Maestro Fact vs Fiction: The True Story of Leonard Bernstein & Felicia Montealegre
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 พ.ค. 2024
- Maestro, the new Leonard Bernstein biopic directed by and starring Bradley Cooper, is dazzling audiences with its stunning visuals, impeccable sound design, and award-worthy performances. Some were surprised, however, that this portrait of such a major cultural icon actually spends a lot of time focusing on someone else: Leonard’s wife, Felicia. Let’s take a deeper look at the real-life stories of Leonard and Felicia as individuals and their relationship to unpack why Cooper and co-writer John Singer chose this framing, and analyze how this choice to bring her to the forefront changes the tone of the story.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Maestro, explained
00:33 Becoming Leonard Bernstein
03:48 His not-so-hidden identity
06:51 The truth about their marriage
09:22 The wrap up
CREDITS
Executive Producers: Debra Minoff & Susannah McCullough
Chief Creative Director: Susannah McCullough
Associate Producer: Tyler Allen
Writer: Jessica Babineaux
Narrator: Jessica Babineaux
Video Editor: Carson Bradley - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
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Please he just paid to get nominated. You guys need to realize these film makers.and awards are a joke. Support Indies and filmmakers who support Jesus God Country Israel. Not this jerk who clearly needs to be prayed for
I think the perspective of the woman who gave her all just to fade into the background is a very untold story. It's refreshing. 😊
The story of a genius who lit up the world-a gay man who was forced to marry to satisfy the dictates of society-isn’t often told either. But she knew what she was getting (a star and homosexual) although her compromise wasn’t easy either, as the movie made clear.
it is not refreshing and i have no idea what in the hell u are talking about. She gave up very little to have a great deal three decent children who love her to date and a man whatever his personal demons (and yes being a homosexual is a demon) ultimately placed her and their children's needs first What is wrong with all you "women" ? What occurred between them does not in any way extrapolate to the absurd post modern nonsense about one's gonads controlling one's life. Part of his life and cooper was wrong to stage this film focused only on the gay shit
@@vincentprice4076 I don’t know if it’s because I read to much fan fiction but this film to me got a little close to my fave band and artist, he never has been declared gay and he is married with 4 kids but I have a feeling sometimes JBJ married for the expectations of female fans but he Always loved the most his Guitarist. When I watch old interviews I feel like they were kind of in love with each other but never admitted it.
Sometimes I feel like my favorite singer was always gay but has never said it. And silly me but watching Bradley Cooper with grey hair for this role and the aged aged musician look made me feel like this film is not about Leonard Borenstain but about my fave singer miserable because he didn’t married the one he truly loved.
This movie struck a chord with me like no other has in a long long time (pun partially intended). I saw it six times in theaters and recently watched the first half again on Netflix. The whole central concept of a soulmate transcending all complicated sexual desires and petty jealousies shook my soul to the core with a longing for a similar connection akin to that which Lenny and Felicia had, and I found myself relating all-too-closely with Lenny's statement that if it wasn't for his art, he might have given up on life long ago. Bradley Cooper is a wonderfully empathetic director with an eye for subtlety and poetry rather than in-your-face exposition and "this is the message" dialogue, and his performance, alongside a so-good-I-could-platonically-kiss-her Carey Mulligan, helps turn this would-be average biopic into a quiet masterpiece that I will cherish for years to come.
this movie is a weird one for me. on one hand i am so impressed by this movie's style. the visuals and acting. carey and bradley are PERFECT in their roles. bradley blew me away. truly one of his best performances ever! There IS emotional beats in this film. yet, on the other hand... i struggle to know what i am supposed to feel. i kept waiting for the story. we knew the arc. we knew sort of where is is all going. But what is the CORE STORY... i don't know what it wanted to say. did it want to just show his life in a stylistic way? did they want to show a marriage burn out? did they want to show what it does to a person to hide their s3xuality for life., yet.. did he?? he was openly kissing and being affectionate towards men out in the open. everyone knew.. so what exactly was i supposed to take away here. it felt like beautiful drama, with hollow spaces inside it.
i think bradley should win an oscar for this performance. carey too. but the movie as a movie, wasn't the best, in my opinion.
Best comment! Felt exactly the same 🎯🎯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
"Beautiful drama, with hollow spaces inside it" sounds like a fitting description of Bernstein, or at least the divided way of life he thought he had to live.
