Mangano’s approval of the final product is not an endorsement of its accuracy-never a goal of Russell’s-but of the inspirational message it conveys. Russell told NPR that he spent about 100 hours on the phone with Mangano while working on the story, though he didn’t meet her in person until late in the process-a deliberate decision which allowed him to develop a fictional character inspired by her life, rather than a carbon copy of the woman herself. The other half, Lawrence says, comes from “David’s imagination and different daring women that have inspired him.” And although that premise aligns closely with Mangano’s life, Lawrence recently told TIME that the movie is only 50% inspired by Mangano. Joy tells the story of a divorced Long Island mother, played by Jennifer Lawrence, who invents a detachable, self-wringing mop and overcomes significant obstacles to develop a wildly successful enterprise, first with QVC and later with the Home Shopping Network. But “everything,” in the case of this movie, extends beyond the life of Mangano herself.
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