're not told when she gets married, but She gets married and just pumps out the kids. And throughout this whole movie, she's she's constantly pregnant. Yeah. Birth control does not exist to Athena and her husband. Yeah. Y'all need to, I don't know what y'all need to do, vasectomy, IUD. Right. Birth control, condoms. Condoms pull out like something. Something. Just yeah pretend you're trying to not have a kid. Yeah. Please.
00:30:24
Speaker
I don't know. So yeah, she's like the pinnacle of Greek woman. um Nikki and Angela, cousins to Tula, show up and start complaining to their mom, Vula, about having to take care of the different family businesses. They've got a laundromat. They've got a salon. They've got a travel agency. They're booked and busy. They have money. They have money. While Athena and her kids are just running around this restaurant, she accidentally knocks over the menus for the restaurant and and finds a brochure. And when she asks Tula about it, she's like, I don't know what that is. And so she throws it away. But while nobody's looking, Tula takes it out of the trash and and keeps it for herself. The family keeps worrying about her not being married, and Tula goes to the back of the restaurant and just looks at the brochure, and she's like, I need something more in life than just this.
00:31:18
Speaker
That day, a man and his friend are at the restaurant, and the minute she sees Ian, she is like totally mesmerized by him. He's all right. He's all right. He's the average white man. Yeah. he's an he's a I've seen, especially when I was in Florida, I've seen about five men who looked exactly like him. Right, right, right, right. He's he's tall, white guy, got like shoulder length long hair. He's these the average attractive. Yeah. Not like I would stop in the middle of my work and follow him around a restaurant kind of a thing. No, absolutely not. I mean. To each their own. So Ian and his friend Mike are there. um And Mike is talking about setting Ian up on ah yet another date. And they talk about how he just hasn't found somebody that he's connected with. And Tula has a very awkward interaction with them both.
00:32:16
Speaker
She kind of just like stares at them for a minute and just tries to talk about like, I don't know. I don't know if whatever she said made sense anyway. um What's so funny is all she had to do was ask them what they wanted to eat. Like that's right all you had to do. Right. She could have been like, did someone take your order yet? Or like, do you need more water or coffee? And then just quick exit, quick exit.
00:32:45
Speaker
Um, But she yeah, she can't get herself together when they eventually leave. um Later that day, Nick tries to show um his dad his idea for a new menu. He's drawn it himself, but Gus does not pay attention to it all. And then when Tula tries next to talk about updating their system to a computer-based system and going to take some classes at the local college, he immediately gets upset and just stretch straight up insults her. um He's like, why do you want to leave me? So like, you need to just get married. I don't, I don't care what you want to do. I need you to get married. Tula is obviously upset and Maria comforts her and promises to talk to her dad later about it. And she's all like, what daddy says goes. I'm like, girl, you're 30 years old. but I'm so sorry, but you are grown as a woman. Oh yeah. You're a girl woman. No.
00:33:45
Speaker
Anything he says at this point is a suggestion. It's something that you're like, oh yeah, what's your opinion on this? And then you could be like, actually, no, that's not great. And you could just not take it. I understand in different cultures, it means different things. But even in my culture, there's a point where you're just like, I'm good. I'm good. And you can walk out. And sometimes you you lose family and sometimes or they just have to get over it, you know? So that night Maria talks to Gus and it doesn't look like it because they argue, but she eventually gets him to change his mind. So Tula starts to attend college and gets her glow up moment. She learns how to do makeup. She starts wearing contacts. She starts dressing for her age.
00:34:42
Speaker
Not like a 70-year-old woman, yeah. Yeah, she just seemed to wear things that fit, you know, yeah something younger. That's all. um And she starts making new friends at at school. After seeing a flyer for computers and tourism, Tula talks to Vula to see if she could be hired by her so that she could update her system. and start applying the stuff that she was learning in college in real life. And Vula's like, absolutely can work for me. But they then have to try and convince Gus about letting Tula go from the restaurant to work for Vula.
00:35:22
Speaker
why just be like I'm not working here anymore right what is happening here yeah there there's a lot of there's a lot of worry and scheming over something that could have just been as simple as hey will any tell tool is going to go help her exactly like why are they playing into this man's ego They really are. They're there. They really baby this man, because they're like, we have to make him think it was his idea. Because if we just tell him that you're going to work there, he's going to say no. And it's like, just just tell them. He can't stop you. Right. Like, this is so done like, maybe it's because I come from a black family and like, the patriarchal system in a black family is a little different. But
00:36:08
Speaker
ah black woman just would have been like your daughter's gonna go work at this right agency and that man wouldn't have even thought twice about it he was like okay right right and in my culture if you're helping out another family member they would have been like oh great yeah weird weird i don't know if this is an accurate representation of Greek families but it's You're paid any page. I hope not because I really hope they're not spraying Windex on them. So but I mean, hey, every culture every culture has their um their weird text. Please don't do that. You could kill yourself. like Yeah. don't break The chemicals in Windex are very specific to cleaning things. Yeah. Well, there are other there are actual medical stuff that you can use for like burns and pimples and stuff like that. That's not. when Yeah. Like I put Windex in my car.
