“If you’re acting, you’re wasting your time. If you’re not, you’re wasting mine.”
“I’m not acting! I’m not acting.”
Mommie Dearest is certainly a movie of extremes, likely driven by an adherence to the titular memoir—an unflinching, less-than-flattering look at Joan Crawford’s life behind the silver screen. And yes, Faye Dunaway’s portrayal is unhinged and campy, but in a way that indeed seems very believable for someone like Crawford, a figure of “Hollywood royalty” who puts on airs trying to distance…
