Big White Elephants

On episode 28, Grace and Scott travel to 80s Japan to witness the rise and fall of two singers who aren't brothers (but actually maybe they are?) in Makota Tezuka's cult classic The Legend Of The Stardust Brothers (1985) Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails or voicemails to  bigwhiteelephantspod@gmail.com  so we can share them on future episodes!

On Episode 27, Grace and Scott travel to the Isle Of Wight, douse themselves in pink and blue lighting, and join a singing competition to discuss the Elle Fanning vehicle Teen Spirit (2018) Plus, we catch up on the Golden Globes and highlight the wins in the Best Musial categories! Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails or voicemails to  bigwhiteelephantspod@gmail.com...

On Episode 26, Grace and Scott are joined by Austin-based film critic Alejandra Martinez to practice abstinence, defy religious persecution, and shake with the ecstasy of devotion while discussing Mona Fastvold's The Testament Of Ann Lee (2025) You can follow Alejandra on letterboxd and social media @mtzxale Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails or voicemails to  big...

What Team? WILD CATS! What Team? WILD CATS! What Team? WILD CATS! WILD CATS, GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME We're celebrating the new year with the start of something new. Bopping to the top with our conversation on Kenny Ortega's cultural phenomenon of a Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical. Grace and Scott are joined by Katie to get their heads in the game and stick to the status quo. O...

Merry Christmas from your Big White Elephant friends! To celebrate, we went back to 1955 with some of our old army buddies to fall in love, put on a show, and reminisce about the good old days of Minstrel Shows. Wait...that's not right! Anyway, we get into all that and more while discussing Michael Curtiz's White Christmas (1955) Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails...

Who haunts the haunters? Can we ever really be redeemed for our sins? Does a movie musical work if the main characters are bad at singing? These questions and more are raised by Sean Anders's Spirited (2022) and on episode 23, Grace and Scott dig into all of it, including suggesting some new casting! Plus, we talk about the hit new film Ella McCay, in theaters now Connect with us on Instagram  @bi...

Put your tap shoes on and make sure you've got a sugar daddy because for Episode 22 Grace and Scott and shuffling off to Buffalo to talk about 1933's 42nd Street, directed by Lloyd Bacon with musical numbers staged and directed by Busby Berkeley. Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails or voicemails to  bigwhiteelephantspod@gmail.com  so we can share them on future epi...

One woman dares to speak her mind and the pitchforks come out! After Grace's brave 1-star first time log of Moulin Rouge! on November 17th, her friends and community turned on her. Big White Elephants decided it was time get to the bottom of it. Is Baz Luhrmann's 2001 movie musical a brilliant post-modernist piece of maximalist romanticism with incredible production design and a love story for the...

For our 20th episode, Grace and Scott round out Emerald City Month with one last trip to Oz. This time they put on their sex cardigans, free the flying monkeys, and look into many reflective surfaces for Jon M. Chu's follow up to Wicked (2024), Wicked: For Good (2025). Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails or voicemails to  bigwhiteelephantspod@gmail.com  so we can s...

Good news, she's dead! Emerald City Month continues with Grace and Scott being joined by Sammy to talk about Jon M. Chu's Wicked Part 1 (2024). Fascism against animals, Emerald Cities, and backlighting, oh my! We get into our histories with the stage musical and how we think this adaptation handles the material Tune in next week for our discussion of Wicked: For Good (2025) Connect with us on Inst...

Emerald City Month continues with Grace and Scott easing on down the road and bringing no bad news to talk about Sydney Lumet's adaptation of The Wiz (1978) Tune in next week for our discussion of Wicked (2024) Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails or voicemails to  bigwhiteelephantspod@gmail.com  so we can share them on future episodes!

Welcome to Big Emerald Elephants, a month-long journey to the land of Oz! Grace and Scott put on their ruby red slippers and follow the yellow brick road to talk about MGM classic The Wizard Of Oz (1937) Tune in next week for our discussion of The Wiz (1978) Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails or voicemails to  bigwhiteelephantspod@gmail.com  so we can share them o...

On Episode 16, Grace and Scott are joined by Austin Danger Podcast 's Kev to celebrate Halloween. We go down to Skid Row, dream of somewhere that's green, and heed the warning: Don't Feed The Plants! by discussing Frank Oz's Little Shop Of Horrors (1986) Follow Kev on Letterboxd and check out new episodes of Austin Danger Podcast every Monday Suddenly Seymour - Starring Trisha Paytas as All The Pa...

On Episode 15, Grace and Scott go back to 1943 to discuss 20th Century Fox's showcase of incredible African American talent, Stormy Weather, starring Bill Robinson, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, Ada Brown, the Nicholas Brothers, and more! Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails or voicemails to  bigwhiteelephantspod@gmail.com  so we can share them on future ep...

On Episode 14, Grace and Scott discuss escapism, fascism, and whether it's ok to see soiled underwear on screen for Bill Condon's Kiss Of The Spider Woman (2025) in theaters now! Read Eric Langberg's review of the film mentioned in the discussion: An Electrifying Ode To The Power Of Diva Worship Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails or voicemails to  bigwhiteelephant...

On Episode 13, Grace and Scott lace up their corsets, practice their audience call-outs, and do the Time Warp again for the 50th anniversary of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails or voicemails to  bigwhiteelephantspod@gmail.com  so we can share them on future episodes!

On episode 12, Grace and Scott put on their choir robes, check their high blood pressure, and pray to beat children in competition while they discuss Joyful Noise (2012).   Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails or voicemails to  bigwhiteelephantspod@gmail.com  so we can share them on future episodes!

On Episode 11, Grace and Scott put on their blonde wigs, lift up their hands, and tear down the Berlin Wall to talk about John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001).    Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails or voicemails to  bigwhiteelephantspod@gmail.com  so we can share them on future episodes!

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 are alive with The Sound Of Music (1965), celebrating its 60th anniversary.  Follow The Movie Mixtape wherever you get your podcasts and on instagram @the_moviemixtape    Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails o...

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 know what that means but we did watch Robert Greenwald's Xanadu (1980) and on this episode we talk all about it: Kenny Ortega, Clarinet-playing Gene Kelly, Roller Skates, Olivia Newton John. This film has it all, but is it a Big White Elephant?...

Live from Philadelphia, Grace and Scott meet in person to talk about their weekend trip before introducing a conversation about hand choreography, 30-somethings pretending to be teenagers, and a "database of asses" in Randal Kleiser's Grease (1978). Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails or voicemails to  bigwhiteelephantspod@gmail.com  so we can share them on future...

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 Minelli's Gigi (1958).   Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails or voicemails to  bigwhiteelephantspod@gmail.com  so we can share them on future episodes!

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 time capsule, and discussing the latest Peanuts television special, Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical (2025) Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails or voicemails to  bigwhiteelephantspod@gmail.com  so we can shar...

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? Should more tax dollars be going towards teaching horse cops to dance? What does "glibby gloop gloopy" even mean? We try to answer these questions and more!   Connect with us on Instagram  @bigwhiteelephantspod  and send emails or voicemails...

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 Orleans, eat some beignets, kiss some frogs, and talk about Musker and Clements's The Princess and the Frog (2009).  Find out more about Tristan at www.tristanjmiller.com and check out their stand up special Manic Impressive on youtube   Connect...