Some where over the rainbow
Yesterday was Judy Garland's death day. Judy Garland, formerly known as Frances Ethel Gumm, was born on June 10, 1922 in Minnesota. Her parents opened a cinema and engaged in vaudeville performances. When Garland was three years old, he performed on stage and formed a trio with his two sisters to sing Christmas songs. Since then, the three sisters have been performing in combination, accompanied by their mother on the piano.
Garland's mother has high expectations for her and has been trying to train Garland to enter the showbiz. At the age of 10, Garland began to follow his mother to various places to perform, and needed sleeping pills to help sleep during the journey. In a later interview, Garland compared her mother to the "Wicked Witch of the West" in The Wizard of Oz.
At the age of 13, Garland, as her mother wished, signed a contract with one of the world's largest film production companies, MGM. It is said that Louis Mayer, the co-founder of MGM, was shocked by her singing and signed her on the spot. In 1938, MGM was preparing to shoot "The Wizard of Oz". After being frustrated by the successive attempts of child star singers Shirley Temple and Diana Dubin, he decided to use the rookie Garland. So, like Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz," Judy Garland took the wind and flew to the top of the rainbow.
The destruction of a star
At the age of 18, Garland was already a household star in the United States. She has filmed a series of musicals for MGM, and her singing has a premonition of maturity and sadness beyond age. At the age of eighteen, she began to receive psychotherapy. She had received electric shock therapy and psychoanalytic therapy, but none of these seemed to help her.
She drank, tried to commit suicide, and kept getting married and divorced. Married to composer David Rose in 1941, and divorced three years later; in 1945, he married director Vincent Minnelli and gave birth to a daughter, and divorced six years later; in 1952, he married acting businessman Sydney Raft and had a birthday. The next pair of children divorced after thirteen years; married again in 1965 and divorced four years later; married again in 1969, and died of sleeping pills in the same year.
Some people say that she was destroyed by the squeeze of MGM in the age of child stardom. The company restricted her diet in order to keep her in shape, forced her to take weight-loss drugs, and gave her stimulants in order to maintain high-intensity work. So she later stated that if she did not take a certain dose of medication, she would not be able to keep working in front of the camera.
There's no place like home
Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" is a young girl with bright eyes and white teeth. She is wearing red shoes and carrying a baby fat. When crying, her eyelashes are filled with tears and her cheeks are flying red. She is very intriguing. Dorothy, who she plays, has a strange group of friends. Some of them lack wisdom, some lack emotion, and some lack courage. They set out together to ask the Great Wizard to grant them the qualities they lack. In the end, the Great Wizard gave them certificates, medals and Medals prove that they are not lacking in these qualities.
"Dorothy's friends" is also widely used to refer to marginalized groups who are not recognized by society. They do not lack wisdom, emotion and courage, but social disagreement makes them think they are lacking. They are eager to be recognized, just like the three good friends in "The Wizard of Oz" found tolerance and friendship here in Dorothy. In reality, they are naturally close to the image of Garland and regard her as an idol.
"The Wizard of Oz" ends with a sentence repeated by Dorothy: There's no place like home. She returned to her home on the farm, where the land is barren and the sky is gloomy, with sandstorms blowing from time to time. There are uncles and aunts, as well as a few funny-looking guys. Imperfect is also her home. Garland off the screen, after she flies over the peak of the rainbow, will she also want to go home? While she keeps entering and abandoning marriage, does she also want to find a home? So that those gay groups who regard her as an idol are also eager to go home?
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