I thought it was great and would love it and Lady Boss, the Jackie documentary to be released on DVD. They would be a great addition to my collection. I think a lot of people forget that Joan was one of the most famous women of the 1980s. Perhaps even the most photographed woman of that decade. At the height of her powers bigger than Madonna or Lady Diana. The impact she must have had on women then looking as she did at 49/50 can't be overlooked. At that time that was generally seen as old. Women were deemed over the hill. If you look at the sitcom The Golden girls, which was airing at the same time as DYNASTY those women were supposedly in their early 50s when the show started and were supposed to be old ladies. Rue McClanahan is a year younger than Joan Collins, Rue looked amazing on The Golden Girls, I have to say but is seen as older. The other ladies were all around the same age, about 9 years older than Joan in real life and even though Bea Arthur and Betty White were playing younger than they were, there characters were still old ladies compared to Alexis.
Joan and Alexis would have an impact and influence on women and girls back then that's probably mostly forgotten now. If you watch any of these catty reality shows now the woman are all wannabe Alexis clones. Young looking for their age, super glam, super groomed bitches with money. Granted most of them don't run an empire but still. Joan and to an extent Linda and Diahann showed that women in their 40s and over still had a lot to offer in terms of talent and beauty. They didn't have to play grey haired mothers and grandmas or become character actresses to get work.
It's really quite remarkable what she did and how she managed to do it. People deride her for being a bad actress all the time but really she was probably the most famous television actress of the 1980s. On more covers than any other and very much popular and in demand. I can't think of another serious contender for that title. Not even Victoria Principal at the height of her popularity.
