I'm not a fan of Jackie Collins' writing style (the actual prose - not critiquing the stories themselves because I don't read the stories due to not caring for the writing itself) BUT, BUT I'm a fan of who she was - a bold trailblazer who wrote the stories she wanted to write! You have to respect that whether you personally like her writing or not.
The documentary was interesting but it didn't do a good job of anchoring events to the timeline. It jumps around a lot so you may find yourself looking up info online to better understand the chronology (I did). I also thought it was weird that early on the filmmakers made it seem like it was going to be a story about a woman who was so brave, bold, confident, and sexy in the public eye, but behind closed doors, they were going to show she was so broken and so different than the public image. Oh, the scandal! Except there was no scandal. Jackie Collins was human, which is to say she endured some tragedy and loss and had some insecurities and doubts. Like all humans do. But to accomplish what she did time and time again shows she WAS a brave, bold, confident, and sexy woman. It was like the filmmakers wanted to undercut that somehow by implying that she was a mess behind the scenes. I didn't see a mess. I saw a complex human. Hats off to Jackie Collins, the legend AND the woman.
PS. Jackie was also VERY pretty, both before & after plastic surgery. Her grumpy, rude "friend" who kept saying things like how Jackie had a lot things to "fix" sounded like a very sad, sour grapes person. Definitely not a true friend. More like a jealous frenemy who wished she'd been as cool as Jackie.
The documentary was interesting but it didn't do a good job of anchoring events to the timeline. It jumps around a lot so you may find yourself looking up info online to better understand the chronology (I did). I also thought it was weird that early on the filmmakers made it seem like it was going to be a story about a woman who was so brave, bold, confident, and sexy in the public eye, but behind closed doors, they were going to show she was so broken and so different than the public image. Oh, the scandal! Except there was no scandal. Jackie Collins was human, which is to say she endured some tragedy and loss and had some insecurities and doubts. Like all humans do. But to accomplish what she did time and time again shows she WAS a brave, bold, confident, and sexy woman. It was like the filmmakers wanted to undercut that somehow by implying that she was a mess behind the scenes. I didn't see a mess. I saw a complex human. Hats off to Jackie Collins, the legend AND the woman.
PS. Jackie was also VERY pretty, both before & after plastic surgery. Her grumpy, rude "friend" who kept saying things like how Jackie had a lot things to "fix" sounded like a very sad, sour grapes person. Definitely not a true friend. More like a jealous frenemy who wished she'd been as cool as Jackie.