![]() ![]() Every waking moment spent with her adopted children was a reminder of this scar. One that presumably left her unable to carry children to full term. She simply must not be able to shake her mental scarring from her own abortion procedure. But when the public was not around, her insanity did not stop. Crawford’s unyielding drive to be seen in the public as a good mother is central to the plot. It almost seems like an inevitable conclusion. Issues of family violence brought to light. You might recall that the Mommie Dearest film follows the lives of two of Joan Crawford’s adopted children (two younger adopted children deny the events and were omitted from the film.) Perhaps Joan was scarred in an earlier back-alley abortion procedure, or even a self-induced procedure. When it was released in 1978, Christina Crawford's Mommie Dearest made an indelible impression on America's cultural landscape: it enjoyed 42 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, spawned a cult film classic based on the book, and placed the issue of family violence in the national spotlight. Wire hangers were a popularly known instrument of so-called back alley abortions. I think I figured it out, and it’s even more depressing. It’s always from the perspective of “WTF?!” I’ve heard so many people make pop-culture references to this scene. Christina Crawford (born June 11, 1939) is an American writer and actress, best known as the author of Mommie Dearest, an autobiographical account of alleged child abuse by her adoptive mother, famous Hollywood actress Joan Crawford. ![]()
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