00:37:02
Speaker
for my wiper fluid like don't don't do that yeah it's it's the equivalent of yeah you said oil in my car right so i just got like olive oil or something yeah that level of like did you is there anything connecting in your brain or no don't do that don't do that and so uh The three of them get to the restaurant and they play up Vula's whole need for help. And Gus, quote unquote, realizes that he can trade tu u Tula working at his restaurant for Nikki, her cousin, and they can just swap because Nikki was running the agency and Nikki can work at the restaurant while Tula goes to the agency. What a perfect plan. Totally his idea. Yeah, totally his idea.
00:37:50
Speaker
Tula then starts working at the travel agency and is a lot happier. And one day while she is working, she recognizes Ian getting like a hot dog or something outside of the agency. And she immediately decides from him. She doesn't lie very well, but she she does her best. yeah um Later that night, Gus has to retrieve his mother um because she's gotten out again. she's got She went to the neighbors. Just send that woman back to Greece, please. Or at that point, put like a little tracker on her. I don't feel like a little like bell on her or something. So like, if you don't hear the bell, you're like, she's not in the house. We got to go. Or one of those, or one of those dog shock collars that if she leaves a certain part of the it goes off.
00:38:41
Speaker
And then just take it off when you're with her and give her one of those kid backpacks with the leash on the back. So that when you're out and about, you don't have to worry about it. Yeah, no, yeah, yeah, we're not going that way. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're going down this aisle. Yeah, come on.
00:38:58
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um And once they get Yaya back inside, the ridiculousness over the whole situation and the like, people always want to be Greek, like sympathy from her dad just sets up, sets off Tula. She's had enough.
00:39:13
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um The next day, Ian walks by the agency again, and he like tries to like be really funny for her and play up himself. um But he gets attacked by an older lady who he runs into. And so he eventually goes into the travel agency to talk to her, and she yanks herself with her headset. And they connect over just being having really dumb interactions. um And after talking for a little bit, he asks around on a date and she agrees. They go out to dinner and Ian talks about his family, um but Tula is really hesitant to talk about hers. She tries to then suggest taking her to a Greek place that he knows, um dancing Zorbas, and she's like, yeah, actually my family owns that. So I'd rather not. We should not go there.
00:40:10
Speaker
Yeah, we should know. Also, he mentions that he has two cousins, and I'm like, two cousins is crazy. Right. Like, what do you mean? Just two? Just two? But like, did nobody want kids in your family? Which is fair. Fair, but like, what? Two? Yeah. I don't know how many cousins I have. Right. And my cousins have cousins. Right. oh I have cousins that I don't even know if they're actually related to me. But I have so many cousins. Families with not a lot of cousins. I don't know how that's possible. How is that possible? Because even on my dad's side, one of my aunties did not have kids. um And there's only four of them. So that just meant my dad had me and my brother and my two other aunties.
00:41:09
Speaker
They had one had two kids and the other had four. So even if you come from a smaller family, you're, you're, you have to have more than two cousins. Well, one of my uncles had five children. So there's that, but yeah, someone's going to make up for it somewhere. Yeah. That's how it happens. Yeah. And then on my, on my mom's side, like everyone, everyone, no one could stay married and no one could stop having kids. So I have too many cousins. Oh, that's kind of crazy, but yeah you know yeah. I think the most, I think my uncle was the person who has the most children in our entire family. Everybody else has like two to three. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. On my, on my mom's side, one had four kids and then on my dad's side, one had four kids. So immediately that was already taken over. That's eight cousins from, from one bear.
00:42:06
Speaker
But yeah, um, it, if you really want to like trace back where all the people came from and my family, at least on my grandpa's side of the family, it came from his father. He had like 10 kids. So so like yeah. Yeah. And then they had kids and then they had kids and then right here we are. Right. Yeah. Someone, I feel like that's how it is. Cause my, my grandma, she had eight kids, seven, seven kids. And then she, you know, and she was born into a big family and it's like, you know, that's just how it goes. Even if, and then from there, even if those 10 kids only have one kid, that's still 10 cousins. That's still 10 cousins. Are white families just smaller or is that it? i't I don't know. I don't have a lot of white friends. I don't like. I don't either. I have one white friend.
00:42:59
Speaker
One. oh One white friend. I don't know. Yeah, I don't know either. And even my white friend, I don't think she has a lot of, I don't we ever really hear much about her family, but there's there's three, and hurt three she was one of three kids. One of three three. None of them have had children yet, or if they even are going to, but I don't know. Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. Is that weird? I feel like it's weird. I think it's kind of weird, but you know, whatever. Yeah, I'm just used to big families. I am too. Like I'm used to like 20 plus people at a family gathering at all times. Yeah. And that's on a lower side. Yeah. Like literally a couple of months ago, we had like a small family gathering at our house. There was like 20 people yeah there. Yeah.
