Word: dexamyl
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Morning-after blues are a particular problem. But a quick Dexamyl, followed by several white crosses (bennies), puts one right for breakfast. A little Scotch on the bus mellows the transition between motel rooms, and a bottle of champagne primes one for the performance. "This is a rotgut life, but why worry?" smiles Van Zant. "We attract mostly drunk people and rowdy kids who come to shake...
...herself on the screen, 'She could have done that better.' " Judy's choice of a name for her first born, "Liza Minnelli. It will look good on a marquee," has a certain premonitory appeal. But every amusing aside is counterweighted with repellents-tantrums fueled by Dexamyl, catastrophic marriages, endless breakdowns and cancellations. Near the end, Frank reports, one of Garland's children begged her to make a promised stage appearance, if only for a group of wistful paraplegics. Judy's reply: "If they can wheel them in, they can wheel them out." Such anecdotes diminish...
Mommy pops a Dexamyl and to her firstborn, whom she is diapering, explains that she must dash to keep an appointment with her psychiatrist, who is trying to determine why she is cuckoo...