She (Joan) has never disowned the Runaways; on the contrary, she?s enormously proud of what they achieved. ?We were serious. Yes, we walked a fine line. There was the thing of knowing you?re girls and wanting to use that, but not wanting to not get taken seriously, because then they can go, ?It?s just T and A.? However much they tried, though, the band by and large met with precisely that response. But, Jett argues, try to ?picture five 16-year-old girls running around puritanical America.
And we were just being ourselves. It wasn?t like, ?What can we do now to get in the press?? We just had to show up?. Jett has dabbled in acting over the years ? forthcoming film roles include cameos in Repo!
The Genetic Opera, and the splendidly titled Endless Bummer ? but now there are plans for a Runaways movie that will see her played by someone else. ?We want it to be as realistic as possible,? she says.
?One of the [Runaways?] mothers said to me recently,? (Kenny) Laguna adds, ? ?If we?d had any idea what they were getting into, we?d never have let them go.? She?d no idea they were going to be thrust into this dark drug world. It could only happen in LA; if they?d been from any other city, the parents would have said, ?What, are you nuts?? But in LA, it was like, ?Listen, you might get f***ed, you might die of an overdose, but you could get a hit record, so do it.? Jett lets out a huge throaty laugh at this.
But she also looks as though she?s glad she came out the other side. She loves rock?n?roll (she?s touring with Mot?rhead, for heaven?s sake), but it?s not a cause she?s ever going to give up her life ? or her dignity ? for.
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