Meryl Streep

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q873: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: The Big Chill (1983); Postcards from the Edge (1990). Count them as actor (29 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Carrie Fisher: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Postcards from the Edge (1990), which they were tied to as nominee: Carrie Fisher ⇒ Postcards from the Edge (the host's read). Postcards is a Mike Nichols film written by Carrie Fisher from her novel.
    “Which is a Mike Nichols film, written by Carrie Fisher”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:16:02 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)

Return of the Secaucus 7: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they were tied to as recasting what-if for Sarah: Return of the Secaucus 7 ⇒ The Big Chill (the host's read). Called a precursor to The Big Chill.
    “precursor to this movie, Socaucus 7 is like this.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

10 Years: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they were tied to as recasting what-if for Sarah: The Big Chill ⇒ 10 Years (the host's read). Another reunion-with-a-great-cast attempt that did not match The Big Chill.
    “I kind of like 10 years.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Beautiful Girls (1996): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they were tied to as recasting what-if for Sarah: The Big Chill ⇒ Beautiful Girls (the host's read). Named among the later films that tried and failed to be the Big Chill for a new generation, along with About Alex.
    “I remember beautiful girls tried in the mid 90s and there's a movie called About Alex and the mid 2010s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Bill Clinton: 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they were tied to as recasting what-if for Sarah: The Big Chill ⇒ Bill Clinton (the host's read). EW's 15th anniversary review blamed The Big Chill for soundtrack albums, 30-something, and Bill Clinton.
    “Hell, blame the big show for Bill Quinton.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:29:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Hometown (TV series): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they were tied to as recasting what-if for Sarah: The Big Chill ⇒ Hometown (TV series) (the host's read). The Big Chill was adapted as a short-lived 16-episode TV series called Hometown in 1986.
    “As the short-lived series hometown?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:11:06 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Reality Bites (1994): 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they were tied to as recasting what-if for Sarah: The Big Chill ⇒ Reality Bites (the host's read). Reality Bites is the young-person reaction to the sold-out generation The Big Chill depicts.
    “And then that's why like reality bites hits and you see reality bites and you're like, oh, that's why Troy is like, fuck everything.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:12:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Intervention: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Big Chill (1983), which they were tied to as recasting what-if for Sarah: The Big Chill ⇒ The Intervention (the host's read). Another indie friends-weekend film in the same vortex.
    “There was a movie called The Intervention.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:05:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (43) everyone in acting

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (5)

  1. career (career run): Meryl Streep → Mamma Mia!. Ricki is the end of Streep's run as a lead in studio comedies, which began with Mamma Mia and the Devil Wears Prada.
    “this is also kind of the end of the Merrill leading lady studio comedy run”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:20:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (late-career genre run): Meryl Streep → Liam Neeson. Streep's 60s run of $100M comedies is likened to Liam Neeson's action run.
    “It's like she did the comedy version of the Liam Neeson action run.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:29:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Meryl Streep → The Devil Wears Prada. Mamma Mia followed Devil Wears Prada almost immediately, proving Streep in her 50s was a $100 million box-office draw.
    “Yeah. You know, the greatest actress of her generation. In her 50s is commanding multiple $100 million movies.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 1:17:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Meryl Streep → Florence Foster Jenkins. Streep keeps singing on film, and Florence Foster Jenkins riffs on her not being a great singer.
    “Florence Foster Jenkins is so funny, though, because it's kind of a riff on how she can't really sing that.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 1:21:59 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Meryl Streep → Ricky and the Flash. Streep plays a rock front woman in the Jonathan Demme film, another case of her loving to sing.
    “Ricky and the Flash. That's what I was trying to think.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 1:22:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Nicole Kidman → Meryl Streep. Because she makes up to five films a year, Kidman is not a rare object like Brad Pitt or Meryl Streep.
    “So she doesn't hold that same level of, 0 my gosh, Brad Pitt is at the party or 0 my goodness, it's Meryl Streeper.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:43:40 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Melanie Griffith → Meryl Streep. Griffith plays the lead by receding, not raising her voice, like Streep in Prada.
    “And they're, and they recede a little and they don't always raise the voice, Meryl Streep and Deborah, where's Prada being the other one?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:13:14 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (awards-theory): Robert Downey Jr. → Meryl Streep. Streep keeps getting nominated because she visibly changes things up; Downey should surprise audiences similarly.
    “I'm not saying she's always good, but she is always at least changing it up.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 1:27:01 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (prior collaboration): Meryl Streep → The Manchurian Candidate. Demme worked with Streep on The Manchurian Candidate, so they had an existing relationship.
    “He worked with Meryl on the Venturian candidates.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:20:40 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Mike Nichols → Meryl Streep. Nichols worked with Streep three times and wrote strong women.
    “works with Meryl Streep 3 times.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 0:42:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Meryl Streep → Into the Woods. Streep was in Into the Woods, but Sean skips it because he dislikes the Rob Marshall production and the show itself.
    “But, um, I mean, Meryl Streep was into the woods.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 1:06:29 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (dismissed): Meryl Streep → The Laundromat. Worst Putters and Murmurs: dislikes her slightly haunted older lady mode and the brown-face.
    “Meryl Streep in the laundromat.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:21:00 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Meryl Streep → Glenn Close. Recasting couch: Streep in the Glenn Close part, Close in the Mary Kay Place part.
    “Meryl Streep's in the Glen Close part.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:25:39 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Meryl Streep → Salt. The hosts joke about casting Streep in Wanted or Salt in place of Angelina Jolie.
    “Meryl does have like a regal Russian quality to it.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 1:21:07 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Meryl Streep: Bobby complimented Florence Foster Jenkins to Streep in an elevator and she replied 'sometimes you need little tonic', raising his opinion of the film from C-plus to A-minus.
    “I will never top the moment when I complimented Florence Foster Jenkins too, Meryl Streep in an elevator and she said, sometimes you need little tonic.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:22:09 · Bobby Finger (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Meryl Streep: Streep's half-braid hairstyle makes her look alt without altering her; when the braids come out she is just Meryl again and the illusion breaks.
    “The moment they took those braids out and she just looked at Meryl Streep, I was like, now I get the braids.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:40:03 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Meryl Streep: A running bit, checking whether Meryl Streep ever holds a gun in her filmography, and recasting her in Wanted and Salt.
    “Meryl Streep is hard to talk about. It's kind of like talking about Coca-Cola on a warm summer day.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 1:21:32 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)