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5 days agoIs 'Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere' a Flop?
Music biopics recycle predictable clichés yet continue to captivate audiences despite inconsistent critical consensus about what makes them successful.
When an actor opens their mouth to sing in a movie, chances are high that the voice you hear will be their own. Even in music biopics, movie stars without much singing experience regularly go to great lengths to impersonate the most beloved vocalists of our time. Why not simply play Johnny Cash or Bruce Springsteen's actual recordings, the reasons why we care about them in the first place? When the world is full of beautiful singing voices,