Episode 179 - Carrie (1976)

<p>They're all gonna laugh at you! Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam, Ethan and Georgia (Meg's hiding under the stage, ready to tip the bucket) as we're heading to Prom with a guy that's got a helmet of hair in the Brian De Palma classic adaptation of Stephen King's horror debut, Carrie.  We're doing etymology on 'dirty pillows' in our 179th episode as we discuss:</p> <ul><li>The believeability that Carrie wouldn't have heard of a menstrual cycle at age 17</li> <li>The number of times that Miss Collins should have been fired in this film</li> <li>Whether the film made Sue & Tommy's intentions clear or if they purposely kept us in the dark (and how it's a much better film in one of those ways)</li> <li>Liam asks if we should forgive Carrie in the end</li> <li>Did they have to go the dream-sequence route in the final sequence?</li> <li>What exactly is Tommy's plan here?  Why does he kiss Laurie?</li> <li>Whether or not Carrie is the Best Film Ever</li> </ul> <p>Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at <a href='https://www.patreon.com/BFE'>https://www.patreon.com/BFE</a></p> <p>We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support: </p> <ul><li>Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM</li> <li>Hermes Auslander</li> <li>James DeGuzman</li> <li>Lina Oberholzer</li> <li>Ensign Ian Davies</li> <li>Chris Pedersen </li> <li>Duane Smith (Duane Smith!)</li> <li>Randal Silva</li> <li>The Yeetmeister</li> <li>Nate The Great</li> <li>Rev Bruce</li> <li>Cheezy (with a fish on a bike)</li> <li>Andy Dickson</li> <li>Holly Callen</li> <li>Richard</li> <li>Ryan Kuketz</li> <li>Chris Dykstra</li> </ul> <p>Buy some BFE merch at <a href='https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/'>https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/</a></p> <p>Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at <a href='https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor'>https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor</a></p> <p>Also massi