"Fate! There is such a thing as fate, but it only takes you so far. Then it's up to you to make it happen."Everyone loves that one last house party after high school before everything changes, especially when it has a banger soundtrack, introduces the next generation of Hollywood superstardom, and gives us all a reason to believe in fate. This week, the Wives Colangelo are finally tackling CAN'T HARDLY WAIT, and are joined by the incomparable Niko Stratis to do it! Did you know a Kenny in high school? Can you believe that Carlisle Cullen plays such a jerky jock in this? Are Preson and Amanda actually meant to be? LET'S OPEN UP THIS LIVING ROOM PIT AND FIND OUT!--------Become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/thisendsatprom--------MONTHLY SPOTLIGHTFriendship Place: https://friendshipplace.org/--------Support Our Guest!@NikoStratis | https://nikostratis.com/--------Social Media Plugs@ThisEndsAtProm@BJColangelo@Veloci_trap_tor / @harmonycolangelo.bsky.social.com----------Logo Design: Haley Doodles @HaleyDoodleDoTheme Song: The Sonder Bombs 'Title': https://thesonderbombs.bandcamp.com/
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Dirty Girl (2010)
"If it's a man's world, God wouldn't have made me."This week, The Wives Colangelo are championing the young women who were ever called a "bad influence" and celebrating the rural queer kids fighting for a chance to exist in a world that tries to literally straighten them out by talking about DIRTY GIRL. This criminally underrated and underseen road trip comedy is the exact kind of subversive comedy This Ends at Prom loves to highlight, and hopefully, you'll be able to sit in a little necessary discomfort to grow with these wild and wonderful characters, too. It's not every day that a person loses their virginity at the drive-in movies or learns that their dad is Tim McGraw! --------Become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/thisendsatprom--------MONTHLY SPOTLIGHTFriendship Place: https://friendshipplace.org/--------Social Media Plugs@ThisEndsAtProm@BJColangelo@Veloci_trap_tor / @harmonycolangelo.bsky.social.com----------Logo Design: Haley Doodles @HaleyDoodleDoTheme Song: The Sonder Bombs 'Title': https://thesonderbombs.bandcamp.com/
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What a Girl Wants (2003)
"Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you are born to stand out?"This week, The Wives Colangelo are hopping the pond and showing up to merry ol' England to find their long-lost rich dads and talk about the Amanda Bynes classic, WHAT A GIRL WANTS. Discussions include dissecting why so many movies post-9/11 were overseas adventures, the glory of Colin Firth in leather pants, and why the statement "straight kids don't have to come out" is untrue when we're talking about the prison of wealth.--------Become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/thisendsatprom--------MONTHLY SPOTLIGHTFriendship Place: https://friendshipplace.org/--------Social Media Plugs@ThisEndsAtProm@BJColangelo@Veloci_trap_tor / @harmonycolangelo.bsky.social.com----------Logo Design: Haley Doodles @HaleyDoodleDoTheme Song: The Sonder Bombs 'Title': https://thesonderbombs.bandcamp.com/
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KPop Demon Hunters (2025) w/ Laura Sirikul
“That’s the funny thing about hope. Nobody else gets to decide if you feel it. That choice belongs to you.”We're goin' up, up, up! It's our moment! You know together we're glowin'! KPOP DEMON HUNTERS has quickly become a phenomenon, and we are loving every second of it. This week, The Wives Colangelo are doing a deep dive into the world of K-pop with film journalist, culture critic, host, and K-pop superfan, Laura Sirikul! Why is everyone so obsessed with this movie? What makes this animated film one of the best of the year? Will "Golden" rightfully earn an Oscar nomination? Will Harmony finally become a K-pop fan?! Let's get into it!--------Become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/thisendsatprom--------Interviews ReferencedLaura interviews Arden Cho for Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurasirikul/2025/08/28/kpop-demon-hunters-reignited-arden-chos-love-for-acting-again/Laura interviews EJAE for Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurasirikul/2025/07/01/kpop-demon-hunters-songwriter-reveals-music-and-song-inspirations/--------MONTHLY SPOTLIGHTFriendship Place: https://friendshipplace.org/--------Social Media Plugs@ThisEndsAtProm@BJColangelo@Veloci_trap_tor / @harmonycolangelo.bsky.social.comFollow Laura SirikulInstagram @lsirikTwitter @lsirikulBluesky @lsirikul.bsky.social----------Logo Design: Haley Doodles @HaleyDoodleDoTheme Song: The Sonder Bombs 'Title': https://thesonderbombs.bandcamp.com/
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30 Years of Clueless and 5 Years of This Ends at Prom
"UGH. AS IF!"Back in 2020, the recently married Wives Colangelo sat down in their Cleveland apartment to kill some time during quarantine and talk about teen girl movies. Now, five years later, in a different apartment in Los Angeles, they're returning to the movie that started it all and celebrating how it has changed culture in the last 30 years -- CLUELESS. A film this monumental deserved revisiting and a proper This Ends at Prom episode backed by the expertise forged out of over 500 hours worth of weekly film analysis. Thank you for five years of This Ends at Prom, supporting teen girl cinema, and validating movies that "filmbros" ignore.--------Become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/thisendsatprom--------Interview ReferencedClueless at 30 (The Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/19/clueless-movie-30th-anniversary--------MONTHLY SPOTLIGHTFriendship Place: https://friendshipplace.org/--------Social Media Plugs@ThisEndsAtProm@BJColangelo@Veloci_trap_tor / @harmonycolangelo.bsky.social.com----------Logo Design: Haley Doodles @HaleyDoodleDoTheme Song: The Sonder Bombs 'Title': https://thesonderbombs.bandcamp.com/
This Ends at Prom is a weekly podcast analyzing the staying power of womanhood featured in coming-of-age and teen girl movies from the queer, feminist cisgender and transgender perspectives of wives BJ Colangelo and Harmony Colangelo.
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