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5.0
A fantastic read! I adore Angela Lansbury and reading about her illustrious career was fascinating. I've always been interested in her theatre career, especially Mame and Gypsy and was extremely absorbed by the chapter that charted her stage career as well as the years doing Murder, She Wrote. I think that the books is well written but that because the information comes from a variety of sources, the reader is made to listen to the numerous times she wasn't taken seriously or was overlooked. Especially her years in Hollywood and how it forced her into roles she may not have wanted to do but felt a necessity to do so. Until Sweeny Todd it doesn't feel like she was really looked at seriously and praised even though she had won and been nominated for awards by that point. Even in Mame that is quintessential Angela Lansbury, she was criticized a lot and overlooked for the film. I think that as an admirer of her, this was hard to hear and you feel her frustration at the business and can empathize with her and the choices she made.
I have to say a really fantastic biography of a truly exceptional woman. I shall be interested to read more by Martin Gottfried in the future.
I have to say a really fantastic biography of a truly exceptional woman. I shall be interested to read more by Martin Gottfried in the future.
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