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Subject: Re: MARIA
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 13:04:32 -0500
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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...