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# Ticklish Business #209: Giant (1956, with Julie Gilbert)
- URL: https://thefilmmaven.com/giant-1956-ticklish-business-podcast/
- Published: 2025-08-13T16:00:23.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-03T14:00:34.000Z
- Description: We're visiting the frontier with an epic look at George Steven's feature.
- Author: Kristen Lopez
- Tags: Podcast

Ticklish Business #209: Giant (1956, with Julie Gilbert)

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Edna Ferber biographer Julie Gilbert joins us to discuss the 1956 Western epic *Giant*. The trio talk about James Dean, Liz Taylor's feminism, and how the movie isn't afraid to deconstruct the genre it's set in.

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