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PROSPERITY DID NOT COME EASY FOR JOY MANGANO

catlover — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 00:20:19 GMT

I just got back from seeing the movie Joy..............wow! Prosperity and success did not come easy or overnight....................

Re: PROSPERITY DID NOT COME EASY FOR JOY MANGANO

ValuSkr — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 00:29:38 GMT

Remember the movie is only loosely based on Mangano's life. They don't even use her surname, I suppose to avoid inferring it's a bio pic. Actually, very little is known about Mangano's personal life, as she's never shared much publicly. But she participated in creating this tale and reportedly enjoyed it very much.

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Lucky Charm — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 00:31:32 GMT

Several have written that she was from a dysfunctional family.

I can't imagine why she would put that in as fiction.

Although for her families sake, if true, I still don't think it would be a good thing.

Unless the family is 'over it' with the money coming in!

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Say Nay — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 00:37:52 GMT

It's a mix of fact and fiction. As an example this is from Time Magazine's The True Story Behind the Movie Joy:

Fiction: Mangano forewent higher education to help her family though her parents’ divorce

Unlike in the movie, in which Lawrence’s character gives up a promising academic career, the real Mangano graduated from Pace University with a degree in business administration in 1978. Following school, however, Mangano worked as a waitress and, as depicted in the movie, an airline reservations specialist, before her career as an entrepreneur took off.

Re: PROSPERITY DID NOT COME EASY FOR JOY MANGANO

Alsee — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 04:15:16 GMT

It doesn't come easy for most people. Where's my movie

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Desertdi — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 10:47:04 GMT

@Alsee

@Alsee wrote:
It doesn't come easy for most people. Where's my movie

Thank You!

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Lucibee — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 16:25:18 GMT

@The Monkey on My Back wrote:
It's a mix of fact and fiction. As an example this is from Time Magazine's The True Story Behind the Movie Joy:

Fiction: Mangano forewent higher education to help her family though her parents’ divorce

Unlike in the movie, in which Lawrence’s character gives up a promising academic career, the real Mangano graduated from Pace University with a degree in business administration in 1978. Following school, however, Mangano worked as a waitress and, as depicted in the movie, an airline reservations specialist, before her career as an entrepreneur took off.

I did not know this. I wonder why Hollywood didn't stick to her actual bio.

I admire her. I have several of her original items from the Q. Also lots of her hangers.