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MrStickySpaz t1_j78qkxy wrote

Reply to comment by StevenIndieSparkle in Amy Winehouse winning her first Grammy in 2008 by Rainsdrop

Wait what is this about? What doc? How did she feel empty? Why?

This shot is so cinematic and you saying this makes me very intrigued to know more.

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StevenIndieSparkle t1_j7a894i wrote

I'm talking about Asif Kapadia's 2015 documentary Amy.

Amy Winehouse's story is long and honestly pretty tragic, but essentially it was during one of the numerous periods she was forced to go to rehab and stop taking drugs that she won this award. Awarded to her by her literal childhood idol, she would go on to say to a friend just offstage, "This is all so boring without drugs".

Really, I see this moment as the point of no return for Amy. In this moment she had it all - fame, respect, a path to become a legend - and it still wasn't half as good as when she was high.

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WeNeedToTalkAboutMe t1_j7akdic wrote

I mean, as soon as I heard "They try to make me go to rehab, I say no, no, no", I was about 90% sure her story wasn't going to end well.

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ericbyo t1_j7c1nso wrote

So the exact same story as millions of other addicts, but she can sing gud so she was worth a movie.

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skwudgeball t1_j7c4hxp wrote

Are you saying other addicts deserve movies? Failing to see any sort of point on this stupid fucking comment lmao

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Alaidia t1_j7cng9e wrote

How is that the “exact same” as millions of others? This is the case of a .01%er beginning to actually realize her potential and reaching the heights of an industry. There aren’t “millions of other addicts” who have reached her levels of fame, fortune, and most importantly, recognition. She got a documentary bc hers was a household name and as such her story could raise awareness of an issue affecting millions. Those affected millions’ issues and lives are not any less important than Amy’s, but they are far more obscure and thus less interesting to most of the world. There has to be something interesting about the person for people to watch a documentary about them.

So I guess a correct response to you would be, yes she could sing gud so she was indeed worth a movie. Ugh I can’t believe I spent time to respond to this asinine and ignorant comment, but I typed it out already in an overly caffeinated fugue.

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