1999: The Podcast #057 – Never Been Kissed – “Grosie” with Trae Crowder and Corey Ryan Forrester
Never Been Kissed was the 43-rd highest grossing movie of the year, just edging out last week’s Forces of Nature (though proving far more profitable) at the box office.
Never Been Kissed opened April 9th, pitting it against The Matrix in its second week, but still managed to post an impressive second place finish for the week, taking in 14 million dollars. This is largely thanks to the overwhelming popularity of star Drew Barrymore, coming off consecutive romantic hits in 1998 with Ever After and The Wedding Singer.
It’s a strange movie with an, um, uncomfortable premise. It’s part farce, part tragedy, part love story (all of which tends to be true of Shakespeare’s plays, from which it draws its narrative template). Never Been Kissed also became a huge home video hit, watched a rewatched by its target demo for years after, as Barrymore’s “Josie Grosie” became an Elder Gen-X/Millennial folk hero.
This week, John and Jenn welcome comedians, podcasters, and, as of recently, authors Trae Crowder and Corey Ryan Forrester to talk about high school trauma, inappropriate relationships, the ethics of the 1990s, and Drew.
Trae is on Twitter @traecrowder
Corey is on Twitter @coreyrforrester
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