Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story

Documentaries about writers are a big soft spot for me and this one was fantastic. Can't believe I've never heard of this woman! Definitely ahead of her time; I'll be seeking out some of her novels soon.

What can I say about this documentary hmm cheaply made I think that's the right thing. I loved Jackie Collins and still remember where I was when I found out she died. I remember when I started reading chances and got hooked on it and her books. I was excited to watch this documentary and what a let down it was. It was poorly directed and edited. It seemed it was done on a Poor budget. The way it was edited really annoyed me. It could of been done so much better. It's better then nothing but still it was a big disappointment.

A very good, if unoriginal documentary of a fascinating woman who for a writer had movie star celebrity. If she was riddled with secrets and anxieties, beyond the usual stuff, it didn't seem so. She was lucky to have a very supportive husband and a very good work ethic. I don't know if her novels were groundbreaking or helped women as so many claim but her easy to read, sexy books were obviously loved by millions. She seemed like a decent soul, much more real than her sister who always seems "on". And seeing her out selling books on talk shows a week before she died, so thin, did make me realize she was a champion.

The dialog and background music were often at the same level making the dialog very hard to hear for an old person (yes, I had my hearing aids in). Background music should be in the background, not in the foreground. Other than than that complaint, the show was good.

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.