Angelyne (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Pink Clouds - full transcript
[rock music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Well I remember
when we were younger ♪
[children giggling]
♪ Here we would fight,
here we would win ♪
♪ Here we would take
this nation ♪
♪ And we'd fight
to stay the same ♪
♪ Never grow older ♪
♪ We're back
to fight this game ♪
♪ Universal soldier ♪
♪ There we were stoned
tripping down on main street ♪
[girls giggling]
♪ Kicking up the dust
in the summer heat ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Well,
Charlie shaved his head ♪
♪ He's saving souls now ♪
♪ And Kitty lives
her new life saved ♪
♪ She thinks
she knows how ♪
♪ Jerry
wants to be the one ♪
♪ That gets your... ♪
[clock ticking]
- Rachel, don't go in there.
[knock at door]
- [inhale, exhale]
[knocking continues]
- Angelyne?
You gonna come out?
- [whispering]
I am not a woman.
- Angelyne?
- I am an icon.
[whispering]
I'm not a woman.
[inhales]
I am an icon.
[knocking continues]
- Angelyne?
- Read it.
- I-I don't...
I don't think that
that's a very good idea.
- Read it.
[lounge music]
♪ ♪
- "Way before Paris Hilton
and Kim Kardashian,
"the enigmatic
blonde bombshell
"was famous for being famous,
"perpetually driving
the streets of Hollywood
"in that pink Corvette.
"But her true identity
has remained secret
all these years...until now."
- I was just curious
about Angelyne.
But it can be destabilizing
for the person
you're writing about.
But that's the job.
Sometimes they think
you love them or hate them.
It's just
journalistic scrutiny.
- It was
a very interesting story.
I was riveted by Jeff's story.
- Who is Jeff's source?
No clue.
Wish I knew.
Seems like a lot
of the same stuff
that I found out about.
I was pretty bummed.
- Hi. Jeff Glaser.
I think you, uh, emailed me?
- I wasn't sure
you were gonna show.
- I'm here.
What's in this?
- Angelyne.
- I'm not interested
in naked photos,
if that's what this is.
- That isn't what this is.
- What is it then?
- The true story of Angelyne.
Different
from her public story.
It's more interesting.
- How'd you come by it?
- I synthesized it
from a global network
of public databases.
- So the internet?
- It's not illegal.
The way I see it, she forfeited
any claim to privacy
when she ran for governor
of California.
[intriguing music]
- Holy shit.
♪ ♪
[duck quacking]
- Rachel...
why didn't you wake me up?
We missed curfew.
We gotta go.
♪ ♪
[groans]
♪ ♪
[sighs]
I'll go inside with you.
- It's okay.
- I'll tell them what happened.
- [sighs]
That'll just make it worse.
- It was an accident.
- Doesn't matter.
- [sighs]
[uneasy music]
♪ ♪
- [chuckles]
♪ ♪
- I think about the year
before we were married.
She was still living
at her father's house.
And that entire year,
she never wanted me
to come inside.
And at first
I didn't know why.
- I don't wanna read this!
Why am I reading this?
"Copies if immigration,
marriage, and death records
"pointed to a cloaked
prehistory of Rachel Goldman,
"which seems to reveal
the trauma
"Angelyne had both emerged
and escaped from.
"She was born in Poland,
the daughter of Polish Jews
"who had met
in the Chmielnik ghetto
"during World War II.
"They were among
500 to survive
"out of a population
of 13,000,
"the rest sent to death
at Treblinka.
"After Goldman's birth,
"the family immigrated
to Israel.
"And from there,
they boarded a ship
Leaving Haifa for New York..."
[nostalgic music]
♪ ♪
- [speaking Hebrew]
[indistinct chatter]
[curious music]
♪ ♪
- [speaking Yiddish]
- [speaking Yiddish]
- [speaking Yiddish]
- [speaking Yiddish]
[applause]
[jazzy lounge music]
- ♪ I wanna be loved by you ♪
♪ Just you,
and nobody else but you ♪
♪ I wanna be
loved by you ♪
♪ A-lo-one ♪
♪ Boop boopy-do ♪
♪ I wanna be
kissed by you ♪
♪ Just you
and nobody else but you ♪
♪ I wanna be
kissed by you ♪
♪ A-lo-one ♪
♪ I couldn't aspire ♪
♪ To anything higher ♪
♪ And feel the desire ♪
♪ To make you my own ♪
♪ Ba doo, doodily doo ♪
♪ Ba doo ba dee ah oh! ♪
♪ I wanna be
loved by you ♪
♪ Just you
and nobody else but you ♪
♪ I wanna be by you ♪
♪ A-lo-one ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ I couldn't aspire ♪
♪ To anything higher ♪
[girls giggling]
- For a while,
in the '50s, '60s, '70s,
people weren't really talking
about the Holocaust.
It was too big,
too close, too awful.
Children of the Holocaust
were running from that pain.
The Goldmans came out of
a grim and drab past
into a realm
of complete fantasy,
into a city
defined by metamorphosis
and make-believe.
