Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."
henryvic-38456 - 6 January 2023 Even though Even though critics of this movie protest too much, that it 'rewrites history', you got to laugh at the suggestion. Consider the source. Ironically in the many attempts to cover, even if it is rewriting history, some of the critics being jazz musicians, complain that the movie stereotypes black people. So what's the difference? How can you tell if history is real? Just look at today. Leopards don't change their spots. It's easier to believe that it was true. Weather authorities try to stop Billie Holiday from singing the song, or or the jazz musicians are correct in their assessment of the movie, what's the difference between how she is depicted as being treated, and how the jazz musicians say they are depicted? It's the same thing, so the depiction is true. Indeed the more one protests, the more that protest reveals that the protester gives away that those their protesting against, are right. Not only is Jack Nicholson right about the truth, but it also cannot be hidden. By the way that line by Jack Nicholson in that movie, not this movie, is the greatest line ever said in a movie.
deepee-28069 - 13 March 2022 Huge waste of time. I like some of Billie Holiday's music. I could barely get through half of this terrible film. Am I the only one who thinks Andra Day isn't a good actress? She's a huge bore. She got naked as much as she sang. Hollywood sellout.