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From: Bill Anderson <billanderson601@yahoo.com>
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moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> On 3/6/2025 11:13 AM, Bill Anderson wrote:
>> I can’t say I enjoyed the movie but I will say there was just enough to
>> admire that I’m glad I watched it. Maria Callas  was not a sympathetic
>> character, at least not in this movie. But at least the film offered
>> snippets of gorgeous opera performances that used the actual voice of Maria
>> Callas while Angelina Jolie lip-synched. The cinematography was impressive
>> throughout and often stunning. It was all very beautiful to look at and
>> listen to and Angelina nJolie turned in a magnificent performance. But I
>> never connected with Maria Callas enough to care about the suffering
>> artist. As a child she was impoverished and abused, and she rose to become
>> a cold and abusive woman who conquered the world of opera. How nice for
>> her. Watching Bob Dylan rise to the top was a whole lot more fun.
> 
> Maria... You just dissed a girl named Maria...
> 
> 
> 

Good one. 

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Bill Anderson
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