00:43:55
Speaker
And that's the only the people that said they were going to go. And then you get the people that like showed up. Those are really the small amount of people who showed up, who live in the area. Right. And then you get those random people that were like, Oh yeah, we're five hours a away, but you know what? We thought we'd come by. Okay. Come on in. We've got more than enough food. Yeah. Crazy. No, seriously. If you're in a small family, please head us out. Like how? How does that go? Do you just actively not talk to your other family members or? Are there just no family members? Or are there just no family members? Right. Like you have like an auntie and that auntie didn't have kids or like you have like three cousins. How does that work? How does that work? Asking from somebody with cultures who adopt
00:44:49
Speaker
like not even blood relatives and you're an auntie or uncle and a cousin. Yeah, I swear I have, like I said, I swear I have some cousins that I don't think were related. No, I definitely have aunties and uncles who are friends of the family and then their kids are just my cousins. I'm like, god that's cool. Yeah. That's great. Do white people do that? I don't think so. And also these are cousins that I hang out with semi-regularly. Yeah. And I still don't know if they are related to me. Right. Right. Cause like you hear like stories of like, you know, your aunties, your mom, your uncles, your grandpa parents interacting with their family members. And you're like, maybe we are related, right but maybe we're just really good friends. Right. I'm like, it's just followed every generation. Like I don't i know. We'll never know at this point. We will never know. But anyway.
Cultural Clashes and Wedding Preparations
00:45:42
Speaker
um the first date goes well and as she gets ready for her second date she lies to her dad and says she's going to a pottery class which what a lie i'm going to a pottery class and she's like dressed up yeah she's dressed up and i love how her dad's like oh yeah you just get dressed up to do pottery that's fine um After dinner that night, Ian finally breaks her down and she talks about her big, crazy Greek family, which she's all like, you know, all of our family gatherings, there's like 50, 60 of us, everyone's talking, everyone's nagging, blah, blah, blah. But he's like, that sounds fun to me. Like, I've never experienced anything like that. and But she's scared that like their differences are too much for him. And he's like, dude, you have a big family. It's fine. I have a small family. like
00:46:33
Speaker
And me not being Greek and you being Greek is not an issue. It's okay.
00:46:41
Speaker
um They then share their first kiss and over the next few dates, Tula draws away before anything can get too serious between them. um One day Ian is seeing Tula at the travel agency and Nikki catches them and she's like, yeah, the whole family knows. Because someone they were making out in broad daylight in that travel agency with those big ass windows. Like, no shit. Right, right. She's not like um some family some friend of a friend of ah of the family saw you making out with this guy and then news just traveled from there. um So now the two of them are at Tula's house and um Gus is super upset.
00:47:27
Speaker
And he's like, you didn't like ask permission to date my daughter. And he's not like, she's a 30 year old woman old woman. I'm not asking your fucking permission to date. Right. I got her permission to date her. So that's all I needed. yeah Um, but yeah, Gus is super upset about it. And Ian's like, yeah, I'll see you later. Like, I don't know what's going on. I don't know what's happening here, but I'll see you later, sweetie. I'm gonna go. Right. I'm gonna go. Um, yeah, Gus is super upset and starts to go off saying he never should have sent Tula to college because obviously now she's just
00:48:06
Speaker
It's like the the religious version of now you've gone out into the world and now you're just a bad person. This man is crazy. And I bet you he's going to want this man to ask for permission to marry his daughter, which I don't believe in. Personally, I don't believe in that shit yeah because she's not your property. She's a human being. I'm not asking your permission to marry her. If I want to marry her, I will ask right her. her, right? yeah ah threaten But yeah, this man is crazy. Yeah, he's very much stuck at a time where things were said and done by a man's word. yeah um But yeah, he's super upset about it. He's taking it very personally. And when he storms off, Tula apologizes to her mom, and her mom's like, what's happened happened, and the relationship. And then Tula's like,
00:49:03
Speaker
But I love him. And ah her mom's like, okay. But daddy, I love him. Yeah, but daddy, I love him.
00:49:14
Speaker
um So Tula is setting the table that night, maybe. And she realizes that there's an extra plate setting. And when she tries to give it back, her mom's like, your father has invited a friend over. And it's clearly him trying to set her up with, any Greek man he knows. I I've known your father for like what 30 minutes at this point. And I could tell what was about to happen. Oh, yeah. 1000% could see it a mile away. Um, but yeah, it's just some random Greek guy there for dinner and it's very awkward.
00:49:57
Speaker
Sometime later, Ian takes Tula back to his place, and she immediately jumps in. No time was spared. They get in, they awkwardly stand in his apartment, and she's just like, let me out of them. While at home, the string of men showing up to family dinner, it's just getting worse. The men, it's downgrading very quickly. Eventually Ian takes Tula to meet his parents and the whole interaction is pretty awkward as they try to connect with her. They kind of like don't talk and then when they do talk it's very awkward. Yeah it's kind of funny because they initiate the conversation and then she replies and then when you're supposed to continue the conversation they just sit there. They just stop.
