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#1

Lea being considered for Streisand's biopic!!

Posted: 6/26/13 at 11:14am

I'm currently reading this book and it's amazing! Needless to say, I think Dame Lea would be sensational in the role, perhaps even Oscar worthy...

What do you guys think? Please let's try to keep the hating to a minimum.


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Updated On: 6/26/13 at 11:14 AM

#5

Lea being considered for Streisand's biopic!!

Posted: 6/26/13 at 11:25am

Lea will never do this...and why does the director have to be open and gay to direct a movie about a 19 year old girl in New York City in 1960? A woman can't direct it? Would Speilberg not know what to do with the story???



..and Lana Del Ray is TONE DEAF!! and looks like Nancy Sinatra....

This is just stupid...
"There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up." - Billie Holiday
#8

Lea being considered for Streisand's biopic!!

Posted: 6/26/13 at 11:35am

Carlos, eso surgio de un post que yo hice en el thread de Unpopular opinions you hold, luego de estar todo el dia discutiendo sobre ella en varios threads. Y desde esa ocasion a veces me refiero asi de ella, pero es mas como un apodo, no es nada serio. Pienso que ella es ridículamente talentosa y a veces me molesta cuando la gente denigra sin razón.
#11

Lea being considered for Streisand's biopic!!

Posted: 6/26/13 at 11:38am

I'm all for Lana if they use Barbara's original vocal tracks.
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#12

Lea being considered for Streisand's biopic!!

Posted: 6/26/13 at 11:39am

"and why does the director have to be open and gay to direct a movie about a 19 year old girl in New York City in 1960?"

My thoughts exactly AnthVoice; truly a strange comment and while not intended as such I'm sure, offensive.
#13

Lea being considered for Streisand's biopic!!

Posted: 6/26/13 at 11:43am

Definitivamente puedo ver por qué algunas personas no le gusta pero ella es una locura talento y yo creo que ella sería sorprendente como barbra. Dame Lea parece que ella quiere hacer más cine y TV por lo que creo que esto sería perfecto para ella.
#17

Lea being considered for Streisand's biopic!!

Posted: 6/26/13 at 11:49am

Oy.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#18

Lea being considered for Streisand's biopic!!

Posted: 6/26/13 at 11:50am

I would rather watch paint dry.
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#20

Lea being considered for Streisand's biopic!!

Posted: 6/26/13 at 11:54am

I'm not exactly sure what the "big story" is here.

Her struggle to make it is the most interesting part, because she was so unique at the time.

After that? Some failed marriages, a whole lot of success, movies, albums, awards, bubble baths, manicures, scented candles, potpourri, ... and?

EDIT: Just realized ... it ENDS with 1964 and Funny Girl on Broadway. 'Cause the rest is, you know, not that compelling.
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Updated On: 6/26/13 at 11:54 AM

#23

Lea being considered for Streisand's biopic!!

Posted: 6/26/13 at 12:02pm

The book is amazing because - well - she was a complete original who really (like Sinatra) did this her way - without following any path...

The four years it concentrates on are not just the most important of Barbra's life but highly important in understanding show biz, pre and post Barbra....

Nothing was the same in american show business after the opening night of "Funny Girl" in 1964...
"There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up." - Billie Holiday
#24

Lea being considered for Streisand's biopic!!

Posted: 6/26/13 at 12:13pm

"and why does the director have to be open and gay to direct a movie about a 19 year old girl in New York City in 1960?"

It could also have something to do with the fact, that she got her start in gay clubs, and gay men were the ones that helped shape her persona.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/books/review/hello-gorgeous-becoming-barbra-streisand-by-william-j-mann.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
#25

Lea being considered for Streisand's biopic!!

Posted: 6/26/13 at 12:18pm

"I don't really see what's offensive about that comment about a gay director."

I guess it depends how one feels about the ethics, fairness and legality of qualifying a preference or affinity for a director based on race, gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation. I have a problem with it (leaving apart issues of diversity and affirmative action which, unless I'm mistaken, don't seem to be applicable to the issue of who directs a Streisand biopic). The same is true for most employment positions (obviously in many instances, casting is a different and rather complex question because gender and race and ethnicity (if not sexual orientation) may legitimately impact the experience of seeing someone in a role, depending on all manner of issues which have often been discussed and debated on this board).



Updated On: 6/26/13 at 12:18 PM

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