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how did Neely become so famous all of a sudden

posted 9 years ago by catlover11
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one minute she is living in a dinky apt. and struggling and then all of a sudden she is living in a mansion, receiving some kind of award and is a star.

[–] Harold_Robbins 9 years ago

And without Social Media or YouTube, yet!

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[–] KobiyashiMauru 9 years ago

It was the beginnings of Mass Media. Television, Radio, Magazines and yes, even Newspapers. There were OVERNIGHT sensations but it wasn't as easy as it was portrayed in the film.
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[–] Simplythebest11962 8 years ago

by Harold_Robbins » Wed Oct 21 2015 07:51:10 Flag ▼ | Reply |
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And without Social Media or YouTube, yet!

LOL

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[–] InherentlyYours 8 years ago

Probably a Broadway play (like Streisand). Yet they didn't seem to age anyone in the entire film, as if everything occurred in a 5 yr period

[–] JayfromtheBay 8 years ago

She did porn.

[–] DivingIntheBlue 8 years ago

Although the film makes it seem like Neely and Anne became famous overnight, it was really over the span of a few years. I think the book spanned 10-20 years. Neely was in a hit play and became a sensation and went on to more hits. She also apparently released an album because she won a Grammy.

The time span wasn't dealt with well in the film, but was implied. When Lyon meets Anne again in a restaurant, he mentions he wrote a (presumably boring) book in Europe while Anne was morphing into the Gillian Girl. That had to have taken at least a year from inception to publishing.

[–] LiteraryLane 8 years ago

The film telescopes a lot of the novel, which I think takes place from 1945-1965. The timeline in the film is muddled. I assume a considerable amount of time has passed between Neely becoming a star and her breakdown.

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[–] LCella9370 8 years ago

She isn't completely obscure at the beginning of the film; she is the ingenue in a Broadway musical back when they really were big deals. Her boyfriend is a press agent. Finally, Lyon gets her on a coast-to-coast telethon hosted by a star, reminiscent of the Jerry Lewis MD Telethon which used to take over one of the (five) broadcast channels for the entire Labor Day weekend.

[–] TheGuyWithTheFeet 8 years ago

Just like anyone who becomes a star, she f'ked the right people.

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