6/30/2023 0 Comments Love, Janis by Laura Joplin![]() ![]() What performer today could possibly act and sing like Janis Joplin? Myler tries to solve that problem by casting two actresses - one who performs the songs and another who reads the letters and gets interviewed. ![]() She fascinated as much for her natural vocal talents as for her prodigious exhaustion of those talents by singing too long, too hard, too rough. ![]() Joplin’s story doesn’t hold the stage, though her performances nearly always did (her fiasco at Woodstock being the rare exception). It was payback time for being voted the ugliest person, and her return to Port Arthur, Texas, made Time and Newsweek. Shortly before her death, at 27, Joplin appeared on “The Dick Cavett Show” to announce she was going to her high school reunion. The letters also reveal an awkward charm in the jibe between her rebel stage persona and the girl who privately thrills at seeing Pearl Bailey in “Hello, Dolly!” or getting a bouquet of flowers from the Monkees. On perpetual tour, the performer quickly tires of the constant round of motel rooms, but there’s no life beyond it that she can return to.Ī wistful poignancy emerges in Janis’ letters to her mother. As adapted by Randal Myler, who also directs, “Love, Janis” employs a familiar showbiz arc: obscurity to fame to quick burnout in three easy, predictable acts. ![]()
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