Daisy Buchanan

Everyone thinks they know Frankie. Men treat her like a bimbo. Friends don't stick around for long. And her mother simply wants to show her off. She's either 'stuck up' or she 'loves herself' or she 'doesn't really have problems'. Why? Because Frankie is beautiful. But Frankie is lost. Deafened by the noise of everyone else's opinions, she has made it to adulthood with no idea who she is or what she stands for. When a topless photo of her goes viral, the opinions multiply and the noise reaches a fever pitch. Somehow, she is cancelled by both the feminists and the misogynists. But help comes from an unlikely source - celebrity campaigner, Maz Clarke, is looking for her next project and Frankie is it. Being invited into Maz's world feels like a golden ticket. But in a world of filters and fake opinion, can Frankie find a way to stop trying to prove who she isn't - and learn to discover who she really is?

Limelight

Meet Frankie; after a lifetime of being compared to her beautiful and perfect sister, Frankie has developed a love-hate relationship with being in the spotlight. She craves attention and the feeling of being desired and beautiful, but she feels ashamed of that craving. So, having an online "only fans"-esque account will be totally fine, right? It's her secret, all behind locked doors. But what happens when the whole world knows? How should she feel then?

First off, Frankie is perfection! She's painfully relatable! Even though not every woman feels the desire to the extent Frankie does (or maybe we all have secret online accounts?), this urge to be desired, the validation to be found beautiful, is forced upon women from societies standards and viewpoint. This plays heavily on the guilt we feel of being portrayed as a "bad feminist."

Daisy has captured the essence of this in the most poignant but lighthearted way! She demands our attention and forces us to accept this exploration within ourselves while empowering us to want to be validated for our individual beauty without the shame and stigma society and media thrust upon us.

Limelight is a heartwarming ode to sisterhood, well-meaning (but oftentimes flawed) mothers, and a positive affirmation for us all to live by.

Victoria Justice

Meet Frankie; after a lifetime of being compared to her beautiful and perfect sister, Frankie has developed a love-hate relationship with being in the spotlight. She craves attention and the feeling of being desired and beautiful, but she feels ashamed of that craving. So, having an online "only fans"-esque account will be totally fine, right? It's her secret, all behind locked doors. But what happens when the whole world knows? How should she feel then?

First off, Frankie is perfection! She's painfully relatable! Even though not every woman feels the desire to the extent Frankie does (or maybe we all have secret online accounts?), this urge to be desired, the validation to be found beautiful, is forced upon women from societies standards and viewpoint. This plays heavily on the guilt we feel of being portrayed as a "bad feminist."

Daisy has captured the essence of this in the most poignant but lighthearted way! She demands our attention and forces us to accept this exploration within ourselves while empowering us to want to be validated for our individual beauty without the shame and stigma society and media thrust upon us.

Limelight is a heartwarming ode to sisterhood, well-meaning (but oftentimes flawed) mothers, and a positive affirmation for us all to live by.

Limelight

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