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Isn’t She Great

Just what we need in today’s celebrity-crazed age: a movie that celebrate’s fame for fame’s sake. Bette Midler stars as Valley of the Dolls author
Jacqueline Susann, one of the first people to help turn stardom into the new American dream.
Unfortunately, Isn’t She Greatblows a congratulatory kiss to Susann for being an untalented hack who hit it big; what this story really calls for is the kind of satire that permeates Celebrity, To Die For and The Truman Show.

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