Regarding some of the claims made about Roxy Hart's backstory in the song "We Both Reached for the Gun": Back in the days when you needed to hire private investigators to dig up dirt on a person's background, many women who tried to enter show business often falsely claimed one or more of the following - that they were born to and/or raised by wealthy parents; that they came from an out-of-the-way place (like Mississippi); that they were orphans; that they were convent-educated; that they were runaways from violent parents, suitors and/or husbands. By the early 1920s, these claims had become such clichés in show business that they were automatic red flags about any woman who made them without offering any proof, and were often a source of ridicule and humor.

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