Episode 22 - Practical Magic

Magic.

Practical Magic came out in 1998 and was directed by Griffin Dunn and written by Robin Swickard, Akiva Goldsman, and Adam Brooks.

Is that?

What happened to Alice Hoffman? Was that just who wrote the novel? The novel.

Yes.

Yeah.

So I guess the novel was some huge hit and the studio hired probably Robin to adapt it.

And then Robin adapted it.

And then they were like, we need a rewrite.

And then that other person rewrote it.

And then they were like, we need a man.

This is a very female forward film, an FFF film.

Female forward film.

I had so much fun watching it.

I was just like, this is so lovely and fun to just watch a bunch of women do their thing.

Were they doing their thing or just trying to find men? Like the ants weren't.

They were doing their thing.

The ants were doing their thing.

Yeah.

I mean, I guess is this one giant Beckel test fail? Oh, huge.

Hugely.

Yeah.

I mean, literally, it really made me go, that is why I was so obsessed with men.

It has to be all the movies we saw where it was just like your whole point is to find a partner who loves you and gets you and completes you.

And then you have a family and there's a job and all that shit, whatever.