This is going to be harder than I ever thought it would be...
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Robert Altman’s Nashville is one of my favorite movies of all time. The character of Sueleen Gay (played with heartbreaking naivety by the brilliant and brave Gwen Welles) is a woman with dreams of super star singing career. The problem is she can’t sing. That won’t stop her. She is determined to do it no matter what anyone says.
Betty Hutton, to me was much the same type of person. She didn’t really fit into the Hollywood machine, and dispete a few years at the top she is really considered more of an oddity today. She was not the best singer actress or dancer, but her sheer spunk and drive coupled with the fact that her heart was embroidered on her sleeve gives her the same quality that I relate to in the character of Sueleen Gay.
I suppose you could say I am attracted to people and characters whose will and drive to succeed is stronger than their talent. Something about them makes you want to hold them in your arms and say, “It’s okay. We love you. But perhaps you should consider working in a yarn store or a kindergarten.
PEACE.