What I love most about Joan Blondell is that no matter what role she is playing, from good-time girl to dissembling villain, no matter how naive nor full or frolic nor how sociopathic her character may be, her character has still Seen Stuff, enough stuff for us to understand that she's definitely someone who has Been There even if There is now thirty years removed from the Depression. And her world-weary experience both in-character and from out of Hollywood colors her every move and reaction and decision. Her survivors are as tough as Stanwyck's are.