00:50:47
Speaker
Because it's so funny. They're the ones that that ask her the questions and then when she answers, they're just like, nice. Is that how like all of his dinners were as a child? Because that's Oh, that does. I don't know. Yeah, I don't like that.
00:51:08
Speaker
um One night while they're in bed, Ian proposes to Tula and she accepts. I don't know how long they've been dating. It seems kind of fast. Yeah. Um, yeah, it feels like they've gone on six dates that we've seen, yeah maybe seven and he's ready to marry her. yeah I know there there are people who say like they know that they're going to marry that person, but that doesn't mean you need to ask them immediately.
00:51:42
Speaker
know, you can date for a while. It's okay. All right. Enjoy. being Let's get past the six month honeymoon period. Right. And then let's make it to one year. Yeah. Because even that can change. And then personally, I know some people are against this for various reasons. um I'm the type of person who I believe we need to live together first. Yeah. We need, we need to live together first. Yeah. I need to see you in very specific situations because I need to know your reaction. yeah We need to go on a vacation. We need to go on a vacation together. We need to live together. We need to experience something traumatic or sad or whatever together. We need to experience a change, whether good or bad. yeah I need to be with your family because I'm
00:52:32
Speaker
I'm marrying into your family. You're marrying into my family. So I need to at least know your family. Yeah. We need to like spend like a Christmas or a Thanksgiving together or something. Right. We need at least two major family gatherings together. At least two. And that's the bare minimum guys. Yeah. It's like certain things are needed for me yeah to get married. Same. It's not like six dates and meeting one set of parents and being like, yeah, I'm ready to marry you. Also, it seems like Tula hasn't dated a lot. No. Which is also kind of like, don't say yes to the first man that said like, don't say I love you to the first man that says I love you. You know what I mean? Tula.
00:53:19
Speaker
um But later that night, Tula tells her parents that she is now engaged, and Gus is just staying up all night, upset about it. I thought this is what he wanted. Right. I thought he wanted her to get married. What's the problem now, Gus? Right. so Maria catches him, and she's all like, what's done is done. What you're doing is too much. like They love each other. They're engaged. They're going to be married. And he is still taking it personally. He's like, what did I do? for her to marry a white man you are also white you're white with a tan like you're also white you're white with some culture yeah let me get it but uh tula here's the whole thing and it upsets her so the next day tula goes and sees ian at work and she breaks down from the stress of
00:54:18
Speaker
the whole engagement. Um, and she's all like, maybe we can just like elope, you know, just like get married and secret. And like, we won't have to deal with like our families coming together or whatever. But he's like, I don't want to get married to like, to, to spite your family. Like I want to do it with your family. Like we're marrying each other and the families together. Like I can't crazy as hell other than like, yeah, bless elope. I mean, it is nice though for her because she's very family oriented and she's like, I don't want to like upset them. So he's like, then we won't. i I'll do whatever it takes so to like fix it. you know Maybe I'm built different. I'm not going to spend my entire life trying to get these people to like me. For sure. I'm so sorry. I'm just not going to be up for that task. I'm not doing that. but That's fair. I love that for Ian.
00:55:08
Speaker
Yeah. love that yeah for For those who are willing to, put a who who, you know, wanted to go that route, good on you. And for those who don't want to deal with it, good on you too. But this man has decided to to fully plunge it. Good for him. yeah for him Couldn't be me, but good for him. And so Ian goes to talk with Gus and um Gus finds out that Ian is willing to be baptized into the Greek Orthodox Church. um I don't know anything about any of the Orthodox religions. I don't either. I'm guessing it's just like, it's probably just Catholic, but in Greek, it's probably just mit maybe i know just Catholic Greek. I know the barest of minimum of the Russian Orthodox Church. um And I feel like it's the equivalent of
00:56:02
Speaker
what Catholics do where you have to be a baptized number of the Catholic church to be buried in a Catholic cemetery. I feel like it's something like that, like Ian and Tula couldn't get married in the Greek Orthodox Church unless he was baptized, I feel. I don't know how that makes sense, but I feel like that's like the equivalent. I mean, I guess that makes sense, but like, whatever. Whatever, but yeah. So um Gus is like, you're gonna get baptized and Nikki's gonna be your godmother.
00:56:41
Speaker
Which is so strange to me, but think I guess you mean a grandparent? Was that necessary? but like okay ah I've never been baptized in that way. I don't know i don't know if a godparent is necessary. I didn't have one when I was bapted die when i was baptized, but you know, okay whatever. but I was actually baptized as a child, but right ah failed didn't have that. right Cause I know, I know it's like a thing that happens, but I don't know if baptism is a requirement. That was for babies. Who knows? Who cares? Who knows? Um, so yeah, Ian goes and gets baptized in the Greek Orthodox church.
