Christina crawford mommie dearest book6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() "If we just called her 'Mother' or 'Mommy,' she corrected us over and over and over again." ![]() " 'Mommie dearest' was a term of enslavement," says Christina, who is 58. Take the famous scene in which Crawford wakes up Christina in the middle of the night, demolishes her clothes closet and screams about wire hangers. But to go back and read the book is to remember that Christina's story is no joke. The unintentionally funny, thoroughly over- the-top film version, starring Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford, became a camp sensation almost immediately upon its release in 1981. Crawford will also introduce screenings of the film at 10:45 p.m. "I run a bed-and-breakfast in Idaho and live on a 166-acre farm, so this is going to be quite a culture change for me," she said. Christina says she's looking forward to the event. ![]()
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