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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTFG's Big Lie and actually his whole life is truly the story of
Florence Foster Jenkins.
For those of you who are really old as I am, we recall our parents referring to her and her singing career. Those who saw the film with Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, you know to what Im referring.
For you others:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins
If you watch the film with the MAGATS in mind, it takes on a whole different meaning, one of significance.
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TFG's Big Lie and actually his whole life is truly the story of (Original Post)
PCIntern
Jul 2021
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chowder66
(9,074 posts)1. The sample on the Wiki page is hilarious!
"Der Hölle Rache" ("Queen of the Night" aria)
Midnight Writer
(21,788 posts)3. Still sounds better than Auto-tune.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)2. "(She) has a great voice. In fact, she can sing everything except notes."
They don't make critics like they used to.
eppur_se_muova
(36,281 posts)4. There was an LP -- "The Glory of the Human Voice" featuring FFJ ...
they did put a (?) after the word "glory". Saw it in a record store, back when there were still such things.