Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland

[LoveNDino]

@WilliamM, what say you...

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[Aquarionsol]

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I am glad to see she opened her eyes again. She definitely looks similar in makeup but does she even sing? They should have gotten any of the great Broadway actresses to do this role justice. SMH Noooooo!

[+ WilliamM]

@WilliamM, what say you...

 

Wonderful. But. Judy Garland was seldom so thin prior to 1962 (age 40).

 

And Judy wrote with her left hand.

Edited March 19, 2018 by WilliamM

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

That's a great likeness in that still photo, but I remain a skeptic until I see her perform it.

 

Judy Davis already gave us a definitive Garland performance. Zellweger has a pretty steep mountain to climb with this.

[+ WmClarke]

... but does she even sing?

Marni Nixon can dub it!

[hornytwells]

Marni Nixon can dub it!

From beyond the grave.........?

[+ Awwshuck]

What about Reeber McEntahr?

[+ WilliamM]

What about Reeber McEntahr?

 

Good try. It's Reba McEntire. She played Nellie in a concert version of "South Pacific" in New York and did well. She was fine because her character was from the south in the musical, but Garland was about as far away from the south as you can get in American show business.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Good try. It's Reba McEntire. She played Nellie in a concert version of "South Pacific" in New York and did well. She was fine because her character was from the south in the musical, but Garland was about as far away from the south as you can get in American show business.

 

He knew how to spell Reba's name.

 

His Orwell quote gives away the obvious trolling

[+ Awwshuck]

Mah daddy says she was one of them folks with "Hollywood values"

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Mah daddy says she was one of them folks with "Hollywood values"

 

The more you post, the more I like you

[+ Awwshuck]

The more you post, the more I like you

 

Thanks, honey. Too bad things don't work the same way in mah professional life.

[bostonman]

Marni Nixon can dub it!

 

From beyond the grave.........?

 

Yes. I'm convinced that Marni could do anything - and still can.

 

(I got to accompany a masterclass she did, about a decade ago. A charming lady. At the time she was in town with a national tour of My Fair Lady, playing Mrs. Higgins. Very fun. I wasn't fond of much of the production, but she was great!)

[MassageDrew]

I hope she can sing like Judy, unless she’ll just lip sync

[+ WilliamM]

I saw Judy Garland perform in New York around Christmas 1967 when I was in the Army stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey.. I believe the film covers her life in London, a year after her New York Christmas concerts. Judy's voice was adequate (just barely) in late 1967 because she still had enough vocal power to surprise. I remember she make "Get My Regards to Broadway" exciting -- not as easy task.

 

I suspect her voice had not improved much in London in 1969.

[+ Awwshuck]

I saw Judy Garland perform in New York around Christmas 1967 when I was in the Army stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey.. I believe the film covers her life in London, a year after her New York Christmas concerts. Judy's voice was adequate (just barely) in late 1967 because she still had enough vocal power to surprise. I remember she make "Get My Regards to Broadway" exciting -- not as easy task.

 

I suspect her voice had not improved much in London in 1969.

 

Who knows, WilliamM, if we had been blessed with her presence a bit longer you couldve been hubby #6! Or would it have been 7?

[+ WilliamM]

Who knows, WilliamM, if we had been blessed with her presence a bit longer you couldve been hubby #6! Or would it have been 7?

 

 

[TruthBTold]

I could not even imagine trying to be compared to Judy Garland. It seems like a hopeless task unless you are really, really sure you can do it. She such an icon and more than that to the gay population.

[+ WilliamM]

 

The clown bit is just to build toward the final song. Judy Garland also danced at her famous Carnegie Hall concert in 1961. It was during "That's Entertainment."

Listen to CD Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961) again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I could not even imagine trying to be compared to Judy Garland. It seems like a hopeless task unless you are really, really sure you can do it. She such an icon and more than that to the gay population.

Edited March 22, 2018 by WilliamM

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

I'm still worried that she's doing her own singing.

 

Perhaps they'll just sweeten her up with Garland's real vocals as a lead.

 

[Okliehomo]

From what I read, it was huge that Zellweger pulled off "Chicago" musically. Can't imagine why she'd want to risk comparison to Garland. And no way, she can top Judy Davis.

 

[LoveNDino]

From what I read, it was huge that Zellweger pulled off "Chicago" musically. Can't imagine why she'd want to risk comparison to Garland. And no way, she can top Judy Davis.

 

I need to watch this...STAT!

I am not Lassie!

[+ stevenkesslar]

From what I read, it was huge that Zellweger pulled off "Chicago" musically. Can't imagine why she'd want to risk comparison to Garland. And no way, she can top Judy Davis.

 

 

Confirming what her daughter Liza said about her.

 

Despite popular portrayal of her as shrinking or weak, she was a tough broad.

[+ stevenkesslar]

Are you guys kidding?

 

Chicago and Cabaret are my two favorite movies/musicals ever.

 

Granted, maybe Zellweger is no Judy Garland. For that matter, Liza Minnelli is no Judy Garland. Who cares?

 

[+ WilliamM]

Despite popular portrayal of her as shrinking or weak, she was a tough broad.

 

I saw Judy Garland perform in 1961 and twice in 1967. In late 1967, her voice was still pretty good, but not what it once was. She was broke and deeply in debt with little hope of big paydays again. I agree that she could not be Dinah Shore because she was better guest than host of a TV series.