[Magdalen] Florence Foster Jenkins

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Any mention of the fact that she had tertiary syphillis (Jenkins, that is),
and therefore a lot of cognitive deficit? Her actual story is really
heart-breaking.

Compare rolls of Joplin early and late in his life for another
demonstration of the damaging powers of syphillis.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> John and I really enjoyed this movie.  Surely hokey, but Florence loved
> music.  And, I love Meryl Streep.
>
> Ginga
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 5:56 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 'twas a great movie indeed, IMNSHO
> >
> > Loved the backstage story too!
> >
> > Lynn
> >
> > website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> >
> > When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
> not
> > a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
> me."
> > attributed to Erma Bombeck
> > "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> > by Richard Rohr
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "ME Michaud" <michaudme at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2016 3:47 PM
> > To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Florence Foster Jenkins
> >
> >
> > Did you hear the Norah Ephron interview where she talked about meeting
> >> Streep (at the opera?) and having a conversation that began "What are
> you
> >> working on now?"
> >>
> >> Ephron said she she was going to direct Julie & Julia.
> >>
> >> Streep replied enthusiastically, using Julia Child's voice.
> >>
> >> Ephron then asked her if she'd be interested in the part.
> >>
> >> I loved that movie. I loved the brutal contrast between the spiritual
> >> poverty and desperation of post 9/11 life with the richness and joy of
> the
> >> post-war world. God bless Norah Ephron. She milked something glorious
> out
> >> of Julie Powell's dry little blog.
> >> -M
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thursday, August 25, 2016, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, there's this, from The Onion:
> >>> court-rules-meryl-streep-unable-to-be-tried-by-jur-26799
> >>> <http://www.theonion.com/graphic/court-rules-meryl-
> >>> streep-unable-to-be-tried-by-jur-26799>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
>