I think the film pandered too much respect to the subject matter especially since Bernstein's children were supervising the film if not mistaken. I think we could see more of Lenny's "ugly side" in regards with his affairs with men. There's also not enough of his music making and rehearsals which allows us to see the best of his true self. A renactment of the infamous Carreras drama in West side story rehearsal would have been terrific. But again there would be too many things to fit in an already two hour movie which I thought stretching it into like five episode miniseries would be appropriate. Still an amazing masterpiece of a film though
I agree...but it made me sad...as a gay man I was sad that Bernstein's homosexuality was shown as nothing more than an occasional sexual fling and for the sacrifice of his wife.
That's EXACTLY how I felt about this movie
The film is called Maestro for more than the reason Bernstein was one. The Maestro factor was Felicia's trial in life. Every genius needs someone who generates the life and energy the genius must gave to balance their own often frenetic way of living. Felicia was not a genius, but a generator of love and care and grounding for someone who would just keep flying too high without the reasons to get outside of his own inner world. But it costs a lot to be the one who balances a brilliant partner. The brighter the light the darker the shadow. You have to fall in love with that shadow, not just the bright lover. Or it will kill you. I don't know if what I wrote will make sense to most who read it. But if you have ever been in Felicia's position - I was in a way - you might understand.
I've never been in that position, but I get what you're saying. And she was his anchor, his ground, apparently. It's just...who cares for the caregiver? There was obviously great love between them, just not always romantic love. And she needed someone to be HER rock. That, I think, may have been part of what she began to understand she'd given up.
At the moment of the last shot at the end when she turns away, I actually said to myself that SHE was the Maestro. Both Cooper and Mulligan deserve awards and honors for their performances.
Yk if Maestro was directed by Scorsese or Spielberg like originally planned, the semi-exclusive focus on Lenny and Felicia’s relationship would’ve been seen as a stroke of genius by one of the best directors in the business. But because it was Bradley Cooper directing, someone who is about as new to filmmaking as it gets, it’s seen as pretentious and disrespectful.
my thoughts exactly
Both would also have made a better movie
At some point while watching the movie I even feared that Felicia might be antagonized if judged by today’s standards, but it was a different time and as bradley cooper’s lenny said in this movie, they decided together, and it was what it was. The movie takes no stance whatsoever and it just forces me to ruminate and think about the story a whole lot more.
this is a wonderful, brilliant film... about the relationship between the great genius, Leonard Bernstein, and his wife..Felicia Montelegro.. It is not about QUEER but about the sacrifices people make to have a relationship like theirs.. veery rich and loving.... but not perfect.
Carey mulligan´s back must really hurt from carrying this movie
In response to the quote from Attitudes,
MAESTRO is a Bisexual love story.Bernstein was known to have affairs with Women as well as Men. It is about Leonard's Sexual Identity, not his sexual activity. . It does not need more depictions of guys geting it on to be 'queerer.'
Because BISEXUALITY IS QUEER.
Leonard is no less queer in his scenes with Felicia than with the clarinet player.
CORRECT
Although he did define himself as homosexual. So if you let him speak for himself, he was gay. Felicia also wrote him a letter early on, saying that she knew he was homosexual, and that he wouldn't change.
He asked Aaron Copeland if it was going to be possible to live as a homosexual man openly. And he decided that he might as well get married, given he couldn't do that. He might have been a gay man who also had sex with women, or he might have been having sex with women for the sake of a public image, we'd have to ask him that one.
@@ericamacs3875 First off.. I don't negate anything you've written. Sexual identity is often a discovery per continuum . For example, we all know James Dean was Bisexual. Had he lived, or been born in another time, he may have eventually identified as Gay. Would this mean he'd been Gay that entire time, or was his understanding of his own sexual identity able to develop with age and time, and societal changes?
Bernstein openly identified as Gay in his later years. It's no coincidence that by this time society was more conducive to accepting out and proud Gays and Lesbians, and Bisexuality was looked upon more negatively- and in many ways still is.
For those of us who came out in the 80's, Bisexuality wasn't treated as a viable option. You were either Straight or Gay, and anything in between was interpreted as lying, hiding, or being iashamed or n denial. So most of us identified as Gay back then. And those of us who later discovered our own Bisexuality were met with backlash from the Gay commiunity, much to our surprise. It was looked upon as taking a step backwards.
