Give Me That D listeners!
We have SUCH a fun episode for you this week with our horse-girl sister, Claire Woolcott! We’re breaking down (literally in tears at one point) the CLASSIC “Hannah Montana: The Movie.”
What DOESN’T this movie have? Miley Cyrus, a true STAR gives us COMEDY, gives us DRAMA, gives us VOICE, and she was only 15! Now, does this movie choose violence? Yes. Does Miley/Hannah get into a brawl with Tyra Banks in a shoe store and try to impale her with a pair of heels? Yes. Does Billy Ray engage in what can only be described as plate bafoonery? Yes. Would Jackson actually be dead from an alligator bite to the tush? Yes. Does the evil tabloid journalist from the UK (we stand with you Harry and Meghan) who’s trying to out Hannah’s secret actually have to do some of the most humiliating things I’ve ever seen on screen? Yes. But also we have one of the cutest cuties who ever did ride a horse in Travis. We have wigs being put on and taken off willy-nilly and then STUFFED into a makeup case. We have Miss Taylor Allison Swift and Rascal Flatts making appearances. This movie is of course about remembering who you really are and getting back to your Tennessee roots, but it’s also about punishing a young girl who’s found unmeasured success (even with straight boys, a true feat) for being good at her job — classic. We have fun with a chicken coop, a lottt of slapstick comedy, a revolving door scene that’s so stressful some of us can’t watch it, we “add a little hip-hop” to a hoedown throwdown, and OF COURSE we have an ICONIC soundtrack. When I tell you we wept talking about Butterfly Fly Away. And of course The Climb deserved an Oscar for Best Original Song in my opinion. We could’ve talked about this movie for a hundred years. Needless to say, these horse girls had a good time!
Full disclosure, we fully stand with SAG, this episode was recorded before the strike. We will update all of you as we navigate how to move forward with the podcast in the coming months. It may look a little different for a while or it will be business as usual, we’re not sure! Thank you for being on the journey with us and PLEASE enjoy this long, juicy episode!
Have fuuuuunnn!