It's not hard to imagine
where Angelyne
came up with the idea
to reinvent herself.
- ♪ Barbie ♪
- There are still
many do's and don'ts
on the way to become
a complete, attractive person.
Cultivate
a relaxed, pleasant voice.
Speak...
- Cultivate
a relaxed, pleasant voice.
- Or too loud...
- Which one is Abba?
- Doesn't go over too well.
And keep in mind,
listening is
often more appreciated...
- That one, I think.
- Than talking.
- That one has his eyes.
- You look
much better this way.
- They all do.
- Couldn't make up
for this choice.
- This is him, I think.
- Is that Eema?
- But keep in mind
some basic jewelry,
colors that go well
with your skin and hair...
- I've never seen
her smile like that at him.
The photos, quick.
- Hurry!
- The way you walk is a cue
to your personality.
Walk smartly.
[dramatic instrumental music]
♪ ♪
- [humming]
- Can it be a bit shorter?
- Really?
- Really.
[woman singing in Hebrew]
[humming]
- You know the photos
Abba keeps under the desk?
- Why does he keep them
if he doesn't want
anyone to see them?
- Tell me again
how you and Abba
found each other.
- [grunts]
In the camp.
After the war.
- That's
where you fell in love?
- [chuckles]
Something like that.
Your tateand I, we...
we both wanted the same thing.
A family.
At that time,
nothing else mattered.
- What if you had wanted
something different?
- You'll find it easier
to want the same things as men.
- Easier for who?
- Everyone.
Hmm.
[groans] Ah...
- Mama?
- Mm.
Just my back.
I see someone next week.
- Another appointment?
Now, take this off.
[lighthearted music]
♪ ♪
- Do you like it?
It's for the talent show.
I'm going to be Marilyn.
I made it myself.
It's not short.
- You will look
just like her.
- Dr. Cohen, please come
to the nurses' station.
Dr. Cohen
to the nurses' station.
- [sighs]
- The talent show
is not until next month.
- Mm?
- Parents can come.
- Oh.
I may have to stay
a little longer
than we'd hoped.
- How long?
- I don't know, mamashane.
- It's okay.
I don't... I don't...
I don't really want to do
the talent show anymore.
- Nonsense.
You-you will do it.
And you will be wonderful.
- [sniffling]
- The show must go on.
- I'll see you tomorrow?
[gasps]
[mournful string music]
♪ ♪
[sniffs]
♪ ♪
- You heard your father.
- "When Rachel was 15,
"Eli remarried
another Holocaust survivor,
"a seamstress divorcee
named Leora,
and Goldman acquired
two younger step-siblings."
- My parents?
They died when I was small,
and I was adopted.
I'm an only child.
My adopted parents went to...
live in another state,
and I've lost touch with them.
It's a long story.
I don't want to get into it.
- ♪ You gotta go
where you wanna go ♪
♪ And do
what you wanna do ♪
♪ With whoever
you want to do...♪
- You gotta go
where you wanna go.
- ♪ Go where you wanna go
and do what you wanna do ♪
♪ With whoever
you wanna do it with ♪
♪ You don't understand ♪
♪ That a girl like me
can love ♪
[giggling voices]
[TV sounds]
- Oh, no, truly.
I will show you.
[chuckling voices]
See? It is most cozy.
- Glad you like it, darling.
Because from now on,
it's home, sweet home.
- ♪ Please don't follow ♪
♪ You gotta go
where you wanna go ♪
♪ Do what you wanna do... ♪
- She depended on me a lot
because she didn't have
a car.
Whatever she wanted,
wherever she wanted,
I would drive her.
Missed you.
- Just drive.
- ♪ You want to do it with ♪
♪ You don't understand ♪
♪ That a girl like me
can love ♪
♪ Just one man ♪
- Oh, uh, watch
where you're, uh, going.
- Oh, people?
Oh, they don't mind.
They're free
of all this nonsense.
[sighs]
- Hey, w-where are we going?
- On a journey
through the subconscious.
- Oh.
- Right over here
by Jayne Mansfield.
- Okay.
[grunts]
- Cross your legs, like this.
- Okay.
- And rest your palms
in your lap.
- What for?
- [softly] Meditating.
- [chuckles]
Okay.
- Back a little straighter.
- Mm-hmm.
- Chin level.
Close your eyes.
[inhales and exhales]
And now just breathe deeply.
Take the mind
away from every distraction.
Let thoughts float by.
[lighter clicks]
Really?
- I thought we were meditating.
[chuckles]
- Oh, you're really funny.
- [coughs]
- Come on.
- [coughing]
Sorry.
- Have you ever felt trapped?
[crickets chirping]
Meditation...
it can un-trap you.
It's like when you're pushing
on a pull door.
It-it-it pulls it
from the other side.
And then you can get out.
- Hey.
You can talk to me
about anything.
- I wish I never had to
go back to that house.
- I wish
you didn't have to either.
- Then let's get in the car
and drive.
We can go up the coast,
sleep on the beach,
and never look back.
- Can I maybe finish
high school first?
- Forget school.
