We who come from a marriage-intense culture laughed a little more than others when My Big Fat Greek Wedding's one-liners took the box office by storm back in 2002.
Unmarried heroine Toula Portokalos narrates her saga with wry observations such as "There are three things that every Greek woman must do in life: marry Greek boys, make Greek babies, and feed everyone." Her father tells her, "Get married, make babies! You look so...old!" And everything in her culture emphasizes certain fundamentals, including her Greek school's "valuable lessons, such as, 'If Nick has one goat and Maria has nine, how soon will they marry?'"
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