Watching the movie, I can only base my feelings on what's being portrayed in front of me. So I irecognixe this Bisexual relationship between Leonard and Felicia, because it rings true and is completely relatable to me. Because there is an emotional attachment, a deeply shared love, .and a genuine, nurturing relationship as valid and as intimate as any other. I understand how the Bernstein's marriage may appear confusing or disingenuous to others, because it challenges our concept of what a committed relationship should be. I can also empathize with Felicia, who eventually realized that the marriage was no longer satisfying her own needs. And I appreciate the film for portraying their complex relationship with honesty and sensitivity..
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From the interviews with Bradley Cooper, this movie was a labour of love. It had musical references with which most people wouldn't be familiar but brought a smile to those of us who are. He could have left them out and still had a good movie. Including them made it great, in my opinion. 😊
Great video. It's a good movie, very well done, but it should have change the title. Maestro doesn't show for the public who Leonard Bernstein was, so why this title? Oh! And despite the fact she's not latin, Carey Mulligan is brilliant! She's the best thing of the movie.
I completely agree. The title should've been saved for an actual biopic of LB. This is more about the price of self-less love never returned in full.
@@davideanes3425 The title should have been Felicia.
@@elizabethdelara6786I think it was really about her. She was somehow more interesting and even more powerful.
Look at photos of Felicia.
It's not an unusual storytelling device to tell it through the eyes of someone close to them.
@@srothbardt I think that is simply because Carey Muligan is a better drama actress then Bradley Cooper. I felt like Bradley Cooper was more like a mime of Leonard Bernstein. He looked more or less like him, his voice and movements were pretty much the same as Leonard Bernstein. But I felt he never embodied the soul of the character, i.e. the man himself.
This is a great presentation. One thing - I had learned that he insisted on the pronunciation of his last name with long 'i' in Bernstein.
Thank you for an excellent commentary. I just saw "Maestro" today and really enjoyed it. Bradley Cooper has said that he wanted to focus on the marriage rather than direct/act in a conventional biography. I liked the movie very much. As a side note: Kudos to you for a swear-free review. Before your video, I watched a couple of others that were loaded with cuss words -- very unprofessional IMO. Keep up the great work!
Maestro is noteworthy for being one of the only historical biopics where the actual person was hotter than the actor who portrays them.
I completely agree with this take! While the movie is not perfect, I found perfectly fitting to focus on the relationship that made his career flourish the way it did. Both performances are stellar and it feels somehow balanced, I never felt like I knew more about Felicia than I did Leonard. She was fierce but loving and he was passionate and restless. The combination of the two plus their family life with their children and the battles they had with the infidelities, I think, are what made Leonard's life and career so distinct and special.
Gotta say, it's interesting to me that there was backlash about Cooper's potential performance of "jewface", but no mention of Mulligan playing a (fairskinned and mixed) Latina.
felicia montealegre was a white blonde woman even though she was cuban. don't see why there should be a problem
Mulligan looks a lot like Felicia's daughter
Outstanding film!
I wasn't expecting to enjoy the film as much as I did. I usually have a hard time with biopics but this one was done with so much love and appreciation for Leonard and Felicia that to me it's perfect. I do not feel that the authors did not do justice regarding Leonard's personal life. To me I saw enough to understand who he was. Maybe it's because when watching such films I want to be surprised and find out something about a person that I really never could have thought. I think in life we all have many different relationships but there is that one that is the most special to one's life. Leonard's and Felicia's marriage was always more than just a typical marriage. I saw and find out that it was two people who were partners until the very end, someone they could be oneself with, with the beautiful and the ugly. That is very rare, especially towards the end where very often people are just tired of each other. Maintaining a deep friendship, respect and love for another right until the end is very difficult. To me this is the main message that the film gives and I needed to hear that.
The weakness of the movie is that we never see Lenny with his male lover once David (Matt Bomer ) disappears. In real life they were life long friends- the film needed more of that
Cooper has said in numerous interviews that he wanted it to be about their marriage.
@@vjhreeves yes but the narrative seems false because Lenny was a t least bisexual and they actually omitted a lover who died of AIDS
From my perspective as a musician, and having been a longtime follower of Bernstein over decades, I could not identify with the impersonation of him, or the imitative conducting motions. There are so many long interviews on you tube in his own voice, and iconic performances of his, to fill one's appetite to the brim. And it's really Lenny! Not a fake!
BTW, the name should be pronounced Bern-STINE.
THANK YOU! Is it too much to ask for the reviewers to at least pronounce Bernstein correctly?! His name in German literally means "Burnt Stone."
That is mentioned in the film.
I'm a Brit. To me and others I know in the UK it's 'Bern-Stine' too.
