In Reply to: (horrible..."Lady Sings the Blues")....sorry gotta disagree.... posted by TWB on August 8, 2004 at 13:25:07:
In the minority. Not to denigrate the considerable talent of Ms. Ross but Billie is truly in a class by herself and acknowledged as such by amlmost all jazz fans and critics. The movie was a travesty and did not capture anything of the pain and tragedy that was Holiday's life.
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- Re: Yes, you are - rico 14:48:28 08/08/04 (5)
- (pain and tragedy)...inflicted largely by Holiday herself...she was a junkie pure and simple and like other artists... - TWB 14:59:26 08/08/04 (4)
- she was also black and a woman, thus a natural opressee and target - Timbo in Oz 22:09:18 08/19/04 (0)
- No - late 05:33:50 08/09/04 (2)
- Re: No - patrickU 06:59:05 08/10/04 (0)
- To me Billie Holiday is like that song from A Chorus Line where the character is relating that EVERYONE... - TWB 22:18:43 08/09/04 (0)