It's only good for teaching you
to think like other people.
Don't you want
to carve your own lane?
- Look around.
I think all lanes
lead to the same place.
- What do you want to do then?
- With the rest
of my life?
I think I wanna
just spend it with you.
[chuckles]
♪ ♪
[duck quacking]
Rachel...
why didn't you wake me up?
We missed curfew.
We gotta go.
♪ ♪
[dog barking distantly]
♪ ♪
[grunts]
I'm sorry.
We fell asleep.
[groaning]
[sobbing]
Please!
Please don't.
Please open...
please open this.
Please open this.
[panting]
Pl...
[sobbing]
Emotions are the things
that hurt people the most.
Emotions are our tortures.
They're the connection
to the pain.
I'm okay, I'm okay.
I want to stay
in the positive.
I'm okay, I'm okay,
I'm okay.
So if you ever feel trapped,
write your name
on a piece of paper
and then light
the paper on fire
and watch it disappear.
- We got married
to get her away from them.
But maybe it wasn't far enough.
[uneasy music]
Who would have guessed
we'd be divorced
within a year?
- Now can we bring
the parents in?
Eyes here.
Squeeze in
just a little tighter.
Now let's get one
with just the bride
and her parents.
- I think marriage should be
a 24-hour agreement.
You're married for 24 hours
and then it lapses out.
And you can renew it
if you want,
but that way you're not
bound to each other or else.
- It was a brief marriage,
but done out of love.
It got her
out of the house at least.
She moved in with me and
my family in Beverly Hills.
She changed schools.
Why she'd leave,
I'll never know.
She seemed...happy.
♪ ♪
- What are we doing here?
- We're late
for Leah's birthday dinner.
[dog barking distantly]
[uneasy music]
I know what this is,
and I'm not going in there.
- Rachel...
- Mm-mm.
- I just want to understand
why you left me.
Was it this night?
The night
you and your dad argued?
- [sighs]
You just don't get it.
- It's okay.
It already happened.
We're already there.
- Danny, baby,
let's go to the beach.
Come on, honey.
- He called you
a bitch or something, and I...
I should have told him
that he couldn't
talk to you like that.
Was that it?
- It wasn't one thing
or the other.
Come on.
Let's go hear some music.
- Okay, just-just a sec.
Just a sec.
- Come on, come on.
Give me the keys.
Let's start the car.
I wanna go.
I wanna go.
I wanna go!
- He went to hit you.
- [gasps]
- I didn't know
how to throw a punch,
so I-I grabbed a lamp,
and I went to Eli
and I said,
"Do not hit her.
I will not stand for that."
And-and-
and we just walked out.
I protected you.
I protected
you.
See? I...
♪ ♪
- [exhales]
- When was the last time
I saw Rachel?
I knew
you were gonna ask me that.
Honestly, I can't remember.
She had a way going
shht...
the world is gone.
She just turns it off
and goes
into one of her fantasies.
Whenever she's done
with something, she's done.
I mean, I looked for her.
I tried.
Even her sister
had no idea where she was.
She just...
disappeared.
[clock ticking softly]
- [sighs]
[moody music]
♪ ♪
All the religions basically
come from the same idea.
It's always the struggle
between dark and light.
I choose to go
for the light.
Mm-hmm.
And that's why I win
in the end.
♪ ♪
[breathing hard]
[crash]
[grunts]
[upbeat, enchanting music]
♪ ♪
- [labored breathing]
[intense, moody music]
♪ ♪
[wind howling, whistling]
[music intensifies]
♪ ♪
[clock ticking]
[soft, eerie chords]
♪ ♪
[monitors beeping]
- You're here.
- Who are you?
- I am you is me is we.
- Where are we?
- A place
of painless existence.
You sit there.
[monitors beeping]
Don't worry.
You'll know what to do.
Really.
- Oh, we're on TV here.
- Angelyne, we're just dying
to know about you.
[cheers and applause]
- Look at
all these cute guys.
- The rest of us
work for a living.
- Hey. Hey, Angelyne,
I think you're gonna fall
out of that dress.
- There's so much suffering
in the world,
and I am a divine,
sex goddess presence
for the world to discover.
[inhales]
[monitors beeping]
[uplifting music]
♪ ♪
Ooh.
[small laugh]
[spaceship beeping]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[controls beeping]
[sweeping instrumentals]
♪ ♪
You might think you've solved
some kind of mystery,
But that doesn't mean
there's no mystery left.
I still have mystique.
I'm still intense.
I'm still a sex goddess.
And that is never gonna change,
because that is just who I am.
[spaceship rattling]
[alarm beeping urgently]
- People were meant to have
their fantasies taken away.
It's a beautiful tragedy.
The sad things, to me,
don't take away, they deepen.
[alarm beeping]
[alarm stops]
Just as LA is far more
complicated and darker
than people give it
credit for elsewhere,
so too is Angelyne.
- I, uh, have a call in
to all our attorneys.
He won't get away with this.
[phone rings]
[notifications chime]
- Thank you
for calling Angelyne.