00:57:28
Speaker
He gets baptized in a kiddie pool. Yes. Yeah, I was going to mention that. Tula's family is there. His family is not. I don't even know if he told his family. He probably didn't tell them. Probably not. um That he was going to be baptized in the Greek Orthodox Church. But Nikki oils him up and he gets dunked in a kiddie pool. Because for some reason this church didn't have an actual baptism pool. or maybe because it's supposed to be done as a baby. Yeah. Yeah. I think it's done when you're a baby. It's like a christening kind of thing. You get, you get baptized when you're a baby. But who knows? But the fact that I was baptized in a baptism book, but you know, yeah, yeah, same. But like the fact that they have to like dunk them in a kiddie boy. Well, like this beautiful, ah beautiful church, very, very detailed church. It's kind of funny.
00:58:19
Speaker
Um, I wonder if that actually just like happens. Like if an adult does want to join, do you get done? like What do they do? Do you get done? with ten people and theny but and then How do you get the water out? Oh yeah. Look, cause it's just like, maybe, maybe you've got to get like one of those, um, pool pumps and like pump the water out.
00:58:44
Speaker
You just see like the front doors of a church over there. You just see like a hose. And a water coming out. For those of you who have gotten baptized later in life into a religion where you had to be baptized as a child, can you confirm or deny the kiddie pole? Yeah. Thank you. If there's like a certain kiddie pole that they use or do you have to bring your own kiddie? Right. Is it a BYOKP? Yeah. or Or is there like some very nice ornate kiddie pool that is provided by the Orthodox Church? Orthodox or Catholic Church, whatever your preference.
00:59:23
Speaker
um But yeah. um Later, Ian and Tula are waiting for the Easter festivities to start. And once they do, Ian is hit with the full force of her family. As an introvert, I don't think I could do it. i I would have, that that first wave would have taken would have taken me clean. take why I would have had an overstimulated panic attack. Oh, absolutely. Because they don't, they burst into the restaurant. They have the decency to say hello to Tula first and wait for Tula to introduce Ian. But the second, she's like, oh yeah, this is Ian, my fiance. They immediately swarm him. They start kissing his face. They start saying things to him. They start touching his hair. I would have had to pass out. I'd have been like, wait, I can't breathe. I can't breathe. And the fastest way to get out of that situation is to just simply pass out.
01:00:19
Speaker
Because that is a lot. um When that dies down, though, um some of the, Tula's brother and Angelo threaten his life, kind of joking, kind of not. Vula eventually learns that Ian is vegetarian and doesn't eat meat. And like, everyone is like, what? You don't eat meat. It's okay, I make lamb. I make lamb. I don't know how that translates, but all right maybe they don't see lamb as meat like how some people don't see fishes meat oh maybe i don't see lamb as meat as meat i guess huh michael they're they're probably like it's like a holy yeah holy lamb jesus ate lamb it's fine jesus also ate fish so technically by that logic they speak like jesus
01:01:15
Speaker
You might not baptize in the Orthodox Church. You need to eat lamb and fish. Just like Jesus did. um And so later, Ian and Tula are at his parents' house. It's just as awkward as the first interaction. And they start talking about um wedding prep. um His parents automatically assume that they want to get married at whatever country club that they are associated with. um And Ian has to be like, actually we're getting married in the Greek Orthodox Church and we are going to have the reception at some place called Aphrodite's Palace. um And they're kind of overwhelmed by that um information. i kind of I kind of want to go and see what this country club looks like.
01:02:03
Speaker
I would have liked to see what the Country Club was like too. Like what's their wedding venue look like? Right. How much does it cost? Maybe we can do two weddings. How much does it cost? Right. Also like what's the reception area look like? Is it like an outdoor thing? Is it like an indoor thing with like a view of the golf course? Yeah. Just asking. Is it an open bar? Right. Cause technically we could have like an in, like at the wedding at the group Orthodox Church and they'll have like an outdoor reception with them. tents Yeah. At the golf course. That'd be nice. That'd be nice. We can just have, um, Erudite's palace cater.
01:02:41
Speaker
Right. We can decorate yeah in the spirit. In the spirit of Greece. At this white country. Yeah, that could be the theme. The theme could be Greece. Love that. Love that. um ah On the opposite side of the spectrum, Tula and her family also have their ideas about the wedding. Gus wants to invite everybody and their brother to this wedding. um
01:03:13
Speaker
And ah Ian is confused, but happy to be there. That is his whole vibe. Tula then finds out that her mom has already gotten wedding invitations and they find that there is a typo in the invitations misspelling Ian's mom's name from Harriet to Harry. And I guess they don't change it. They don't they just they did they just send them out that way. They're like, well, they've already been printed. Right. which I get it, you spent the money and then it's taking more time to like go back and fix it, but they are your in-laws, so I feel like you should have gone back and fixed it. um While they're trying to digest that, Nikki shows up.
