Originally Posted by
RanRan79
I think if this movie was a screenplay that someone just thought up, what you say here would make a lot of sense. However, because the movie is based on her daughter's book, and, I'm assuming, her daughter saw her as an abusive nut and nothing more, then that's the way the story shakes up. All villains have an origin story, but to their victims, the "why" of it all is usually of little to no concern. I think the point of the movie was to showcase how mean and abusive Joan Crawford supposedly was, from the viewpoint of her daughter. A movie about Joan Crawford in general, or more specifically, one about her relationship to her children from the POV of an outsider, would certainly have to paint a more balanced picture of Joan, in the sense of explaining some of her behavior.
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