You can leave
a magnificent message.
[answering machine beeps]
- Hello, Angelyne.
This is Carrie Jacobs
from NPR.
We'd love for you
to come on "Air Talk"
and respond to the recent
"Hollywood Reporter" article.
The response to the article
has been off the charts.
[answering machine beeps]
- Hey, Angelyne.
I think that reporter
should leave you alone.
You want me to tell him that?
[answering machine beeps]
- Angelyne,
you're one of Hollywood's
greatest icons.
I don't care
what that press says.
[answering machine beeps]
- Hey, Angelyne,
I read what that guy
wrote about you.
Keep your head up.
Keep spreading love.
It doesn't matter
who you grew up as
or what you went through.
You're Angelyne!
- The thing is,
the mystery
will never be solved.
That's just the way it is.
There's always more.
And more.
And more.
T-shirt
and join the fan club, okay?
- Angelyne?
- Picture? A picture is 35.
Here's a hat.
Please, just don't...
no, don't touch
the merchandise.
You're so cute.
There you go.
And I have a magnet.
You want a hat?
Do you want a pink hat?
You want to put that money
right in here.
- The things she said
addressing
the "Hollywood Reporter"
story,
her interview for this...
that's probably
the closest I'll get
to her commenting on mine.
That might be it.
- It's just a part
of being famous.
I come with a set of rumors.
But who I am is Angelyne...
inside, outside.
As far as any facts go...
[scoffs]
I'm gonna write my own story.
This...isn't it.
- She's happy
selling out of her car.
She wants the adulation.
She needs it.
I mean, she-she's
giving rides to strangers
in her car for money.
I-I wouldn't trust
that shit.
H... how do you know
that guy is not gonna
hit you over the head,
steal your car,
and-and-and toss
your headless body somewhere?
♪ Have you seen her,
have you seen her? ♪
♪ Oh ♪
- What made her
become Angelyne?
Honestly, I don't know.
It's a persona
that must have suited her.
- Well, Angelyne the character
is Angelyne the person.
Definitely.
She is as you see her
in real life.
I guarantee you that.
- ♪ Within my heart,
have you seen her? ♪
♪ Tell me,
have you seen her? ♪
♪ Oh, I see her hand
reaching out to me ♪
♪ Only she can set me free ♪
♪ Have you seen her? ♪
♪ Tell me,
have you seen her? ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Why, oh, why ♪
♪ Did she have to leave
and go away ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Ohh, I've been used ♪
- [gasps]
Ooh.
[giggles]
I don't want to deny it all
so that I don't get
the sympathy and the empathy
that the article gave me,
but...
I did have...
a lot of challenges
to dig Angelyne out of who
she supposedly was born as.
But all the details
are not true.
But what I represent
to Hollywood
and who I am...
that's who I really am
inside, outside.
And my looks reflect
from the inside,
not the outside.
I'm for real.
Ooh.
- And cut.
- How was that?
Hello? Hello?
Hello!
- Emmy, stand by.
We're trying
to locate Angelyne.
- Oh, God damn it.
Ang?
[indistinct chatter]
What more do you want?
- I've got tote bags.
- I thought there was
supposed to be a cameo.
[grumbles]
Hello?
An...
- It's so much fun
being famous for nothing.
What do you do?
It's like...
Whether the story
is true or not,
everybody got challenges
and it affects them
differently.
I'm a rebel.
I'm not an actress.
I inspire people.
If someone could do me in
a movie, which I would hate,
'cause nobody
has that kind of energy,
it's part of show business.
And, you know,
what can I say?
Facts aren't always right.
LA, I love you!
Ooh!
- ♪ She wants to lead
the glamorous life ♪
♪ She don't need
a man's touch ♪
♪ She wants to lead
the glamorous life ♪
- Could you back up?
I need to get some unleaded.
♪ ♪
- I'm a billboard star.
I'm a...
I'm a Hollywood sex goddess.
I'm a glamor queen.
Um, what else
do I need to do?
- ♪ She threw him bread
and said make me scream ♪
♪ In the dark,
what could he say? ♪
♪ Boys with small talk ♪
- I was just wondering,
how... what...
You know, how big are you?
I mean, what's your,
you know, measurements?
- If you want to know that,
you'll have to come
all the way to Hollywood
and measure me.
Ooh!
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Conquer my head ♪
♪ She wants to lead
the glamorous life ♪
♪ She don't need
a man's touch ♪
♪ She wants to lead
the glamorous life ♪
♪ Without love
it ain't much ♪
♪ ♪
♪ They made haste
in the brown sedan ♪
♪ They drove
to 55 Secret Street ♪
♪ They made love
and by the seventh wave ♪
♪ She knew
she had a problem ♪
♪ She thought real love
is real scary ♪
♪ Money only pays the rent ♪
♪ Love is forever,
that's all your life ♪
♪ Love is heaven-sent ♪
♪ It's glamorous ♪
♪ Lead the glamorous life ♪
♪ She don't need
a man's touch ♪
♪ She wants to lead
the glamorous life ♪
♪ Without love
it ain't much ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ Well I remember
when we were younger ♪
[children giggling]
♪ Here we would fight,
here we would win ♪
♪ Here we would take
this nation ♪
♪ And we'd fight
to stay the same ♪
♪ Never grow older ♪
♪ We're back
to fight this game ♪
♪ Universal soldier ♪
♪ There we were stoned
tripping down on main street ♪
[girls giggling]
♪ Kicking up the dust
in the summer heat ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Well,
Charlie shaved his head ♪
♪ He's saving souls now ♪
♪ And Kitty lives
her new life saved ♪
♪ She thinks
she knows how ♪
♪ Jerry
wants to be the one ♪
♪ That gets your... ♪
[clock ticking]
- Rachel, don't go in there.
