http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/02/the-gentrification-of-nina-simone-stop-this-movie Comments On: The Gentrification of Nina Simone: Stop This Movie by Jen Graves en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by d.p.]]> Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:38:34 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Patricia Kayden]]> Sun, 04 Nov 2012 14:53:09 -0800 The Stranger
Biographies always inspire Award-winning performances, many of which are deserved. But it annoys me that reviewers equate an amazing performance with a great film, when it's usually more like a case of a director essentially following a great actor around with a camera.
Posted by mitten]]> Sun, 04 Nov 2012 10:12:12 -0800 The Stranger
I'd seen Nina Simone before at Symphony Hall and it was glorious. This last show she did in Boston was off the charts ridiculous/sad. She forgot she'd played Here Comes the Sun, so she sang it all over again. In the middle of one of her musician's solos she sat down on the stage, reeling, and had the hardest time getting back to her piano. When she called out for requests, and I yelled out "Sinnerman" everyone around me hushed me, saying, "you want to kill her?"

I read her autobiography and clearly she made all kinds of crappy choices from the crap hand she was dealt. But she left the US for its racist policies to end up where? South of France. Not Botswana or Kenya or Zimbabwe.

If the biopic is good there will be vindication.
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MY NAME IS PEACHES!
Posted by Max Solomon]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:20:33 -0700 The Stranger Posted by quix]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:38:31 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Warren Terra]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:52:46 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Sir Vic]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:47:31 -0700 The Stranger
There are definitely biopics out there that qualify as excellent cinema (although I can't really say whether they represented the subject's life really well). Two that come to mind: Raging Bull and The Aviator, and I think it's not coincidental that both were directed by Martin Scorsese.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:44:04 -0700 The Stranger Posted by stinkbug]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:36:57 -0700 The Stranger
Ignorant of it, more like. How dare you worry about ME, she'd say.
Posted by gloomy gus]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:34:37 -0700 The Stranger
But a bigger issue is censorship and this call to halt another person's artistic expression, even if it is crappy. Do all artists of all art forms need to get approval from Nina's estate before depicting her? It all comes off a bit holier than thou.

People who care about Nina Simone will just keep on listening to her amazing music. That's all we need.
Posted by mitten]]> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:33:02 -0700 The Stranger
With a completely different creative team and script, of course.
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