+1 862 207 3288 Music Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) (about Loretta Lynn)
Movie review
View one of the movies listed below, or any other fictionalized film about the life of a popular music band or artist (not a live concert, or a satire). Write a 750 word minimum essay contextualizing the movie within the matrix of concepts, personalities, and music examined in this course. In general, think of this essay as a ?critical analysis? in which you need to explain the points you are asserting. In this way, the assignment is an ?argumentative? essay.
Please address the following points:
? Give a brief (1 paragraph) biographical sketch of the principal character musician.
? Socially and musically, how is principal character/musician portrayed?
? How did the racial and/or class backgrounds of the principal character/musician affect their involvement in music?
? What historical phase of the development of American popular music does the principal character/musician belong to?
? How does their life and music reflect the issues we?ve examined in relation to that historical phase?
? When citing or paraphrasing sources, make sure to include a bibliographical citation (either in a footnote or in a parenthetical citation) and include a bibliography at the end of your essay.
Possible movies:
? The Glen Miller Story (1953)
? The Benny Goodman Story (1955)
? Lady Sings the Blues (1972) (about Billie Holliday)
? Bound for Glory (1976) (about Woodie Guthrie)
? The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
? Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) (about Loretta Lynn)
? Sid & Nancy (1986) (about Sid Vicious)
? Round Midnight (1986) (about Dexter Gordon)
? La Bamba (1987) (about Ritchie Valens)
? Bird (1988) (about Charlie Parker)
? The Doors (1991) (about the California group)
? The Mambo Kings (1992) (about the Castillo brothers)
? What?s Love Got To Do With It (1993) (about Tina Turner)
? Selena (1997) (about Selena Quintanilla-Perez)
? Sweet and Lowdown (1999) (about Emmet Ray)
? For Love or Country (2001) (about Arturo Sandoval)
? Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002) (about the Funk Brothers)
? Ray (2004) (about Ray Charles)
? De-lovely (2004) (about Cole Porter)
? Walk the Line (2005) (about Johnny Cash)
? I?m Not There (2007) (about Bob Dylan)
? El Cantate (2007) (about Hector Lavoe)
? Cadillac Records (2008) (about Chess Records)
? Others? Email Dr. Walton with questions about other possible movies.
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