[knock at door]
- [inhale, exhale]
[knocking continues]
- Angelyne?
You gonna come out?
- [whispering]
I am not a woman.
- Angelyne?
- I am an icon.
[whispering]
I'm not a woman.
[inhales]
I am an icon.
[knocking continues]
- Angelyne?
- Read it.
- I-I don't...
I don't think that
that's a very good idea.
- Read it.
[lounge music]
♪ ♪
- "Way before Paris Hilton
and Kim Kardashian,
"the enigmatic
blonde bombshell
"was famous for being famous,
"perpetually driving
the streets of Hollywood
"in that pink Corvette.
"But her true identity
has remained secret
all these years...until now."
- I was just curious
about Angelyne.
But it can be destabilizing
for the person
you're writing about.
But that's the job.
Sometimes they think
you love them or hate them.
It's just
journalistic scrutiny.
- It was
a very interesting story.
I was riveted by Jeff's story.
- Who is Jeff's source?
No clue.
Wish I knew.
Seems like a lot
of the same stuff
that I found out about.
I was pretty bummed.
- Hi. Jeff Glaser.
I think you, uh, emailed me?
- I wasn't sure
you were gonna show.
- I'm here.
What's in this?
- Angelyne.
- I'm not interested
in naked photos,
if that's what this is.
- That isn't what this is.
- What is it then?
- The true story of Angelyne.
Different
from her public story.
It's more interesting.
- How'd you come by it?
- I synthesized it
from a global network
of public databases.
- So the internet?
- It's not illegal.
The way I see it, she forfeited
any claim to privacy
when she ran for governor
of California.
[intriguing music]
- Holy shit.
♪ ♪
[duck quacking]
- Rachel...
why didn't you wake me up?
We missed curfew.
We gotta go.
♪ ♪
[groans]
♪ ♪
[sighs]
I'll go inside with you.
- It's okay.
- I'll tell them what happened.
- [sighs]
That'll just make it worse.
- It was an accident.
- Doesn't matter.
- [sighs]
[uneasy music]
♪ ♪
- [chuckles]
♪ ♪
- I think about the year
before we were married.
She was still living
at her father's house.
And that entire year,
she never wanted me
to come inside.
And at first
I didn't know why.
- I don't wanna read this!
Why am I reading this?
"Copies if immigration,
marriage, and death records
"pointed to a cloaked
prehistory of Rachel Goldman,
"which seems to reveal
the trauma
"Angelyne had both emerged
and escaped from.
"She was born in Poland,
the daughter of Polish Jews
"who had met
in the Chmielnik ghetto
"during World War II.
"They were among
500 to survive
"out of a population
of 13,000,
"the rest sent to death
at Treblinka.
"After Goldman's birth,
"the family immigrated
to Israel.
"And from there,
they boarded a ship
Leaving Haifa for New York..."
[nostalgic music]
♪ ♪
- [speaking Hebrew]
[indistinct chatter]
[curious music]
♪ ♪
- [speaking Yiddish]
- [speaking Yiddish]
- [speaking Yiddish]
- [speaking Yiddish]
[applause]
[jazzy lounge music]
- ♪ I wanna be loved by you ♪
♪ Just you,
and nobody else but you ♪
♪ I wanna be
loved by you ♪
♪ A-lo-one ♪
♪ Boop boopy-do ♪
♪ I wanna be
kissed by you ♪
♪ Just you
and nobody else but you ♪
♪ I wanna be
kissed by you ♪
♪ A-lo-one ♪
♪ I couldn't aspire ♪
♪ To anything higher ♪
♪ And feel the desire ♪
♪ To make you my own ♪
♪ Ba doo, doodily doo ♪
♪ Ba doo ba dee ah oh! ♪
♪ I wanna be
loved by you ♪
♪ Just you
and nobody else but you ♪
♪ I wanna be by you ♪
♪ A-lo-one ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ I couldn't aspire ♪
♪ To anything higher ♪
[girls giggling]
- For a while,
in the '50s, '60s, '70s,
people weren't really talking
about the Holocaust.
It was too big,
too close, too awful.
Children of the Holocaust
were running from that pain.
The Goldmans came out of
a grim and drab past
into a realm
of complete fantasy,
into a city
defined by metamorphosis
and make-believe.
It's not hard to imagine
where Angelyne
came up with the idea
to reinvent herself.
