Fabiola teaches Saffron about the one-and-only Jayne Mansfield and they discuss the cultural influence, artifice, and gender roles of this extremely 50s film.

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Edited by Fabiola Liaño

Produced by Saffron Hefta-Gaub

Theme music by Harrison Lurie

Resources:

Djordjevic, Marta. “How Jayne Mansfield set the blueprint for today’s modern reality stars.” LittleWhiteLies.com, 18 April 2022, https://lwlies.com/articles/how-jayne-mansfield-became-the-blueprint-for-modern-reality-stars-today/.

“John Waters discusses Frank Tashlin’s The Girl Can’t Help It (1956).” YouTube, uploaded by ShowsOn, 21 May 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n3vyvEPgOw.

Liberman, Erik. “Jayne Mansfield: The First Reality Star?.” HollywoodReporter.com, 29 June 2017, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jayne-mansfield-first-reality-star-1017771/amp/.

Yepes, Julia. “The secret history of Jayne Mansfield’s bizarre connection to the Church of Satan.” InterviewMagazine.com, 2 November 2017, https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/secret-history-jayne-mansfields-bizarre-connection-church-satan.