It was once conventional wisdom, at least in the entertainment world, that the only bad publicity was no publicity. Gossip magazines, back in that day, were called “scandal rags.” It was considered a good thing if word got out that the star of a new film had an affair with his co-star, because it helped sell tickets. As coverage increased, however, and the scandals became increasingly scandalous, that conventional wisdom began to grow some cracks. Jane Fonda’s scandal was all too public and powerfully harmed her career. She became, to vast numbers of movie-goers, “Hanoi Jane,” after publicly supporting and posing with the North Vietnamese while Americans were at war with them.
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