Here's what I wrote on the other half of that Speakeasy flyer, about The Queen of Versailles, the latest from Lauren Greenfield, whose photography and film Thin I love, and with whom I randomly wandered Harvard Square in the company of a group of her undergrad classmates, when we were in town for our respective college's respective reunions. [The cinetrix has a bit of the will o' the wisp about her.]
Anyhoo, this one would work on a triple bill with, um, Tabloid and Maxed Out.
- 43 y o mom of 8 Jackie
- David 74 Siegel
- Mrs. Florida
- friend Tina foreclose
- dead pets 5K
- going to visit the children's wing
- 90K sq ft
- room full of bikes
- 1st kids poor [David's]
- $5M Chinese marble
- DOG SHIT
- "I haven't put anything aside."
- everyone wants to vacation [about time share]
- like a Rockefeller, [illegible] show them [illegible] they can.
- time share vacations = health
- sell every unit 52x (Vegas: Sid S)
- Jonquil - niece
- Miss America 2008
- Philippino nanny
- 19 --> 5 staff
What I remember: Jackie's attempts at economies. She goes to a big box, then buys a bunch of shit they already have, trailed around the space by a retinue dragging overflowing shopping carts. Empty cube farms. Greenfield's palpable affection for her subjects. Even when they have a servant wear a costume for a holiday party. And, DOG SHIT. EVERYWHERE.
