‘Angelyne,’ Starring Emmy Rossum as L.A.’s Billboard Queen, Is Best When Embracing the Glorious Tackiness of Its Subject: TV Review

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‘Angelyne,’ Starring Emmy Rossum as L.A.’s Billboard Queen, Is Best When Embracing the Glorious Tackiness of Its Subject: TV Review
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Where “Angelyne” most succeeds is when it echoes the same carefully constructed campiness of its subject rather than try to create gravitas from the ground up.

story. Decades after plastering the city in mysterious billboards bearing her name and Barbie-esque silhouette, the self-made urban legend can still be found zipping through the streets in her signature Corvette, a flash of bubblegum pink on the desert horizon. While less ubiquitous than she once was, Angelyne remains a hyper-local symbol of a Hollywood dream come to plasticene life.

Flashbacks throughout the decades crop up between characters in unconvincing old age makeup addressing the camera, documentary style, with sweeping decrees about the true nature of Angelyne, fame, and everything in between. Here, “Angelyne” hinges on Rossum’s impressive physical transformation, hammy line reads, and self-consciously written turns of phrase that might as well be ripped from the show’s pitch deck.

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