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Movie Review – Florence Foster Jenkins

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 Movie Review – Florence Foster Jenkins

The tragic comedy of Ms Florence Foster Jenkins’ singing adventures would leave you guffawing & sympathetic. The same as how her actual supporters must have felt in the 30s.

Prior to watching Florence Foster Jenkins, I spent an hour scouring the Net for information about this legendary soprano. (Ahem!) I also watched the interviews with the lead actors, and cringed at the YouTube videos of her recordings. Throughout all these, one question burnt furiously in my mind. Did the real Florence Foster Jenkins know how terrible her singing was? Was she, as a forummer scorned, a silly rich indulgent woman who had too much money and time? Or was she gifted with some form of higher appreciation of music?

The movie answered this question with a firm no. We see extended scenes of Jenkins’ devoted husband energetically shielding her from mockers and deriders. We also have several scenes of music professionals sucking up to her for the sake of her financial patronage. Yet, the way the story was told, it was just impossible for her not to at least have a clue that her singing was truly awful. This contradiction ultimately didn’t make the movie baffling. Instead, it thickened the delicious mystery around the real Florence Foster Jenkins. Through the immaculate acting of all three leads, you would also be coaxed into considering several philosophical questions. What is love? And what should true love for music be? Must one’s love for music be bridled, just because one can’t play like a virtuoso, or sing like one?

For the real Lady Florence, the answer was obviously a loud no.

Might I also add that born today, she likely would have garnered a huge cult following on YouTube and social media.

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Ahem! In the spirit of Lady Florence, may I invite you to visit my YouTube Channel. I assure you, you wouldn’t have to endure any form of awful singing.

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