01:03:59
Speaker
and and shows Tula what her bridesmaids dresses will look like without any prior um confirmation that that's what she wanted. I mean, she thought that she got confirmation because she was like, you seen it and you said that you would think about it. and Right. So she she got these dresses already made. They're yeah Yeah, they're not great. The color is kind of cute, but the style is not it. They're so fucking ugly. It's a it's a light blue color. Lots of tool. It's a halter neck kind of like mermaid esque. Yeah. With like a lot of tool at the bottom. Yeah, it looks very 80s prom dress. Yes. 1000 times. Yes, it's a lot. It's very big, very poofy.
01:04:47
Speaker
Um, that night, Nick shows Tula an ad for art classes that he wants to start taking. Um, because that's what his passion is. And he's been trying to tell his father that, but he's not listening. So he's trying to pull a Tula because she set off this whole like change by going to college. And he's just going to start taking classes. I don't know why he didn't just start doing it. No one cares what he does. Right. Like he could have, yeah, no one asked him. He technically doesn't, isn't held up to the same he's not held up to the same expectation expectation as his sisters. Right. Because literally when they were talking about Tula not being able to get married, he came in and his father was like, Oh, you still have time. Right. And it looks like they're not even that far apart. They're not. This man could be anywhere from like 25 to 27. Yeah. In my head.
01:05:37
Speaker
Which yeah, he he technically could have been like the Tula. Yeah, I just started taking these art classes at the same college you did.
01:05:45
Speaker
But like good for him for like deciding what to do with his life. Tula then checks in with her mom um a couple of days later and is horrified to find that the small dinner, which was supposed to be the meeting of the the parents for the first time, has turned into a huge family gathering. Yes. I would have cussed my mom clean out because what did I just fucking tell you? I just told you it was a small intimate dinner for us to meet each other, not for them to meet the entire family. Right. This was going to be a you, me and my dad and my brother, his parents and him. Okay. That was it. That's it.
01:06:30
Speaker
That's it. We prepped for eight people. Yes. And Maria's like, you know what? we I was just thinking ahead. Why not meet the whole family? I would have been like, no, no you're not going then. but like No, that's not what I wanted. Right. Like at this point, I'm going to call Ian and and and his parents and be like, yeah, actually, my mom's sick. Yeah, my mom's sick. Can't come. Sorry. Let's just go to dinner somewhere else. Let's just go to a nice restaurant. Cause that's so messed up. That is so messed up. Don't try to play that game with me. You will lose. Oh, absolutely not. You will lose. Right. At this point, we are going to go a little. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Is that grab your parents. We're going to the Gore house tomorrow. Right. Right. Right. Just tell them to wear something nice. It doesn't matter. So when the Miller show up to the family gathering that night, they have a lamb on a spit in their front yard, which I don't, can you do that? Probably not.
01:07:28
Speaker
Okay. Okay. I'm just double checking. Like I know that's still their property, but you're in in your front yard. Maybe their backyard, but I don't know about their front yard. I don't know about that. Cause it is an open fire. It is an open fire. Yes. Um, and Tula's whole family is very excited to meet them. And so Gus kind of does like a, a very loosey goosey introduction to everyone there. Most of the people are named Nick or Nikki. Um, um And Maria shows up and introduces like her sisters and stuff like that. And when um Ian's mom like brings her small offering to what was supposed to be a small dinner, they're all confused about this bundt cake. Yeah. They're like a bundt cake? they're like No, a bundt cake. Bundt cake.
01:08:23
Speaker
kate Yeah, everyone's confused. They don't know why there's a circle of emptiness in the middle, but they accept it. like Thank you. um And immediately, once they're inside, Vula and the rest of their family are very overwhelming to the Millers. um I guess they don't know that, or they simply forgot that they're all vegetarian and they're trying to push meat onto them. They make them drink some unknown alcohol. Yeah. That immediately hits them, by the way. Either they are lightweights or that alcohol content is very. They probably just don't drink like that. Probably not. Yeah. Cause they had like what two shots. Um, but yeah, they are immediately very overwhelmed by the whole family and the whole experience.
01:09:11
Speaker
And after everyone has left for the evening, um Gus talks to Maria and rla and is immediately like, our families are too different. Like they think we're these crazy people um that this is never going to work out. We're too different, which technically you overwhelm them with your whole family. So you should give them some slack.
01:09:36
Speaker
um I don't know if it discourages Tula or not, but she goes she's determined to go on with this wedding. Ian then tells Mike that. He is technically his best man, but he cannot be his best man at the wedding the wedding because he is not baptized into the Orthodox Church, which I didn't know that was also required. Right? Like what? That doesn't make any sense. this so i Someone needs to educate us on the Orthodox Church, like specifically the Greek Orthodox Church. I don't know if they're different between whatever, but yeah, it's like you can't participate in anything in and in a
01:10:15
Speaker
Orthodox Church unless you were baptizing the church. Even if it's a wedding, which is kind of crazy. Crazy. Very crazy. um But yeah, Mike cannot be his best man. um Nick is going to be his best man, kind of. yeah um
01:10:34
Speaker
Tula is then up worrying one night about whether her marriage is killing her dad because he is still putting up a huge front about how it's ruining him and his family. Um, but Maria tells her that like, where I grew up, things were, things were bad and we left for a reason. And for at least her, she wants her kids to grow up and do what they want. She wants them to live their life. So she is fine with the marriage. I don't know if that makes that smooths over Gus's part too, but she, Maria is fine with this marriage. Yeah.
