Great theme and theme entries! Interesting grid with the right-and-down-sloping diagonal. Loved 37A as well. Thank you and look forward to more puzzles!
FYI, there is a stray • in the clue for 46D. I failed a clean solve because I mis-remembered 24A as KIT instead of KIP (it’s been too long… though I don’t know if the movie would hold up to yet another viewing at this point).
Thank you! I'll be honest, the grid probably ended up that way because I often find diagonals are the easiest shape to work fill into. My theory is it has something to do with naturally offsetting vowels and consonants.
Fixed 46D.
I still love Napoleon Dynamite no matter how many times I watch it!