and this legendary artist had a lot of it!
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Showing posts with label artistic integrity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label artistic integrity. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Billy Elliot
I went to see Billy Elliot The Musical after waiting about a year for its arrival in town. I own the DVD on which it is based and I have watched it many, many times. Some changes they made from the film were so powerful!
It is the story of a 12-year-old boy who lives in a mining town in England. Most of the men in the town are miners. His father is a miner, his brother is a miner ... As you can imagine, it does not go over too well when the family discovers his secret: he has an extraordinary talent, and desire, to be a ballet dancer!
One of the things that has always inspired me about this story is the conviction Billy had at such a young age! He was going to hold onto to his dream despite tremendous pressures not to. He tapped into that inner strength that we as artists and creative people do have, even if we have to dust it off and nourish it a lot over time before it breaks out in full force.
It is the story of a 12-year-old boy who lives in a mining town in England. Most of the men in the town are miners. His father is a miner, his brother is a miner ... As you can imagine, it does not go over too well when the family discovers his secret: he has an extraordinary talent, and desire, to be a ballet dancer!
One of the things that has always inspired me about this story is the conviction Billy had at such a young age! He was going to hold onto to his dream despite tremendous pressures not to. He tapped into that inner strength that we as artists and creative people do have, even if we have to dust it off and nourish it a lot over time before it breaks out in full force.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Farrah
Farrah Fawcett was an icon of the 1970's. So many of us were big "Charlie's Angels" fans. What has impressed me more than her lion's mane hair style and great smile, which always struck me as genuine, was Farrah's continuous efforts to maintain her artistic integrity.
She asked to leave the hit 70's TV show, "Charlie's Angels", which made her a megastar, after only one year because she wanted to make movies. I'm sure she had all kinds of legal battles and flack to deal with because of her decision but movies were her goal, her true dream and she was going for it! I admire her so much for that.
If you've never seen her in the movie, "Extremities", a role she recreated after playing it on stage off-Broadway, rent the DVD. It is an emotionally difficult film to watch but she is so good in it. She was also very good in the TV movie, "The Burning Bed" and in the TV miniseries "Murder in Texas".
Right or wrong, Farrah made decisions, and I hope that wherever she is, she is smiling about an artistic life fully lived.
She asked to leave the hit 70's TV show, "Charlie's Angels", which made her a megastar, after only one year because she wanted to make movies. I'm sure she had all kinds of legal battles and flack to deal with because of her decision but movies were her goal, her true dream and she was going for it! I admire her so much for that.
If you've never seen her in the movie, "Extremities", a role she recreated after playing it on stage off-Broadway, rent the DVD. It is an emotionally difficult film to watch but she is so good in it. She was also very good in the TV movie, "The Burning Bed" and in the TV miniseries "Murder in Texas".
Right or wrong, Farrah made decisions, and I hope that wherever she is, she is smiling about an artistic life fully lived.
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