01:11:10
Speaker
um We then see Yaya come in with um a little box of family heirlooms and maybe stuff from her own wedding and shares it with the two of them. um It is the day of the wedding and wedding gifts says have already stacked up for the two of them. And when she wakes up, she finds that she has a huge zit on her face, which, ouch. you I think I would cry a little bit. um But she finds her whole wedding party already getting ready downstairs. And they also rush to get her ready once they find out that the wedding photographer is there. Maria then gives her very weird wedding night advice. She's essentially having the talk to her 30 year old daughter in front of the entire family. Yeah.
01:12:01
Speaker
Yeah. And she doesn't say anything other than the fact that, like, we Greek women are demure in the kitchen, but in the bedroom we are tigers. He's pretty much saying, be a lady in the streets in a freaking machine. Yes. Yeah.
01:12:26
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essentially. That's what she's made. Which I don't know if that's the advice she was looking for. If any. If any. She never asked for any advice, actually. She She didn't. That's just so funny. Like the one piece of advice you're going to give your daughter is that she's like somewhere in you, Tula, there's a freak in you. You can only let her out in the bedroom.
01:12:55
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The moment you leave the bedroom, though, you were a woman. You were a lady. You were a respectful lady. um So the ceremony starts, and as Tula is being walked down the aisle, we see that her side of the family is very full, while Ian's is practically empty. There's like maybe 10 people over there. Yeah, maybe two, maybe three rows are filled. It's like, it's crazy. it's very crazy you you couldn't find anybody to call right like you don't have any other like people at work or like from college that you're still connected with enough that you would want your way i have to go back to like my high school graduation and i was freaking out because i had one row for my family and i replie saying i was like you know i'm black right right Like, um, and actually there was like, there was like four black people at on our, um, had a bunch of Filipinos. I was like, how is this going to work? Yeah. Our, our class was 90% not white. Yeah. There was one at this point, 90, 95. There was one white girl in our class. Everybody else were people of color. And we were like, yeah we have one row.
01:14:12
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pre Like we have one row and what's the capacity of our gym? There were there were literally people standing in the back. Standing, yes. I was like maybe we should have moved this outside. Our class especially, we should have moved it to the field. To the field, we should have been in the field. we should have been in the field like i know it would have been awful but we needed we needed the space man yeah know what i think about it everybodyd it was super crowded it was super crowded in there and it was it was packed for all for the whole week and i didn't even invite my full family i didn't even invite my full family like we had a party for a reason because not everyone could fit in that gym
01:15:01
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and And then my family went to the Cheesecake Factory after that and we took up an entire section of the Cheesecake Factory. Yeah. yeah Wow. It's so funny because the the cost of Horace was like what? 10 people. And they were mostly white. That's crazy. um But as she was walking down the aisle, her side of the family spits on her for good luck, and that confuses the Miller family to no end. I don't get how that, I don't get it either, but just go with it. Yeah, just go with it. As the ceremony is coming to a close,
01:15:45
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um They take their first steps as husband and wife, which I guess is part of the Orthodox part, and then they kiss and they are officially married.
01:15:58
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um When they get to the limo, Tula starts to take some of her makeup off and parts of her dress and like accessories that she has has on because she she's got a lot going on. She's got a really big wedding dress, she's got a lot of accessories, she's like getting me out of this. Which, same.
01:16:18
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Um, once everybody is at the reception, Gus does a speech, um, and in a way, like accepts the situation. He's like, we're all fruit. we're all thrill because he He does his signature. Um, what do these names mean? And I guess Miller broken down with Apple and porta callus is orange. So they are a fruit family now.
Cultural Acceptance and Success
01:16:43
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alfred Um, and he, I guess it is it is tradition either in their family or whatever that the parents give them a gift. And so Gus gives the two of them a deed to a house, which, wow. Wow. First of all, that's crazy. That's insane. um Do I need to marry into a Greek family? Right.
01:17:10
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it did like is your parents gonna give us a house any greek woman out there need a husband right any greek man finally willing to settle down yeah hit us up what's up just you know just wondering would love to go to Greece um But yeah, ah Tula is super emotional about the whole thing and they all like reconcile with one another finally. ah The dancing then starts and the families come together to do traditional dances, I guess. um And through voiceover, we hear that Tula is still surprised that everything was able to work out and that even though her family is crazy and like her culture is crazy, it's a part of her and she doesn't have to be ashamed of it.
