once famously referred to the film as a documentary on LA’s obsession with hiding natural signs of ageing. Related: One Day at a Time: Rita Moreno and Justina Machado in joyously reimagined 70s sitcom Death Becomes Her is set in 1970s Hollywood – an era in which regular plastic surgery appointments, unfaithful partners, faking your own death for self-preservation, and carrying a can of skin-tint spray paint in your purse were on-trend.
At the heart of this romantic-comedy-gone-sour are two hyper-competitive frenemies, both struggling to confront their own mortality: has-been Broadway star Madeline Ashton (Streep) and deeply insecure writer Helen Sharp (Hawn).
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