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PCIntern

(25,533 posts) Fri Jul 23, 2021, 04:11 PM Jul 2021

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TFG's Big Lie and actually his whole life is truly the story of

Florence Foster Jenkins.

For those of you who are really old as I am, we recall our parents referring to her and her “singing career”. Those who saw the film with Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, you know to what I’m referring.

For you others:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins

If you watch the film with the MAGATS in mind, it takes on a whole different meaning, one of significance.

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TFG's Big Lie and actually his whole life is truly the story of (Original Post) PCIntern Jul 2021 OP

The sample on the Wiki page is hilarious! chowder66 Jul 2021 #1

Still sounds better than Auto-tune. Midnight Writer Jul 2021 #3

"(She) has a great voice. In fact, she can sing everything except notes." 11 Bravo Jul 2021 #2

There was an LP -- "The Glory of the Human Voice" featuring FFJ ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2021 #4

chowder66

(9,067 posts)

1. The sample on the Wiki page is hilarious!

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Fri Jul 23, 2021, 05:36 PM

Jul 2021

"Der Hölle Rache" ("Queen of the Night" aria)

Midnight Writer

(21,745 posts)

3. Still sounds better than Auto-tune.

Reply to chowder66 (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 23, 2021, 07:46 PM

Jul 2021

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)

2. "(She) has a great voice. In fact, she can sing everything except notes."

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Fri Jul 23, 2021, 06:02 PM

Jul 2021

They don't make critics like they used to.

eppur_se_muova

(36,259 posts)

4. There was an LP -- "The Glory of the Human Voice" featuring FFJ ...

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Sat Jul 24, 2021, 10:11 AM

Jul 2021

they did put a (?) after the word "glory". Saw it in a record store, back when there were still such things.

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