Talk:Muriel's Wedding

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I love this movie. There are just so many parts that are SOOO right.

Contents 1 80s retro? 2 No 80's 3 The real Porpoise Spit 4 Themes 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Murielswedding.jpg 6 Fair use rationale for Image:ABBA - Dancing Queen.ogg

[edit] 80s retro?

Is this movie meant to be set in the early 80s? I only ask because of the use of the Abba songs, and also because Muriel watches what seems to be the wedding of Charles and Diana on tv, which was in 1981. pomegranate 23:13, September 11, 2005 (UTC)

No it isn't.

Muriel's "friends" early in the movie complain that "you listen to '70s music -- this is the 90s!", indicating that the movie is set in the same decade in which it was filmed. Given that the scene in which Muriel watches the royal wedding is set in a video store, it would be reasonable to assume that she is watching a videotape of the event. Lawikitejana 00:57, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No 80's

The movie is not set in early 80's, first because the greatest hits from ABBA is from 70's not from 80's, and Muriel watches the wedding of Lady Di in a taped video from TV.

teacherafael 15:54, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Blonde2max 22:58, 21 April 2006 (UTC) It's set in early 1990's remember that bitchy blonde saying they like "Nirvana"....

The movie is partially about how backward a place Porpoise Spit (and by extension, exurban Australia) is. Muriel's thing about Abba is all part of that.

[edit] The real Porpoise Spit

I edited the text slightly regarding the real Porpoise Spit. The real location is clearly in the state of New South Wales, not Queensland, as evidenced by the fact that Muriel's father, who is Mayor, has to attend corruption hearings in Sydney, the state capital (note non-US spelling). If the movie was set in Queensland, he would go to Brisbane, the Queensland capital. Moreover, local Government councillors and officials in Tweed Heads faced similar charges of corruption in the 1980s. Tweed Heads is the nearest town in NSW to the Gold Coast.

I've changed the reference to Tweed Heads a little as it was a bit long to start off with. - 220.237.30.150 07:06, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Porpoise Spit is indeed based on Tweed Heads in NSW. Tom Hogan (Paul's Father) was a councillor of the Tweed Shire Council in the 1970's and (I think) 1980's and was involved in corruption allegations at the time. 58.106.32.129 09:20, 16 May 2007 (UTC)tc

[edit] Themes

It might be worthwhile mentioning how the film shows that Muriel wanted a big wedding out of sheer competitiveness, and then finds fulfillment in other ways. It's very much retro to that time when women were discovering feminism. The key scene, of course, is when she and her husband are discussing why they married, and each has the same answer: "I want to win".

I know it's obvious, but if the movie is going to be discussed then the central theme of it really ought to be mentioned. Pmurray bigpond.com 00:42, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

The problem is that because Wikipedia has a policy of "no original research," one cannot make these observations outright, but rather must find a reliable source to cite instead, such as a published movie review or journal article.Lawikitejana 01:01, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Murielswedding.jpg

Image:Murielswedding.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:ABBA - Dancing Queen.ogg

Image:ABBA - Dancing Queen.ogg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:15, 12 February 2008 (UTC)