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Tracey Thorn recommended Lady Sings The Blues in Books (curated)

 
Lady Sings The Blues
Lady Sings The Blues
Billie Holiday | 2021 | Biography, Music & Dance
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"I read this at the same time as I discovered her music. It’s very shocking, full of sexual abuse, drug addiction, violence, and racism, and opened my eyes to a lot of things I hadn’t known about or understood. It made me realize where songs like Strange Fruit had come from. The rawness of those songs had their roots in a devastating history of life experience."

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    Dr. Phil

    Dr. Phil

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    Dr. Phil uses the power of television to tell compelling stories about real people. The Dr. Phil...

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Lev Kalman recommended Female Trouble (1974) in Movies (curated)

 
Female Trouble (1974)
Female Trouble (1974)
1974 | Comedy, Crime
8.0 (4 Ratings)
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"My personal theory is that the Hays Code didn’t just forbid certain behaviors and images, it also subtly suggested the way that they might one day be allowable. Eventually filmmakers and studios figured out it wasn’t so much that you absolutely couldn’t show homosexuality, drug use, prostitution, child abuse, and mass murder. They just couldn’t seem fun. Or even funny. John Waters joyfully violates this deeper unspoken code. That’s why his films, especially Female Trouble, burn with the raw power of a Public Enemy or Baby Face."

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