Death on the Lot · Hyperobject Industries / Sony Music Entertainment
The Swashbuckler
July 6, 2023·1 hr·5 clips
A 20-year-old dancer escapes a Hollywood party only to be brutally raped by an MGM salesman.
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A sharp look at fame and power that lets Hollywood's machinery show through the star image.
The episode begins with Errol Flynn's 1957 What's My Line? appearance and uses that polished public face to open onto Hollywood's machinery. It then moves toward Barrymore and the strange, ugly aftermath around his last days, letting the absurdity register without sanding down…
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If you like Hollywood myth with the varnish stripped off, start here.
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