she lived bravely

Marjolaine 2022-03-26 09:01:09

"Maybe some people think I can't sing, but no one can say I don't sing", my tears began to fall desperately.

When a sincere and courageous pursuit of what you love, even if it is a joke, it is like two passers-by telling Aunt May to ignore the comments in the newspaper. Is the truth that the reporter kept saying to be the truth? The money bribes he refuses are to satisfy vanity and subjective anger.

Without the aura of the protagonist, her husband who experienced illness and physical derailment, Aunt Mei played the piano, deeply felt her fear and self-knowledge. She is weak, timid but brave. All the routines of her friends and the dreams weaved with Uncle Hugh happened under her nose. If you ask the soldiers in Carnegie Hall who couldn't stop laughing, why did they clap so hard at the end? Maybe it's the screenwriter's nonsensical arrangement? But at this time, isn't she just like the Valkyrie played by Aunt Mei at the beginning of the film, what is the difference between her and the soldiers who face the hail of bullets on the battlefield with firm belief?

Perhaps complain about the screenwriter or complain about the actor. But I laughed and cried. This is enough.

"Maybe some people think I can't sing, but no one can say I didn't sing" - anyway, I proved in my way that I lived. Chicken soup? As a woman, I drink!

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  • Kaleigh 2022-03-21 09:02:31

    I just hope that when I'm old and pearly, someone will call me Little Rabbit.

  • Oma 2022-03-28 09:01:07

    There are problems in both French and English versions. Florence's deconstructed voice is still used as a seasoning for chicken soup. Perhaps in order to enhance the difference with the French version, the British version specially changed the image of her husband from an idle clown to a diligent gentleman. The handling of character relationships is more warm, so the film is not difficult to see where it is going. However, the audience is still at a loss as to how the out-of-tune song will soar in the entertainment industry and social fashion.

Florence Foster Jenkins quotes

  • St Clair Bayfield: In the hall, Madam Florence keeps a collection of chairs in which people of note have expired. They're not for practical use.

  • St Clair Bayfield: Are you fond of sandwiches?

    Cosmé McMoon: Yes.

    St Clair Bayfield: Good, good. Madam Florence is inordinately fond of sandwiches. And potato salad as well. When we throw parties we make mountains of the stuff. It would serve you well to consume both with enthusiasm.

    Cosmé McMoon: I shall.