A small-town mentality
Reviewed this week Drama On One: Bombshell RTE Radio 1
Drama On One: Bombshell (RTE Radio 1) opened with the woozy, boozy strains of Jayne Mansfield’s I Think I’m Gonna Like It Here. It was an inauspicious start. A pneumatic low-cut siren who possessed scarcely more acting or singing ability than her ubiquitous pet chihuahua did, Mansfield’s fame rested on other elements, as a glance at that infamous 1957 photo in the company of Sophia Loren will tell you.
The story of Mansfield’s ...