- ♪ Barbie ♪
- There are still
many do's and don'ts
on the way to become
a complete, attractive person.
Cultivate
a relaxed, pleasant voice.
Speak...
- Cultivate
a relaxed, pleasant voice.
- Or too loud...
- Which one is Abba?
- Doesn't go over too well.
And keep in mind,
listening is
often more appreciated...
- That one, I think.
- Than talking.
- That one has his eyes.
- You look
much better this way.
- They all do.
- Couldn't make up
for this choice.
- This is him, I think.
- Is that Eema?
- But keep in mind
some basic jewelry,
colors that go well
with your skin and hair...
- I've never seen
her smile like that at him.
The photos, quick.
- Hurry!
- The way you walk is a cue
to your personality.
Walk smartly.
[dramatic instrumental music]
♪ ♪
- [humming]
- Can it be a bit shorter?
- Really?
- Really.
[woman singing in Hebrew]
[humming]
- You know the photos
Abba keeps under the desk?
- Why does he keep them
if he doesn't want
anyone to see them?
- Tell me again
how you and Abba
found each other.
- [grunts]
In the camp.
After the war.
- That's
where you fell in love?
- [chuckles]
Something like that.
Your tateand I, we...
we both wanted the same thing.
A family.
At that time,
nothing else mattered.
- What if you had wanted
something different?
- You'll find it easier
to want the same things as men.
- Easier for who?
- Everyone.
Hmm.
[groans] Ah...
- Mama?
- Mm.
Just my back.
I see someone next week.
- Another appointment?
Now, take this off.
[lighthearted music]
♪ ♪
- Do you like it?
It's for the talent show.
I'm going to be Marilyn.
I made it myself.
It's not short.
- You will look
just like her.
- Dr. Cohen, please come
to the nurses' station.
Dr. Cohen
to the nurses' station.
- [sighs]
- The talent show
is not until next month.
- Mm?
- Parents can come.
- Oh.
I may have to stay
a little longer
than we'd hoped.
- How long?
- I don't know, mamashane.
- It's okay.
I don't... I don't...
I don't really want to do
the talent show anymore.
- Nonsense.
You-you will do it.
And you will be wonderful.
- [sniffling]
- The show must go on.
- I'll see you tomorrow?
[gasps]
[mournful string music]
♪ ♪
[sniffs]
♪ ♪
- You heard your father.
- "When Rachel was 15,
"Eli remarried
another Holocaust survivor,
"a seamstress divorcee
named Leora,
and Goldman acquired
two younger step-siblings."
- My parents?
They died when I was small,
and I was adopted.
I'm an only child.
My adopted parents went to...
live in another state,
and I've lost touch with them.
It's a long story.
I don't want to get into it.
- ♪ You gotta go
where you wanna go ♪
♪ And do
what you wanna do ♪
♪ With whoever
you want to do...♪
- You gotta go
where you wanna go.
- ♪ Go where you wanna go
and do what you wanna do ♪
♪ With whoever
you wanna do it with ♪
♪ You don't understand ♪
♪ That a girl like me
can love ♪
[giggling voices]
[TV sounds]
- Oh, no, truly.
I will show you.
[chuckling voices]
See? It is most cozy.
- Glad you like it, darling.
Because from now on,
it's home, sweet home.
- ♪ Please don't follow ♪
♪ You gotta go
where you wanna go ♪
♪ Do what you wanna do... ♪
- She depended on me a lot
because she didn't have
a car.
Whatever she wanted,
wherever she wanted,
I would drive her.
Missed you.
- Just drive.
- ♪ You want to do it with ♪
♪ You don't understand ♪
♪ That a girl like me
can love ♪
♪ Just one man ♪
- Oh, uh, watch
where you're, uh, going.
- Oh, people?
Oh, they don't mind.
They're free
of all this nonsense.
[sighs]
- Hey, w-where are we going?
- On a journey
through the subconscious.
- Oh.
- Right over here
by Jayne Mansfield.
- Okay.
[grunts]
- Cross your legs, like this.
- Okay.
- And rest your palms
in your lap.
- What for?
- [softly] Meditating.
- [chuckles]
Okay.
- Back a little straighter.
- Mm-hmm.
- Chin level.
Close your eyes.
[inhales and exhales]
And now just breathe deeply.
Take the mind
away from every distraction.
Let thoughts float by.
[lighter clicks]
Really?
- I thought we were meditating.
[chuckles]
- Oh, you're really funny.
- [coughs]
- Come on.
- [coughing]
Sorry.
- Have you ever felt trapped?
[crickets chirping]
Meditation...
it can un-trap you.
It's like when you're pushing
on a pull door.
It-it-it pulls it
from the other side.
And then you can get out.
- Hey.
You can talk to me
about anything.
- I wish I never had to
go back to that house.
- I wish
you didn't have to either.
- Then let's get in the car
and drive.
We can go up the coast,
sleep on the beach,
and never look back.
- Can I maybe finish
high school first?
- Forget school.
It's only good for teaching you
to think like other people.
