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Jayne Mansfield’s Hidden Brilliance Revealed In New HBO Documentary

On Max now: This documentary is a women-driven documentary about Jayne Mansfield with her daughter, Mariska Hargitay, narrating. It tugs at...

Another layer of debate was seeded through the Groucho moment; some thought his blunt manner was forward-thinking to the period-“He SAW her” said one-while another felt aggrieved by that tone: “I can’t help but hear the contempt in his voice,” said one commenter, accusing Marx of being frustrated with Mansfield for playing along with the system rather than challenging it head on. One shocked viewer vented: “Couldn’t get over how these TV hosts were allowed to speak to women,” and then she started a thread in which they compared how Mansfield was treated to cases involving Brooke Shields, Britney Spears and others. Indeed, she was a classically trained musician (quite a few comments came out of the blue about her piano and violin prowess), a devoted mother, and, tragically, an artist who truly knew the game she was barely able to play.

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