Valley of the Dolls: The Glamour, the Pills, and the Drama
Valley of the Dolls: The Glamour, the Pills, and the Drama Baby, if you thought reality television invented beautiful people making terrible decisions while dressed fabulously, allow me to introduce you to Valley of the Dolls . Long before the Housewives were throwing drinks, long before dating shows turned heartbreak into a competition, and long before social media allowed celebrities to have public meltdowns in real time, Valley of the Dolls was serving fame, jealousy, addiction, betrayal, bad relationships, fabulous clothes, and enough drama to keep a gossip blog busy for six months. And the “dolls”? Honey, we are not talking about Barbie. The title refers to pills—particularly the prescription drugs the characters increasingly rely on as their glamorous lives begin falling apart. Jacqueline Susann's 1966 novel became a publishing phenomenon, and the 1967 movie adaptation starring Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, and Sharon Tate turned the story into a piece of p...