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I was scrolling through Facebook and ran across a post by one of the DYNASTY pages, and the post quoted Gordon Thomson's observation that Joan Collins was jealous of Linda on the set because Linda was effortlessly well-liked by the cast & crew while Joan's reputations was, for reasons that should be readily obvious, more complicated.
To any even halfway observant person, this should be apparent. That's just Joan.
But you would never know it by the homosexualist male responses. An endless slew of terse, incredulous reactions of "Doubtful"/"No way!"/"I don't buy it!"/"But Joan MADE Dynasty!" on and on and on... How can a congregation of fey, hardcore DYNASTY fans have so little understanding of their heroine, Joan Collins? Her insecurities and her pretentions?
Do they really think Collins was Alexis? Do they truly believe Joan's 24/7 bragging in every interview she's ever given since the '80s ended is reflective of unabashed self-confidence?
Why are these boys so naive and easily swayed by Joan's affected bravura, a bravura which is as easy to see through as plastic wrap?
And don't even let me go off on a tangent about Joan's jealousy of Linda being a kind of affectation in itself: where Joan's "envy" of Linda wasn't actual envy but Joan's performative envy based on what Joan believes Alexis' envy would be of Krystle in the same situation... So even Joan's transparent insecurities aren't quite what they seem to be, (@Ked doesn't believe I know these things).
Yet these old queens seem to droolingly buy into it completely, never even questioning Joan's invulnerable fabulosity for two seconds. Even after 40 years.
Bitches be cray-cray. Bitches be cray.
To any even halfway observant person, this should be apparent. That's just Joan.
But you would never know it by the homosexualist male responses. An endless slew of terse, incredulous reactions of "Doubtful"/"No way!"/"I don't buy it!"/"But Joan MADE Dynasty!" on and on and on... How can a congregation of fey, hardcore DYNASTY fans have so little understanding of their heroine, Joan Collins? Her insecurities and her pretentions?
Do they really think Collins was Alexis? Do they truly believe Joan's 24/7 bragging in every interview she's ever given since the '80s ended is reflective of unabashed self-confidence?
Why are these boys so naive and easily swayed by Joan's affected bravura, a bravura which is as easy to see through as plastic wrap?
And don't even let me go off on a tangent about Joan's jealousy of Linda being a kind of affectation in itself: where Joan's "envy" of Linda wasn't actual envy but Joan's performative envy based on what Joan believes Alexis' envy would be of Krystle in the same situation... So even Joan's transparent insecurities aren't quite what they seem to be, (@Ked doesn't believe I know these things).
Yet these old queens seem to droolingly buy into it completely, never even questioning Joan's invulnerable fabulosity for two seconds. Even after 40 years.
Bitches be cray-cray. Bitches be cray.