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No, Biopics Don’t Always Suck (Ft. A Complete Unknown and The Doors)
Lauren and Christine ask why biopics and biographies of musicians and other celebrities are so hard to do well, what we really want when we want to “know” a celebrity through a film or book, and why everyone is staring so adoringly at Bob Dylan all the time.
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Lauren Sklaroff, Red Hot Mama
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Harvey Cohen, Duke Ellington's America
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Nick Tosches, Hellfire
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