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Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
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Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

This comic fantasy about a forty-something woman who travels back to her senior year after attending her high school reunion offered a circular notion of time, relationships, and generational ties.

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PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED
Left to right: Peggy Sue Kelcher-Bodell (Kathleen Turner) and Charlie Bodell (Nicolas Cage) embrace in Peggy Sue Got Married (Tri-Star Pictures).

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This post is part of the ‘Rewound’ series of analyses of objects or episodes from cultural and political history.

Spoiler alert: This analysis of the film Peggy Sue Got Married and its themes reveals plot details for the purpose of enhancing that analysis.

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