Don't you want
to carve your own lane?
- Look around.
I think all lanes
lead to the same place.
- What do you want to do then?
- With the rest
of my life?
I think I wanna
just spend it with you.
[chuckles]
♪ ♪
[duck quacking]
Rachel...
why didn't you wake me up?
We missed curfew.
We gotta go.
♪ ♪
[dog barking distantly]
♪ ♪
[grunts]
I'm sorry.
We fell asleep.
[groaning]
[sobbing]
Please!
Please don't.
Please open...
please open this.
Please open this.
[panting]
Pl...
[sobbing]
Emotions are the things
that hurt people the most.
Emotions are our tortures.
They're the connection
to the pain.
I'm okay, I'm okay.
I want to stay
in the positive.
I'm okay, I'm okay,
I'm okay.
So if you ever feel trapped,
write your name
on a piece of paper
and then light
the paper on fire
and watch it disappear.
- We got married
to get her away from them.
But maybe it wasn't far enough.
[uneasy music]
Who would have guessed
we'd be divorced
within a year?
- Now can we bring
the parents in?
Eyes here.
Squeeze in
just a little tighter.
Now let's get one
with just the bride
and her parents.
- I think marriage should be
a 24-hour agreement.
You're married for 24 hours
and then it lapses out.
And you can renew it
if you want,
but that way you're not
bound to each other or else.
- It was a brief marriage,
but done out of love.
It got her
out of the house at least.
She moved in with me and
my family in Beverly Hills.
She changed schools.
Why she'd leave,
I'll never know.
She seemed...happy.
♪ ♪
- What are we doing here?
- We're late
for Leah's birthday dinner.
[dog barking distantly]
[uneasy music]
I know what this is,
and I'm not going in there.
- Rachel...
- Mm-mm.
- I just want to understand
why you left me.
Was it this night?
The night
you and your dad argued?
- [sighs]
You just don't get it.
- It's okay.
It already happened.
We're already there.
- Danny, baby,
let's go to the beach.
Come on, honey.
- He called you
a bitch or something, and I...
I should have told him
that he couldn't
talk to you like that.
Was that it?
- It wasn't one thing
or the other.
Come on.
Let's go hear some music.
- Okay, just-just a sec.
Just a sec.
- Come on, come on.
Give me the keys.
Let's start the car.
I wanna go.
I wanna go.
I wanna go!
- He went to hit you.
- [gasps]
- I didn't know
how to throw a punch,
so I-I grabbed a lamp,
and I went to Eli
and I said,
"Do not hit her.
I will not stand for that."
And-and-
and we just walked out.
I protected you.
I protected
you.
See? I...
♪ ♪
- [exhales]
- When was the last time
I saw Rachel?
I knew
you were gonna ask me that.
Honestly, I can't remember.
She had a way going
shht...
the world is gone.
She just turns it off
and goes
into one of her fantasies.
Whenever she's done
with something, she's done.
I mean, I looked for her.
I tried.
Even her sister
had no idea where she was.
She just...
disappeared.
[clock ticking softly]
- [sighs]
[moody music]
♪ ♪
All the religions basically
come from the same idea.
It's always the struggle
between dark and light.
I choose to go
for the light.
Mm-hmm.
And that's why I win
in the end.
♪ ♪
[breathing hard]
[crash]
[grunts]
[upbeat, enchanting music]
♪ ♪
- [labored breathing]
[intense, moody music]
♪ ♪
[wind howling, whistling]
[music intensifies]
♪ ♪
[clock ticking]
[soft, eerie chords]
♪ ♪
[monitors beeping]
- You're here.
- Who are you?
- I am you is me is we.
- Where are we?
- A place
of painless existence.
You sit there.
[monitors beeping]
Don't worry.
You'll know what to do.
Really.
- Oh, we're on TV here.
- Angelyne, we're just dying
to know about you.
[cheers and applause]
- Look at
all these cute guys.
- The rest of us
work for a living.
- Hey. Hey, Angelyne,
I think you're gonna fall
out of that dress.
- There's so much suffering
in the world,
and I am a divine,
sex goddess presence
for the world to discover.
[inhales]
[monitors beeping]
[uplifting music]
♪ ♪
Ooh.
[small laugh]
[spaceship beeping]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[controls beeping]
[sweeping instrumentals]
♪ ♪
You might think you've solved
some kind of mystery,
But that doesn't mean
there's no mystery left.
I still have mystique.
I'm still intense.
I'm still a sex goddess.
And that is never gonna change,
because that is just who I am.
[spaceship rattling]
[alarm beeping urgently]
- People were meant to have
their fantasies taken away.
It's a beautiful tragedy.
The sad things, to me,
don't take away, they deepen.
[alarm beeping]
[alarm stops]
Just as LA is far more
complicated and darker
than people give it
credit for elsewhere,
so too is Angelyne.
- I, uh, have a call in
to all our attorneys.
He won't get away with this.
[phone rings]
[notifications chime]
- Thank you
for calling Angelyne.
You can leave
a magnificent message.
