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I don't know... I just watched it today and was curious on the history of the song. When I saw the real Maxine I was like, huh? In my mind, if I was doing a biopic on someone I would say "hey, here are the historical people of significance we want to replicate. Go find some that match in casting". Instead, it was probably more along the lines of "We need to make sure we have an interacial couple included in this for diversity purposes." I don't know, it's getting a little silly in my opinion. Similar to what they did in that Chernobyl series. The "woman scientist" they portrayed never existed in real life, but they claimed she "represented the many hard working scientists who tried to solve the problem at hand." They really just wanted to fit a woman in somewhere due to some societal pressure or something I'm not aware of going on in Hollywood. Other than that, it's more of a musical play than a "movie". I'm into real in-depth history and stories of rock n' roll, so this kind of portrayal doesn't really move me too much. They essentially took the same formula used in Bohemian Rhapsody and injected some steroids. This style of movie is really meant to appeal and reach a broader, casual fan/audience. Also, watching it there were moments where I felt that I wasn't in the 70s/80s..
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