neglected for years. Naturally, no one wants any part of her geriatric crisis, and rightfully so, in the rock world you have to be a certain transitional phase of cool/solid to get away with abandoning your offspring and still be a god in their eyes -consider the Steven Tyler/Liv Tyler dynamic- a sublimation Meryl in matriarchal-rocker form just can’t pull off. As an actor, on the other hand, the phase transition seems reversed, like… Deposition from gas to solid. Hence, as universally loved as Meryl is, as an actress specifically, I’m imagining she could totally pull off such a maneuver with her daughters and son. To her credit though, she’s probably a great mother… the kids taking Dad’s name in...

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