[answering machine beeps]
- Hello, Angelyne.
This is Carrie Jacobs
from NPR.
We'd love for you
to come on "Air Talk"
and respond to the recent
"Hollywood Reporter" article.
The response to the article
has been off the charts.
[answering machine beeps]
- Hey, Angelyne.
I think that reporter
should leave you alone.
You want me to tell him that?
[answering machine beeps]
- Angelyne,
you're one of Hollywood's
greatest icons.
I don't care
what that press says.
[answering machine beeps]
- Hey, Angelyne,
I read what that guy
wrote about you.
Keep your head up.
Keep spreading love.
It doesn't matter
who you grew up as
or what you went through.
You're Angelyne!
- The thing is,
the mystery
will never be solved.
That's just the way it is.
There's always more.
And more.
And more.
T-shirt
and join the fan club, okay?
- Angelyne?
- Picture? A picture is 35.
Here's a hat.
Please, just don't...
no, don't touch
the merchandise.
You're so cute.
There you go.
And I have a magnet.
You want a hat?
Do you want a pink hat?
You want to put that money
right in here.
- The things she said
addressing
the "Hollywood Reporter"
story,
her interview for this...
that's probably
the closest I'll get
to her commenting on mine.
That might be it.
- It's just a part
of being famous.
I come with a set of rumors.
But who I am is Angelyne...
inside, outside.
As far as any facts go...
[scoffs]
I'm gonna write my own story.
This...isn't it.
- She's happy
selling out of her car.
She wants the adulation.
She needs it.
I mean, she-she's
giving rides to strangers
in her car for money.
I-I wouldn't trust
that shit.
H... how do you know
that guy is not gonna
hit you over the head,
steal your car,
and-and-and toss
your headless body somewhere?
♪ Have you seen her,
have you seen her? ♪
♪ Oh ♪
- What made her
become Angelyne?
Honestly, I don't know.
It's a persona
that must have suited her.
- Well, Angelyne the character
is Angelyne the person.
Definitely.
She is as you see her
in real life.
I guarantee you that.
- ♪ Within my heart,
have you seen her? ♪
♪ Tell me,
have you seen her? ♪
♪ Oh, I see her hand
reaching out to me ♪
♪ Only she can set me free ♪
♪ Have you seen her? ♪
♪ Tell me,
have you seen her? ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Why, oh, why ♪
♪ Did she have to leave
and go away ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Ohh, I've been used ♪
- [gasps]
Ooh.
[giggles]
I don't want to deny it all
so that I don't get
the sympathy and the empathy
that the article gave me,
but...
I did have...
a lot of challenges
to dig Angelyne out of who
she supposedly was born as.
But all the details
are not true.
But what I represent
to Hollywood
and who I am...
that's who I really am
inside, outside.
And my looks reflect
from the inside,
not the outside.
I'm for real.
Ooh.
- And cut.
- How was that?
Hello? Hello?
Hello!
- Emmy, stand by.
We're trying
to locate Angelyne.
- Oh, God damn it.
Ang?
[indistinct chatter]
What more do you want?
- I've got tote bags.
- I thought there was
supposed to be a cameo.
[grumbles]
Hello?
An...
- It's so much fun
being famous for nothing.
What do you do?
It's like...
Whether the story
is true or not,
everybody got challenges
and it affects them
differently.
I'm a rebel.
I'm not an actress.
I inspire people.
If someone could do me in
a movie, which I would hate,
'cause nobody
has that kind of energy,
it's part of show business.
And, you know,
what can I say?
Facts aren't always right.
LA, I love you!
Ooh!
- ♪ She wants to lead
the glamorous life ♪
♪ She don't need
a man's touch ♪
♪ She wants to lead
the glamorous life ♪
- Could you back up?
I need to get some unleaded.
♪ ♪
- I'm a billboard star.
I'm a...
I'm a Hollywood sex goddess.
I'm a glamor queen.
Um, what else
do I need to do?
- ♪ She threw him bread
and said make me scream ♪
♪ In the dark,
what could he say? ♪
♪ Boys with small talk ♪
- I was just wondering,
how... what...
You know, how big are you?
I mean, what's your,
you know, measurements?
- If you want to know that,
you'll have to come
all the way to Hollywood
and measure me.
Ooh!
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Conquer my head ♪
♪ She wants to lead
the glamorous life ♪
♪ She don't need
a man's touch ♪
♪ She wants to lead
the glamorous life ♪
♪ Without love
it ain't much ♪
♪ ♪
♪ They made haste
in the brown sedan ♪
♪ They drove
to 55 Secret Street ♪
♪ They made love
and by the seventh wave ♪
♪ She knew
she had a problem ♪
♪ She thought real love
is real scary ♪
♪ Money only pays the rent ♪
♪ Love is forever,
that's all your life ♪
♪ Love is heaven-sent ♪
♪ It's glamorous ♪
♪ Lead the glamorous life ♪
♪ She don't need
a man's touch ♪
♪ She wants to lead
the glamorous life ♪
♪ Without love
it ain't much ♪
♪ ♪