The Crucible (Justice for Liar Girls!)

About this episode

The hosts discuss the 1996 film 'The Crucible' while sharing personal anecdotes and humorous insights.

Send a text This week on Mummy Dearest Podcast we're unwrapping 1996's Puritanical liar girl rom-com "The Crucible"! We discuss everything from getting water sign revenge on those who have wronged us to getting drunk at a Chinese family reunion! We also discuss the film, but like, you know, briefly. The AI component of our podcast that we cannot turn off recommended we name this episode "Uncle Zach's Tickle Tales" and just wait til you find out why! Zach also calls Daniel Day-Lewis one to wat...

People in this episode

Hosts: Zach Mellen, Sloane Steel

Topics covered

• film discussion
• rom-com
• revenge
• family reunion
• 1996 movies

Keywords

• The Crucible
• rom-com
• Zach Mellen
• Sloane Steel
• 1996 film
• family reunion
• revenge

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Books & works: The Crucible

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