Paid in Puke S11E1: Postcards from the Edge
From Paid in Puke Podcast! by paidinpuke
June 9, 2026 · 52 min · Season 11 · Episode 1
About this episode
The episode discusses the film 'Postcards From the Edge' and its themes related to Hollywood and family dynamics.
On the Season 11 premiere, of Paid in Puke Podcast, we're checking out Mike Nichols' 1990 dramedy, Postcards From the Edge, written by Carrie Fisher, based off her memoir of the same name. It stars Meryl Streep as Fisher's meta proxy, and Shirley MacLaine as her mother, (a thinly veiled stand-in for Debbie Reynolds). This film was a smash upon release, but has fallen off the radar over the years, despite the A-list cast (many of whom were already famous) and the legendary director. We discuss the uniquely Hollywood problem of being a moderately successful actor when your mother is a showbiz legend, and how hard it must be to grasp reality when your day job is based in artifice, and how sometimes moms can be like that even when they aren't Hollywood icons. On the Lunchtime Poll, we reveal what songs we would sing at a coerced post-rehab surprise party.
People in this episode
Host: paidinpuke
Topics covered
- film review
- Hollywood
- family dynamics
- actor struggles
- comedy
- dramedy
Keywords
- Postcards From the Edge
- Mike Nichols
- Carrie Fisher
- Meryl Streep
- Shirley MacLaine
- Hollywood
- dramedy
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