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George Gershwin: Bidin' My Time
This program is set among excerpts of letters and archival interviews with George Gershwin and his brother and lyricist Ira Gershwin, his longtime musical collaborator Kay Swift, and the legendary pianist Oscar Levant. The words of Todd Duncan and Anne Brown, the original Porgy and Bess, provide an intimate perspective on the creation of Gershwin’s “folk opera” and the invaluable contributions of its performers. Peppered among hits like “Embraceable You” and “Love Is Here To Stay” are pieces of essays written by George Gershwin in which he pondered and pontificated on the meaning of “jazz” and the definition of “music” itself. Asserting his constant effort to eschew genres, Gershwin wrote: “From any sound critical standpoint, labels mean nothing at all. Good music is good music, even if you call it ‘oysters.’”
| Release : | 2020 |
| Rating : | 0 |
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| Crew : | Music Arranger, Writer, |
| Cast : | Beth Malone Brandon Victor Dixon Telly Leung Kara Lindsay Julia K. Murney |
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if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.
The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
