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Ten Thoughts and Observations I Had Rewatching Evan Rachel Wood's "Phoenix Rising" (Part One)

When the two-part documentary Phoenix Rising aired on HBO on March 15th and 16th 2022, I saw it and immediately wrote my review of part two, having already written my review of part one when I saw its premiere at Sundance over a month earlier. I didn't have much time to process it at the time, because it has a lot of information, and with limited space to write about it in a limited time, there was only so much you could address. After watching the documentary about 3 or 4 times, I realized I could easily write a book with all I had to say. Now that some time had passed since I last saw it, I just rewatched the documentary this past week on the anniversary of its premiere, and there were things that stood out to me that I didn't either capture a year ago or didn't have enough knowledge at the time to better comprehend. I will try to summarize my thoughts and observations into a list of ten things I wanted to address, though it could easily be more than ten, choosing five t

Accused Con Artist and Forgerer Evan Rachel Wood Caught in Awkward Moment on 'The Tonight Show'

 

On September 19, 2020, Evan Rachel Wood appeared on The Tonight Show to promote her new film Kajillionaire
 
During the interview she was asked by Jimmy Fallon if she has ever been involved in a con or forgery in real life, like her character. The reason this is awkward is because during the time of this interview, Evan and Illma Gore were involved in a con against Marilyn Manson and they impersonated an FBI agent as well as forged an FBI letter. 
 
For more on these allegations and to see a copy of the forged letter, read the complaint of Marilyn Manson (Brian Warner) vs Evan Rachel Wood and Illma Gore at this link.
 
 
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