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* JerkassHasAPoint: Joan gets one of these during her argument with Greg before they break up after she points out his own corruption. Joan might be a narcissistic aging actress - and an abusive mother - but even she knows that the Hollywood elite is shady and engaged in all sorts of illegal back-dealings, activities which Greg is more than happy to cover up and make go away for a price. When confronted about it, Greg can't even muster a response other than to just grab Joan, start screaming at her and accuse her of being crazy.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Joan gets one of these during her argument with Greg before they break up after she points out his own corruption. Joan might be a narcissistic aging actress - and an abusive mother - but even she knows that the Hollywood elite is shady and engaged in all sorts of criminal activity and illegal back-dealings, activities back-door dealings, all of which Greg is more than happy to cover up and make go away for a price. When confronted about it, Greg can't even muster a response other than to just grab Joan, start screaming at her and accuse her of being crazy.
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*** It might be even more of a TearJerker: Joan Crawford, while married to her first husband Creator/DouglasFairbanksJr (from whom she was estranged), had an affair with Creator/ClarkGable in 1931, and became pregnant. Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer head of publicity Howard Strickling arranged for Joan to get an abortion. At the time, an abortion would very likely have been performed by with a wire hanger, and would have carried an exceptionally high risk of complications resulting in difficulty successfully carrying subsequent pregnancies to term. Therefore, the sight of wire coat hangers might be bringing back a painful memory for Joan, especially given her extreme desire for children combined with her multiple post-abortion miscarriages (made even more tragic by the fact that they were found in the room of her ADOPTED daughter - who herself would no doubt have been a daily reminder about Joan's inability to bear children due to the past abortions and miscarriages suffered during her previous marriages).

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*** It might be even more of a TearJerker: Joan Crawford, while married to her first husband Creator/DouglasFairbanksJr (from whom she was estranged), had an affair with Creator/ClarkGable in 1931, and became pregnant. Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer head of publicity Howard Strickling arranged for Joan to get an abortion. At the time, an abortion would very likely have been performed by with a wire hanger, and would have carried an exceptionally high risk of complications resulting in difficulty successfully carrying subsequent pregnancies to term. Therefore, the sight of wire coat hangers might be bringing back a painful memory for Joan, especially given her extreme desire for children combined with her multiple post-abortion miscarriages (made even more tragic by the fact that they were found in the room closet of her ADOPTED daughter - who herself would no doubt have been a daily reminder about Joan's inability to bear children due to the past abortions and miscarriages suffered during her previous marriages).
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General clarification on work content


*** It might be even more of a TearJerker: Joan Crawford, while married to her first husband Creator/DouglasFairbanksJr (from whom she was estranged), had an affair with Creator/ClarkGable in 1931, and became pregnant. Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer head of publicity Howard Strickling arranged for Joan to get an abortion. At the time, an abortion would very likely have been performed by with a wire hanger, and would have carried an exceptionally high risk of complications resulting in difficulty successfully carrying subsequent pregnancies to term. Therefore, the sight of wire coat hangers might be bringing back a painful memory for Joan, especially given her extreme desire for children combined with her multiple post-abortion miscarriages (made even more tragic by the fact that they were found in the room of her ADOPTED daughter - who herself would no doubt have been a regular reminder about Joan's inability to bear children due to the past abortions and miscarriages suffered during her previous marriages).

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*** It might be even more of a TearJerker: Joan Crawford, while married to her first husband Creator/DouglasFairbanksJr (from whom she was estranged), had an affair with Creator/ClarkGable in 1931, and became pregnant. Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer head of publicity Howard Strickling arranged for Joan to get an abortion. At the time, an abortion would very likely have been performed by with a wire hanger, and would have carried an exceptionally high risk of complications resulting in difficulty successfully carrying subsequent pregnancies to term. Therefore, the sight of wire coat hangers might be bringing back a painful memory for Joan, especially given her extreme desire for children combined with her multiple post-abortion miscarriages (made even more tragic by the fact that they were found in the room of her ADOPTED daughter - who herself would no doubt have been a regular daily reminder about Joan's inability to bear children due to the past abortions and miscarriages suffered during her previous marriages).
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General clarification on work content


*** It might be even more of a TearJerker: Joan Crawford, while married to her first husband Creator/DouglasFairbanksJr (from whom she was estranged), had an affair with Creator/ClarkGable in 1931, and became pregnant. Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer head of publicity Howard Strickling arranged for Joan to get an abortion. At the time, an abortion would very likely have been performed by with a wire hanger, and would have carried an exceptionally high risk of complications resulting in difficulty successfully carrying subsequent pregnancies to term. Therefore, the sight of wire coat hangers might be bringing back a painful memory for Joan, especially given her extreme desire for children combined with her multiple post-abortion miscarriages.

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*** It might be even more of a TearJerker: Joan Crawford, while married to her first husband Creator/DouglasFairbanksJr (from whom she was estranged), had an affair with Creator/ClarkGable in 1931, and became pregnant. Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer head of publicity Howard Strickling arranged for Joan to get an abortion. At the time, an abortion would very likely have been performed by with a wire hanger, and would have carried an exceptionally high risk of complications resulting in difficulty successfully carrying subsequent pregnancies to term. Therefore, the sight of wire coat hangers might be bringing back a painful memory for Joan, especially given her extreme desire for children combined with her multiple post-abortion miscarriages.miscarriages (made even more tragic by the fact that they were found in the room of her ADOPTED daughter - who herself would no doubt have been a regular reminder about Joan's inability to bear children due to the past abortions and miscarriages suffered during her previous marriages).

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