The Patriot
08-11-2016, 11:42 AM
Review: 'Florence Foster Jenkins' hits all the wrong notes
08-09-2016 11:00 AM
Perhaps not every quirky true story needs a biopic starring Meryl Streep, as evidenced by Stephen Frears' bizarre "Florence Foster Jenkins," the story of a wealthy older woman who launched an amateur singing career in the 1940s, despite her distinct lack of talent. It's a film that dares you to give it a bad review, simply so it can turn around and call you a bully who picks on the people who try. It invites you to giggle at Florence's horrible singing and then promptly scolds you for laughing, creating a contradictory double standard that goes unreconciled -- to laugh or not to laugh at Florence's tortured caterwauling?http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/iipcache/809400.png (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/starsandstripes/militarylife?a=TNNqEBhQgSA:1Izh4svK688:yIl2AUoC8zA ) http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/iipcache/809401.png (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/starsandstripes/militarylife?a=TNNqEBhQgSA:1Izh4svK688:F7zBnMyn0Lo ) http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/iipcache/809402.png (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/starsandstripes/militarylife?a=TNNqEBhQgSA:1Izh4svK688:V_sGLiPBpWU ) http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/iipcache/809403.png (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/starsandstripes/militarylife?a=TNNqEBhQgSA:1Izh4svK688:qj6IDK7rITs ) http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/iipcache/809404.png (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/starsandstripes/militarylife?a=TNNqEBhQgSA:1Izh4svK688:gIN9vFwOqvQ ) http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/iipcache/809405.png (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/starsandstripes/militarylife?a=TNNqEBhQgSA:1Izh4svK688:QXVau8BzmBE )
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08-09-2016 11:00 AM
Perhaps not every quirky true story needs a biopic starring Meryl Streep, as evidenced by Stephen Frears' bizarre "Florence Foster Jenkins," the story of a wealthy older woman who launched an amateur singing career in the 1940s, despite her distinct lack of talent. It's a film that dares you to give it a bad review, simply so it can turn around and call you a bully who picks on the people who try. It invites you to giggle at Florence's horrible singing and then promptly scolds you for laughing, creating a contradictory double standard that goes unreconciled -- to laugh or not to laugh at Florence's tortured caterwauling?http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/iipcache/809400.png (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/starsandstripes/militarylife?a=TNNqEBhQgSA:1Izh4svK688:yIl2AUoC8zA ) http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/iipcache/809401.png (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/starsandstripes/militarylife?a=TNNqEBhQgSA:1Izh4svK688:F7zBnMyn0Lo ) http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/iipcache/809402.png (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/starsandstripes/militarylife?a=TNNqEBhQgSA:1Izh4svK688:V_sGLiPBpWU ) http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/iipcache/809403.png (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/starsandstripes/militarylife?a=TNNqEBhQgSA:1Izh4svK688:qj6IDK7rITs ) http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/iipcache/809404.png (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/starsandstripes/militarylife?a=TNNqEBhQgSA:1Izh4svK688:gIN9vFwOqvQ ) http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/iipcache/809405.png (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/starsandstripes/militarylife?a=TNNqEBhQgSA:1Izh4svK688:QXVau8BzmBE )
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