Christina Crawford’s memoir Mommie Dearest (with Angela Tucker)

Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast

Chelsea Devantez

Society & Culture, Arts, Books

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Chelsea and Angela Tucker (You Should Be Grateful, The Adoptee Next Door) dive into the whirlpool of trauma that is Christina Crawford’s 1978 memoir Mommie Dearest, as well as her mother Joan Crawford’s 2017 autobiography A Portrait of Joan. From the infamous film based on Mommie Dearest, to the extremely damaging adoption process, this memoir has the distinction of being the first “tell all” celebrity memoir! Show Notes: Joyce Maynard episode Jennette McCurdy episode The Guardian Article by Elizabeth Day Where to find our Guest: Angela Tucker Podcast Book Documentary Instagram Website *** For more book recaps & gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez Become a member of the Celebrity Book Club Patreon! Glamorous Trash: Where we make treasure out of pop culture garbage. Glamorous Trash is all about going high and low at the same time— Glam and Trash. We recap and book club celebrity memoirs, deconstruct pop culture, and sometimes, we cry! If you've ever referenced Mariah Carey in therapy... then this is the podcast for you. Thank you to our sponsors: Tanteo Tequila -- @tanteotequila Natalie's Juice Company -- @nataliesoj Pattern Brands - @patternbrands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Glamorous Trash. On this podcast we recap and discuss celebrity memoirs,
0:11.4	we pontificate about pop culture and and sometimes if it's a real
0:14.7	juicy, we cry.
0:16.6	If you have ever casually referenced Mariah Carey and therapy, then this is probably the
0:21.2	podcast for you.
0:22.6	I'm your host Chelsea Duantez.
0:24.0	I'm a TV writer, comedian, and filmmaker,
0:25.9	and sometimes I'm in stuff too.
0:28.5	And today's episode is a real juicy.
0:31.4	We're discussing two memoirs today the memoir of Joan Crawford and
0:36.4	the memoir from her daughter discussing Joan Crawford now if you're not
0:41.2	familiar with Joan Crawford she She was a huge film star in the
0:46.1	1940s 50s 60s. My favorite of hers is the film Whatever Happened to Baby Jane which stars her and Betty Davis and then there is also a
0:56.9	Ryan Murphy series called Feud about Joan Crawford and Betty Davis's feud
1:02.9	when they were filming this.
1:04.6	She also starred in Mildred Pierce.
1:07.0	She was in the film Johnny Guitar, Grand Hotel, The Women.
1:12.1	So, so, so many films, she's a huge star and her autobiography was
1:16.8	published in 1962. Plus I accidentally read a third book,
1:23.3	Joan Crawford's lifestyle book.
1:25.5	I thought it was her memoir,
1:27.1	Ho boy!
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