There have been plenty of times when Hollywood approaches a film with the intent to create Oscar buzz but fails to meet the bar. But what's rarer is when the Oscar-bait is so over-the-top and, let's be honest, bad, that it circles back to being funny and camp. Which film was forever memorialized through its most famous line: "No wire hangers!"
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Correct Answer: Mommie Dearest
When Joan Crawford's adopted daughter Christina wrote her tell-all memoir, "Mommie Dearest," exposing years of alleged abuse, Hollywood adapted it into what they hoped would be a serious drama. It was intended to earn Faye Dunaway her second Oscar, and while she did win an award for the performance, it was a Golden Razzie for Worst Actress. In fact, the movie was considered so bad that it earned the Golden Razzie for Worst Movie of the *Decade.* When Paramount realized that word-of-mouth was spreading about how unintentionally funny the movie was, the studio decided to change its marketing tactics and fully embrace its new camp status. The producers sued to stop that new approach to their supposedly serious film, but you can't sue public perception. Despite its negative reviews and legal troubles, the movie wasn't a complete box-office bomb (more of a box-office belly flop) and lives on in many drag queens' sets.
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