Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up – Selma Blair
Selma Blair, best known for her roles in Cruel Intentions and the Hellboy franchise, checks in with her memoir. Mean Baby tells of her life growing up in Michigan before moving to New York, where she became an actress and model. In more recent times, a diagnosis of MS explained a lifetime of illness and disability.
I’ve been a fan of Blair’s since her co-starring role in Cruel Intentions back in 1999. She has worked fairly steadily since, at least until her MS diagnosis. I was unaware of much of her personal life, including issues with alcohol abuse and love affairs. She gives a decent look at her life and how she got to where she is today.
Thanks to the corona virus, which kept most of the country locked down from March through June, I managed to see movies last year that were released in 32 different years, which I assume is a personal best. I put together a nice 5 year streak of 1978-1982 and then a 19 year streak from 2002-2020. Here are all the years that a movie I saw in 2020 were released: