A fanfare of failures: why celebrate Florence Foster Jenkins and Eddie the Eagle?
- Written by Juliette Peers, Senior Lecturer School of Architecture and Design, RMIT University
Meryl Streep as amateur soprano singer Florence Foster Jenkins…should we celebrate ambition over talent?Paramount PicturesThis year has seen the release of three films with a protagonist whose ambition and enterprise outstrips their talent: Marguerite (2015), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) and Eddie the Eagle (2016).
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