Picture it: Los Angeles, mid 1980s. Coming off of Bette's success in The Rose and the accompanying Academy Award nomination, the pressure was high. There was a small slump with the release of the complete and utter flop Jinxed. Then, Michael Eisner said, "Hey, this lady's been used all wrong. She needs to be in comedy. Let's make it happen." So Disney/Touchstone signed her to a three movie deal, and the Divine One was able to reinvent herself and create a new era in her career.
The mid-to-late 80s is my favorite era because:
1) Bette was able to display her spectacular comedic flair and co-star in three hilariously brilliant movies, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People, and Outrageous Fortune.
2) She ended the decade with Beaches, one of my top five favorite movies of all time, and Stella, which was a commercial and critical flop but a movie that I absolutely adore.
3) the soundtrack to Beaches
4) THIS HAIR
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