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Genre labels shape your expectations of a movie but they are also manipulated by promoters to influence audience response. Both Marguerite (2016) and Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) are being sold as "hilarious comedies" whereas in reality they both tell a sad story of self-deception and mental frailty, albeit in funny ways.
Jul 15, 2024 · Florence Foster Jenkins was an American amateur soprano, music lover, philanthropist, and socialite who gained fame for her notoriously off-pitch voice. She became a word-of-mouth sensation in the 1940s through her self-funded performances in New York City. Jenkins was born into a wealthy and
Aug 11, 2016 · Meryl Streep Explains Why She Wanted to Sing So Badly in ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ ... Solomons called the movie “a fine, funny and moving film tribute to the efforts and passions of its ...
May 6, 2016 · Why FFJ is suddenly considered a great story today, why she is of 21st-century interest, are questions at least as intriguing as Florence Foster Jenkins the movie itself is. Is it down to the popularity of YouTube and American Idol , which can make anyone a star regardless of talent?
Aug 12, 2016 · In 1940s New York, Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep), a New York heiress and socialite, obsessively pursued her dream of becoming a great singer. The voice she heard in her head was beautiful, but to everyone else it was hilariously awful. Her "husband" and manager, St. Clair Bayfield (Hugh Grant), an aristocratic English actor, was determined to protect his beloved Florence from the ...
Aug 12, 2016 · Florence Foster Jenkins was a wealthy middle-aged music lover who couldn’t sing on key, but insisted on performing for increasingly larger audiences, who loved her anyway. She was infectiously ...
Aug 4, 2016 · Florence Foster Jenkins, the socialite and notoriously terrible opera singer, would’ve undoubtedly been tickled to learn that her life story was destined to be tackled by not one but two high-profile films released 72 years after her death.
