Genius to legend, not just talking

Darlene 2021-11-18 08:01:27

A genius to a legend is more than just hard work! Ray said, all these efforts do not depart from the help his mother gave him. The mother's cruelty and strictness have created who I am today—from being talented, working hard to being a genius, and then from being a genius to a legend of soul... all of this Efforts and processes are all very hard, from the failure at the beginning, to the pride after becoming famous, and then to the indifferent at the end... No one can understand the hardships~ I have experienced too much, and understood too much. Too much... the good and evil of human nature, indifferent... the music is pure! There is a soul! So ~ Soul Singer

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Extended Reading
  • Lamont 2022-03-28 09:01:02

    Barely two points. Only in the first 40 minutes of the first quarter, it can be seen that the director has a trace of pursuit and self-awareness in film art. The tone of this part is rich, distorted, and hot, mixed with unbearable childhood memories, and Lei's almost You feel that this film is about to show the origin of a sultry soul, but unfortunately the later part completely collapsed. As a typical stylistic genius with growth trauma and mental problems, Lei has also experienced all this. The problem of people-like characters, drug use, cheating, and competing for interests with others as a blind person, the incident itself is nothing new, he is just engaging with those women, not even a playful line or a state of overflowing passion, the whole aftermath The two-hour script doesn’t have any core events (it’s the repeated entanglement with drugs), in fact, it’s not difficult to make a biopic of such an extraordinary genius, but this film has made such a smooth account, I think it was selected for the awards. Ji's motivation was limited, and the whole thing turned into a "Ray's Family Soap Opera" to please the housewife judges. Ordinary people can't understand genius, but they are happy to see trivial details.

  • Elenora 2022-03-21 09:01:44

    Drugs and sex are inspirations of blues?

Ray quotes

  • Jerry Wexler: Ahmet believes we're family here at Atlantic Records. I believe we're family at Atlantic. Obviously you don't. Ahmet wouldn't believe it. You know what he said, Ray? He said you would never turn your back on us. Never for a schlockmeister like Sam Clark. Ha! That's rich. Sam Clark's a corporate slug who wouldn't know the difference between Earl Hines and Art Tatum! We let you grow here, Ray. Nobody's taking credit for your talent, but we nourished it. We let you do your thing. Goddamn it, we deserve better than this.

    Ray Charles: You know that I appreciate everything you guys have done here, Jerry. Ahmet, I'm very proud of the work we've done here together and Atlantic has done pretty good moneywise on my records, haven't they?

    Ahmet Ertegun: Yes, we've done very well, Ray.

    Ray Charles: You're the ones who taught me that making a record is business and find the best business deal that you can. Now seventy-five cents of every dollar and owning my own masters is a pretty damn good deal. Can you match it?

    Ahmet Ertegun: Ray we would love to match it, but we just can't. That's a better deal than Sinatra gets... I'm very proud of you.

  • Ray Charles: You told me to find my own voice.