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The June screening series at the Gene Siskel Film Center explores camp as it relates to queerness, drag, and beyond.
The real-life mega-drama between actress Joan Crawford (played with bonkers ... including Hollywood’s most infamous scene featuring wire hangers. Mo’Nique won a best supporting actress ...
She played the controversial Old Hollywood star Joan Crawford in a biopic about her abusive treatment of her children, but many found her performance too over-the-top and accidentally camp. Lines like ...
With Mother’s Day right around the corner, there’s no better way to commemorate the holiday than to tune into a movie that ...
Stop using wire hangers immediately. Well, for clothes, that is. Joan Crawford had a point; they don't have a place in your closet, as they can damage your clothes. Once you've upgraded to better ...
In her memoir, Christina claimed that Joan Crawford physically and emotionally abused her and her brother. She alleged that Crawford beat her and Christopher with wire hangers and carried out “night ...
The idea of freaking out over wire hangers stemmed from Joan’s childhood. In a 2006 documentary, interviewees recalled the story about where that infamous line came from. Apparently, Crawford ...
So, as a result, one minute we see Joan Crawford winning an Oscar, the next minute, she’s going off on her daughter in the middle of the night because, oops, a wire hanger was found in her ...
She became the actress Joan Crawford at her child-abusing worst in Mommie Dearest, complete with those infamous lines, “Don’t fuck with me, fellas!” and “No wire hangers, EVER!” ...