Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

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Wikidata Q19955874, film, IMDb tt4136084, TMDB 315664: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 1 more episode agrees.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

The Big Picture

Came from

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No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

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No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Meryl Streep: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Meryl Streep → Florence Foster Jenkins. Streep keeps singing on film, and Florence Foster Jenkins riffs on her not being a great singer.
    “Florence Foster Jenkins is so funny, though, because it's kind of a riff on how she can't really sing that.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 1:21:59 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Ricki and the Flash: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (bad-singer casting): Ricki and the Flash → Florence Foster Jenkins. Streep playing a bad singer in Florence Foster Jenkins is a more interesting performance than her unclear singing in Ricki.
    “I like her singing and like that's a more interesting performance, performance because we know she's a bad singer.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:22:55 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Stephen Frears: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (mediocre entry): Stephen Frears → Florence Foster Jenkins. Frears occasionally makes an Oscar-nominated piece of mediocrity like Florence Foster Jenkins.
    “Stephen Frere is the king of mediocrity.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:22:38 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Meryl Streep → Florence Foster Jenkins. Streep keeps singing on film, and Florence Foster Jenkins riffs on her not being a great singer.
    “Florence Foster Jenkins is so funny, though, because it's kind of a riff on how she can't really sing that.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · 1:21:59 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (bad-singer casting): Ricki and the Flash → Florence Foster Jenkins. Streep playing a bad singer in Florence Foster Jenkins is a more interesting performance than her unclear singing in Ricki.
    “I like her singing and like that's a more interesting performance, performance because we know she's a bad singer.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:22:55 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (mediocre entry): Stephen Frears → Florence Foster Jenkins. Frears occasionally makes an Oscar-nominated piece of mediocrity like Florence Foster Jenkins.
    “Stephen Frere is the king of mediocrity.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:22:38 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

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