01:18:00
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We learned that Tula and Ian move into the house that her parents bought her, which is coincidentally right next door. It's not a bad house, by the way. It's a cute house. It's a cute little house, but next door? It's next door. I would need at least a couple of streets. A couple of blocks, please. Yeah, right. And no unannounced show-ups. right now no no no no no none of you are getting a key no one gets a key at all not even for emergencies no i'll give it to my neighbor and then if there's an emergency you pick it up from my neighbor right um but yeah they move into the house that's next door she has a kid and when that kid is old enough she takes her daughter to greek school
01:18:54
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And that is the movie the movie. Are you ready for some movie effects? Yes, I am. Okay. So first movie facts, according to Nia Bardolas, I hope I'm saying that correctly. Pinker catering during the film was not a problem because wherever they shot, whatever local Greek restaurants were there, they somehow learned about it and would send over food for free. Love that.
01:19:23
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Love that. A second movie fact, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is the highest grossing romantic comedy of all time. What? i mean like not to be learned It earned.4 million at box office and 368.7 million worldwide.
01:19:53
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Nothing has done that. this is not not romantic comedy wise. So um this is a small independent film, and it never held number one at the American box office, but it earned that much money, $368 or $9 million, dollars which was a return of over $61 times its budget.
01:20:23
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um okay uh for that reason it is the second most profitable profitable film it was beaten up by paranormal activity the first one okay um but yeah small independent film did a lot better than they thought well good good for them good for them um all of the people on the bright side at the wedding are all members of Nia Vardalos' family. Of course.
Is the Movie Iconic?
01:20:59
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Um, my last movie fact, when Ian is being baptized into the Greek Orthodox Church, he is given the Greek name of Ionaius? Ionis? Don't know if I'm saying that correctly, but in English it translates to John. Love that for him. They gave the white version of a Greek name. I'm a white Greek name, got it. yeah Yes, they did. yes he did and um So yeah, here comes the question, Jordan, is this movie iconic? I'm gonna say no. I enjoyed it, but I don't think it was iconic. Okay. I'm gonna say yes. I think this is a really good rom-com movie. i It's pretty wholesome. It's not like your typical run-of-the-mill
01:21:50
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rom com, kind of. um But yeah, I really like this movie. I would say by today's standards of rom coms, this movie is amazing. But by the way, right. but This came out in the era of a rom com. Yeah. And with that in mind, I just think it's okay. Okay. There. Oh, yeah. All right. Jordan, what are your recommendations for this week? Okay, I have three. My first one is Amor Fojiro by Selena. Ooh, okay. I love that song.
01:22:26
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um My second one is You Drive Me Crazy by Britney Spears. Love Britney Spears. Love that song. We love Britney. Love the little... Oh, also, I don't know if we ever updated you guys, but I did finally get the Britney book. Oh, yeah. I gave Kelly the pretty book. We finally got the pretty book to me. I like she picked me up from the airport and I looked at her and I went into my bag and I flipped it out and I started on that money maniacally laughing. Yeah, it was it was a moment for sure. It was a moment. But I told her she was going to get that fucking book as she got that book. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
01:23:13
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Uh, but yeah, that was fun.
Music Recommendations and Personal Stories
01:23:16
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Um, but yeah, listen to you drive me crazy by Britney Spears. Great song. Love the little cowbell in the beginning. Hey. Um, and then my last recommendation is you by Lola Brooke featuring Bryson Tiller. o Okay. I like it. It's a really good song. What about you, Kelly? What are your recommendations? Um, so my recommendations are they're going to be, like jazz centered, kind of. As opposed to jazz askewed, got it. Yeah, jazz adjacent. So my first song is Lift Me Up to the Sky. And um I'm so sorry, Jordan, I'm gonna have to text these to you. um It's kind of funny because these are um English and Italian songs, like the lyrics are in English and Italian, but they're
01:24:11
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made by Japanese people. So the the first the the I'm just gonna sing one of the names because if the other one's in kanji. I cannot read it. um Lift Me Up to the Sky by Takeshi Nakatsuka.
01:24:28
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Gonna have to give you all that info. um Second song is Don't Judge My Way by Queenie. Never heard of them before, but, um, I've been listening to a lot more like jazz and like Japanese jazz. And I don't know how this like showed up in there, but it's a small, small jazz group and their stuff's really good. And then last song is last train at 25 o'clock by lamp. You're texting me all of that because I could be quite odd. Okay, great. I kind of.
01:25:02
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I kind of zoned out at some point. That's fine. That is totally fine. I'm going to send that to you. But yeah, getting, I'm trying to broaden my music horizon only for the fact that like, only six songs are hitting right now. Okay. For some reason, for me, so there's nothing wrong with that. um Because you know, I go through like phases of like music. And so like, I'm really into like, R and&B and hip hop for like my workout, but for like just regular day to day, I'm just hitting anything that catches my eye at this point.
Closing Remarks and Safety Reminder
01:25:38
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So yeah, that's it for me.
01:25:43
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01:26:14
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01:26:45
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Yeah. Wash your hands. I don't know. Drink tea. Tea. Whatever else you do when you're sick. um And stay iconic. Stay iconic. Bye. Bye.