Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me

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#1Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Posted: 7/24/14 at 6:44am

Now showing on Netflix
I was at that final Town Hall concert. She was amazing and a night I will never forget.
Updated On: 7/24/14 at 06:44 AM

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#2Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Posted: 7/24/14 at 9:47am

It's On Demand, too, and I just watched it twice, back to back. A comment said in haste very near the end haunts me the most: "How is the end of pretend gonna be? The fear is part of the excitement."


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#2Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Posted: 7/24/14 at 2:41pm

I happened to watch it the week before her death. I found most of it very hard to take. It was certainly brave of her to allow cameras in during a difficult late winter of her life, but as a fan of Elaine's,

I'm not sure I learned anything new about her as a performer or woman. Instead, I got to watch her valiantly fight against diabetes, alcoholism and memory loss. And, man, would that film be a depressing introduction to her as I'm sure it will continue to be for many people.

FindingNamo
#3Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Posted: 7/24/14 at 7:27pm

My boyfriend and I saw the documentary in a theater. His only exposure to her before that was 30 Rock. And me talking about what a legend she was and how I wished I had dragged him to At Liberty. We both loved the movie equally. When she died he said he felt as if he knew her for having seen the documentary.

He didn't find it depressing at all, and neither did I. Maybe because we are older and these issues are coming up in our circles.


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#4Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Posted: 7/24/14 at 7:45pm

I thought it was miraculous for the filmmakers to have caught so fully and intimately this time of major change in Elaine's life. How grateful we were to get to see the full person behind the performer's mask. Was it depressing? In part, yes actually. But it was also funny and joyous and a thrilling statement of how a life gets to be lived. The whole package.

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#5Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Posted: 7/18/17 at 10:52pm

I just saw this on Netflix and I'm crying and laughing. Good times and bum times...

 

PS - the Bernadette Peters joke in the end had me laugh so hard!


Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.