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  • Soleil was shamed for her body's early development: As Frye explains in the documentary, after rising to fame as cute, peppy Punky Brewster, shaking hands with George H.W. Bush and getting "10,000 fan letters a week," the child star found herself in an identity crisis at just 12 years old. As she developed quickly, she was soon placed in roles that spotlighted her breasts, most notably in a scene on The Wonder Years. Made uncomfortable by male, middle-aged interviewers in a sequence that is infuriating to watch, Frye ended up deciding on getting a breast reduction. The decision seemed to make her happier, but her experience puts the "adult business" of acting in a horrible light.
  • Frye's house was where Hollywood child star friendships blossomed: Throughout the doc, we regularly see Soleil's mom Sondra cooking and laughing at home, while welcoming half of Hollywood's child stars into her home. Many of the stars the Soleil interviews say her family felt like "home" to them, including Beverly Hills, 90210's Brian Austin Green and Saved by the Bell's Mark-Paul Gosselaar. Also alluding to her actor father Virgil Frye who was largely absent from her life, the doc paints a picture of how the child actors all felt lost in some way, but banded together to feel invincible.
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