PROSPERITY DID NOT COME EASY FOR JOY MANGANO

catlover · ‎03-13-2010

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

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ValuSkr · ‎03-15-2014

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.

Lucky Charm · ‎03-09-2010

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!

Say Nay · ‎03-12-2010

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.

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Alsee · ‎03-15-2010

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

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

@Alsee

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

Thank You!

♥Surface of the Sun♥

Lucibee · ‎03-19-2010

@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.