In Reply to: Get on Up... posted by mkuller on August 4, 2014 at 08:21:03:
No actor could come close to portraying the performances of Ray Charles or James Brown.
I worked (in Savannah) with a first-cousin of Brown's: she always said he was a great guy, though really troubled. This was at the time of his arrest for an altercation with an arresting police officer after a traffic stop...
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- The idea of a film about a superstar performer always is interesting, the delivery always disappointing. - tinear 14:48:46 08/06/14 (2)
- Or Ali, The Queen, Johnny Cash, etc... - mkuller 15:17:47 08/06/14 (1)
- With musicians, sometimes it's the same story. Detachment, drugs, low self esteem away from the stage. - tinear 08:30:25 08/07/14 (0)