Alright I confess! Mommy Dearest is one of my many guilty pleasures and damn if Faye Dunaway wasn't overacting her ass off! Its a great film if you love campy films based on semi-autobiographical bullshit by ungrateful children adopted by a needy, starved for attention, hasbeen actress whom history has come to adore.

Joan Crawford: Why can't you give me the respect that I'm entitled to? Why can't you treat me like I would be treated by any stranger on the street?
Christina: Because I am NOT one of your fans!!!!!!

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nursev said:

Never seen it

Oh you have to. Its a gem! You will be both and practically the whole way through. Again, I don't believe its an honest depiction of Joan Crawford and the movie omits the fact that she had other children besides her eldest daughter and her son (she had twin girls I think) but its still enjoyable and tempts you to want to read the actual book.

Not until you posted this pic of Faye did I realize how awful her eyebrows are.

But it adds to her crazy.

paintedlady said:

Not until you posted this pic of Faye did I realize how awful her eyebrows are.

But it adds to her crazy.

U know what's funny? I've seen plenty JC movies, many from when she was older, and I can't remember ever seeing her with the crazybrow!

They look like little black caterpillars!

Or leeches.

HotGritz said:

paintedlady said:

Not until you posted this pic of Faye did I realize how awful her eyebrows are.

But it adds to her crazy.

U know what's funny? I've seen plenty JC movies, many from when she was older, and I can't remember ever seeing her with the crazybrow!

They look like little black caterpillars!

Or leeches.

The heavy Mc Brows go with the tight lines around the mouth... it gives her a don't mess with my crazy azz look. [img:$uid]http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc99/gataloca_bucket/roto2gaydude.gif[/img:$uid]

HotGritz said:

paintedlady said:

Not until you posted this pic of Faye did I realize how awful her eyebrows are.

But it adds to her crazy.

U know what's funny? I've seen plenty JC movies, many from when she was older, and I can't remember ever seeing her with the crazybrow!

They look like little black caterpillars!

Or leeches.

This is the closest one I could find:

I haven't seen this movie in a minute!

chocolate1 said:

HotGritz said:

U know what's funny? I've seen plenty JC movies, many from when she was older, and I can't remember ever seeing her with the crazybrow!

They look like little black caterpillars!

Or leeches.

This is the closest one I could find:

I am distracted by the block on her finger.

paintedlady said:

chocolate1 said:

This is the closest one I could find:

I am distracted by the block on her finger.

I've noticed that the girls are wearing rings that big nowadays...

I love that movie, BTW... I watched it not too long ago.

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chocolate1 said:

paintedlady said:

I am distracted by the block on her finger.

I've noticed that the girls are wearing rings that big nowadays...

Yeah, but I don't think Ms. Dunaway's ring is plastic.

paintedlady said:

chocolate1 said:

I've noticed that the girls are wearing rings that big nowadays...

Yeah, but I don't think Ms. Dunaway's ring is plastic.

paintedlady said:

chocolate1 said:

I've noticed that the girls are wearing rings that big nowadays...

Yeah, but I don't think Ms. Dunaway's ring is plastic.

Then what the hell is it???

It looks like a chewed on ice cube.

KidaDynamite said:

paintedlady said:

Yeah, but I don't think Ms. Dunaway's ring is plastic.

Then what the hell is it???

It looks like a chewed on ice cube.

Bone? It actually looks like a chunk of amethyst.

I haven't seen this movie in ages.

But this is all I think of when mentioning this film. As does most of the rest of the world!

paintedlady said:

KidaDynamite said:

Then what the hell is it???

It looks like a chewed on ice cube.

Bone? It actually looks like a chunk of amethyst.

Mommie Dearest: Why can't you give me the respect that I'm entitled to? Why can't you treat me like I would be treated by any stranger on the street? tina, bring me the axe!

[Edited 10/26/11 19:48pm]

NO WIRE HANGERS!!

This movie is soooo good...I know it by heart....

My favorites are

The pounding Chrissy gets scrubbing that blue tile with Ajax...."SSSSSCCCRRUBB!"

Of Course.....the wire hanger scene...the crazy look gets amplified later on with the famous "respect line"...boy oh boy you have no idea how many times I reran that scene to laugh at that crazy ass look she gives the poor child before she commences to "choke a bitch out"....

CLASSIC!

free2bfreeda said:

Mommie Dearest: Why can't you give me the respect that I'm entitled to? Why can't you treat me like I would be treated by any stranger on the street? tina, bring me the axe!

[Edited 10/26/11 19:48pm]

One of my all-time favorite movies. That look on her face is PRICELESS!!!!

chocolate1 said:

paintedlady said:

I am distracted by the block on her finger.

I've noticed that the girls are wearing rings that big nowadays...

Cocktail rings! I collect them! I like the whole vintage-y vibe about them

omg YES!!! My 2nd most favorite movie of ALL. TIME.

I used to love watching this movie when I was a kid. My mom hated it! She especially hated the wire hanger part. She just couldn't believe anyone would treat their children this way. And I was like "uh, you beat us with a yardstick, woman".

What I always loved bout the wire hanger bit is, where did these wires come from? Did Lil Christine go out and steal them from the dry cleaners and hang them up in the closet herself??? Like all 6 year olds??

You know it was the housekeeper who was jealous of that lil brat.

I'm sorry, but I've NEVER found Mommy Dearest to be a laughing matter.

Yes, I understand the campiness being the source of humor. But physical abuse on a child is not funny to me at all. I'm all for spankings as long as it's on the child's buttock only. Anywhere ever is definitely physical abuse.

With all of THAT^ said, how many of you actually think Christina was telling to truth in her autography about her adopted mother?

I believe it. Back in the day, people used to beat the crap out of their kids with hangers, belts, extension cords, tree switches, Ajax cans, anything they could find. That's just the way it was and we liked it!

lazycrockett said:

What I always loved bout the wire hanger bit is, where did these wires come from? Did Lil Christine go out and steal them from the dry cleaners and hang them up in the closet herself??? Like all 6 year olds??

You know it was the housekeeper who was jealous of that lil brat.

THANKYOU!

Where did they come from? It had to be the housekeeper and no one else. The hanger was hidden in the back as if someone knew not to put it there but chose to anyway. Notice the slight pause Joan takes when she's going through Christina's closet and notices the hanger. Se went from loving mommy cleaning up after her little girl to ALL OUT DEMON POSSESSED! That was some devil shit right there. I'm sure there is an unedited version where her head spins around and the cosmetic cream turns to a hulk-green mask.

kitbradley said:

I believe it. Back in the day, people used to beat the crap out of their kids with hangers, belts, extension cords, tree switches, Ajax cans, anything they could find. That's just the way it was and we liked it!

That was a terrible scene with the Ajax can. Joan then squatted like she was neandertal giving birth....or maybe she was taking a dump.