not sure how the directorial conceit could have accommodated that, or to what end
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 02:36 (five years ago) link
I mean it was just stuff happening in a room
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 02:37 (five years ago) link
Well, the film is a mess -- it's barely a film, just shards -- held together by Aretha's stoicism, the music, and the frantic manner in which Cleveland channels his flamboyance into performance (professionally, I'll add).
I don't know. A film about these shows could have integrated what we know about Cleveland in voice-over, interviews, titles, something; it's just too damn fraught, in retrospect. And there's rumors about Aretha's own bisexuality too.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 02:43 (five years ago) link
I had problems with the MJ documentary not contexualizing events too.
Plus, how many white people know Clara Ward -- also bisexual!
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 02:46 (five years ago) link
yeah I guess a different approach that would have allowed for that (and eased the disjointedness) would be something more like a film-about-an-attempted-film
or a film about that gospel milieu, the people involved, her upbringing
but those performances are amazing, I had to duck out and ask to have it turned up
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 02:58 (five years ago) link
Her performance obviously makes the movie.
Re, other stuff, Was just reading Internet allegations stuff about Rev Franklin having been involved with Clara Ward for a long time, and that having broken up the marriage between Rev CL Franklin & Aretha’s Mom decades before this gig
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 12:05 (five years ago) link
church is a place to get busy
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 12:18 (five years ago) link
My favorite shot was the one where Aretha first sits down at the piano on the first night, just sitting there waiting for Cleveland to finish his introduction, with a blank expression on her face that you're tempted to read some kind of feeling/thought into. You can only imagine what was going through her head at that moment.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 12:38 (five years ago) link
^^^ yes
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 12:46 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDxzQJaA228
― calstars, Monday, 1 August 2022 02:07 (two years ago) link
This is like my favorite song of all times
― calstars, Monday, 1 August 2022 02:08 (two years ago) link
I've really, really warmed to it.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 August 2022 02:18 (two years ago) link
it’s def a fave of mine
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 1 August 2022 03:11 (two years ago) link
A will that was found in a couch has been deemed valid, putting an end to the estate battle.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 12 July 2023 00:21 (one year ago) link
That’s wild
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 12 July 2023 03:10 (one year ago) link
Just heard about this even though the upload's over a decade old:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdnj2gK68Y4
Two years before her breakthrough at Atlantic, and also that's Darlene Love in the middle of the trio of background singers! A slightly faster arrangement of the hit record by Betty Everett, but it's pretty awesome how much Aretha brings to the second half when she belts those notes. Even at 0:32, that tremor in her voice is amazing.
― birdistheword, Monday, 18 December 2023 23:10 (nine months ago) link
I feel very fortunate that I was able to take my whole family to what turned out to be her final concert.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 December 2023 23:16 (nine months ago) link