Psychopaths and Narcissists

I've recently discovered a website going by the name of "Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias: Online Resource for Victims of Psycopaths and Narcissists." Wait... what? At first I thought it was some diatribe written BY a psychopath or a narcissist... a bitter ex-girlfriend... someone a little "off." But no (??) the site claims to be written by a group of women (mostly women) in the psychiatric field which is why they chose to name themselves after two chick flicks. They've gone as far as to purchase the domain "FriedGreenTomatoes.org".

Personally I think it borders on disgusting. My reaction may be strong but I think using the name of someone else's property purely for site views is deceitful. You can argue that there were "psycopaths and narcissists" in Fried Green Tomatoes (Frank Bennett? The KKK?) but the site doesn't even claim to be about those issues and just links to a bunch of articles about a variety of "psychopaths in the news."

Sure - use Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias as your concept inspiration for site design and solidarity among women but DON'T buy FriedGreenTomatoes.org! (Keep in mind that not only am I a fan of the movie and the creator of this site but I'm also a trained information designer for interactive media so I speak from multiple viewpoints on this.)

Anyway... point is.... don't go to FriedGreenTomatoes.org thinking you're going to find anything about the movie. (And I realize that by talking about the site I'm giving it a higher rank in search engines... but still!)

Fannie on Adapting FGT

Fried Green Shopping

Every few months I do an eBay search looking for some Fried Green Tomatoes merchandise that maybe I haven't seen before or something that is brand new! (One can only hope.) I can only afford to do this search every few months because inevitably I want something that I find. :)

Today's search turned up a couple of treasures that are blog-worthy. The first is a painting of the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Lynn Lumley, covered in snow. Not your every day WSC sighting!

Limited edition prints are being sold on eBay here: Whistle Stop Cafe. More of Lumley's work can be seen on her gallery website as well.

Next on the list is DesignedThreads - a seller with pop culture t-shirts. On eBay they are now selling a shirt with Evelyn's famous insurance quote across the chest. It's cool - I love Evelyn. But I think I'll wait for one that says something more along the lines of "And he eats eggs that shoot right out of a chicken's ass!"

Mill Art

Artist Jenni Prange (JenniPrange.com) completed a painting of the Juliette mill (the empty structure seen in the Whistle Stop backgrounds in FRIED GREEN TOMATOES) for a contest relating to the upcoming "Millies" movie project (now in pre-production in Massachusetts). The "Juliette Mill" piece (and two others by the artist) were on display in Gallery 181 (Lawrence, MA) until just recently and the piece is now available FOR SALE on Etsy.com.

Management and Sales

After the Whistle Stop Cafe renovated its website it appears that Juliette has also gone through a little revival. Things are spiffed up at JulietteGA.com. There's also a new domain leading to an online commerce area: http://www.friedgreenproducts.com/ Now you can buy your silly t-shirts online!

In addition, Neill (maker of FRIED GREEN TOMORROWS) is on eBay selling ACTUAL pieces of the building itself. (I've been promised a plank myself - I'll proudly frame that on my wall.) Go here to bid on the planks up for auction now: eBay plank auction! And keep an eye on the seller Neilliene because he'll be putting up more FGT stuff in the future.

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On KSolo.com you can now sing your own version of one of FGT's favorite soundtrack songs - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted.

Starting Up

Starting up this month is Jon Avnet's latest project: The Starter Wife starring Debra Messing which is QUITE an opposite to Fried Green Tomatoes but some of the marketing campaigns are bringing the connection to the forefront to grab the female audience. You can watch episodes online here.

There's a few new FGT themed videos on YouTube that I've just noticed and added to the FGObsession YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=fgobsession

Come on over and subscribe or sign up as a friend of FGObsession.

Here's a sample of what you'll find there:





Enjoy!

~Erin