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How Did Rusty Support Herself?


Have seen this movie many times, but I have never figured out how Rusty supports herself and Rocky.

Anyone else know?

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It's likely that the many bikers she hung out with, all chipped in with money for bills and beer?

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I don't think she was THAT much of a low-life - sponging off of her friends.

I believe Rusty says at one point, " I've got to get to work." Other than that, the film doesn't reveal anything about her income.

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I never thought about it before. But I definitely don't think she took money from her ex-boyfriend.

I always remembered her comment to her friend, "You take their money, you gotta take their sh#t."

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The real Rusty worked as a go-go dancer and door-to-door saleswoman to make ends meet while Rocky was alive. In 1985 (Rocky died in 1978) she worked as a counselor at Narcotics Anonymous.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_L._Dennis

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