Shockingly handsome fella even in middle age! Love his musicals. I have tracks on West Side Story n On The Town. Great talent in his works.❤❤❤❤❤❤!
There is a Korean remake of this pic and it’s sooo good so far, it focuses on the female perspective and I love it
what is the name?
@@bauketelgenhof4651 maestra strings of truth
If it’s Maestra: Strings of Truth, based on the two episodes I’ve watched, I don’t think it’s based on Maestro.
The Korean show on Netflix is a remake of French tv show Philharmonia and based on its trailer a French version of that Starz show about ballet dancers but female conductors. More titillating than music.
@@stevenho660 yeah that’s the one ! It’s super good so far
@@aboutagirl870 it’s the first tv show I’ve ever seen a Barenreiter score (Beethoven’s 6th) so prominently displayed. Maybe it’s product placement, lol.
I think this review is spot on.
Great film in every way possible 👏🏻👏🏻
You should do an analysis on Charmed!
Much respect for Carrie Mulligan and Bradley Cooper! Her performance of, and his including the fragment of William Walton's 'Facade' was an 'Easter Egg'! 😊
It told me everything I needed to know about Leonard Bernstein - how "gay" he really was - would not have made me admire or respect him any more or less. However, I didn't know how extraordinary his wife, Felicia, was and the enormous contribution she made to the quality of his life, family & music.
Did you not watch the movie?
The man's name was only said 10,000 times yet you STILL screwed it up in this nearly 12 minute video.
Sloppy.
Hint.
His name rhymes with FRANKENSTEIN!
Nearly half of the reviews I’ve watched mispronounce his name! One even pronounced Mahler as Mayler!
😨😳
I thought the movie was wonderful and at times electrifying but left me wanting to see more. Lenny's interpretation of Mahler are in my less than humble opinion: "definitive." Thank you Bradley. Awards will follow!
I was furious at the lack of Sondheim
ITS NOT ABOUT STEPHEN FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE...JEEZUS
Can you do a fact vs. fiction on the film nyad?
The best biopic I have EVER seen.
I thought it was wonderful too! The performances were insanely good. Despite all the to-do about the prosthetic make-up, i thought it worked well. Honestly, during the conducting performances, Bradley Cooper looked EXACTLY like Leonard Bernstein.
I just cannot understand how come that Bernstein's children approved of such a superficial script.
Great Performances in a less than great production
Felicia was hall of fame beard... Top notch
I think it was perfect. Anyone complaining can go make their own film about Bernstein.
The best films about Bernstein focus in on his own voice.. I have watched hours of interviews with Bernstein talking about philosophy, music, composing, performing-reliving his friendships with many great conductors.. and those who mentored him .. I attended his concerts in NYC when he was conductor of the NY Phil. There are a gazillion you tubes of his LIVE conducting Classical, Romantic era symphonies and beyond, You really get the true perspective of the man, minus the scenes of his gay romances. But everyone knew about them.. so what. If there is a better biopic, it would be for me JUDY, starring Rene Zellweger..I re-watched today, with tears rolling down my cheeks. Did not get the same effect from Maestro. Seemed technically dazzling but otherwise a bit hollow.
@@ShirleyKirsten, I can certainly appreciate and respect your perspective - you have steeped yourself far deeper than I have. But, you get it...there are plenty of sources if one wants to do a deeper dive, as you have.
@jeanniemarkech351 💯 Cherish your ability to lose yourself in a good movie and enjoy it. I pity those who cannot.
Can someone tell me the names of the classic songs in the background?
All of the pieces are listed on the movie credits at the end of the film, starts about four minutes left on the Netflix timeline.
You mean in the video. I think that it starts with Beethoven piano sonata and hen the next one is one of Eric Saties most famous piece
I would have liked to have had his parents and his teachers acknowledged in this interminable film.
watched it twice since Bradley's Leonard Bernstein & wife constantly spoke over each other in a staccato tone and could not understand- sounded like a foreign tongue
She is a more interesting character than he is, and she’s a better person, frankly. The actress(forget her name) should get best actress. Cooper is very good actor but he’s directing also, which I think slightly takes energy from acting.
Emma Stone. She already won Best Actress in La la land. This year, she won BA from Critics Award. I think he married her for coverup his being gay. Back then it was taboo being open gay.Also she was quite comparable with him in a way that she was musically talented and also heavy smoker just like him.
Since there is do much actual footage of Lenny there was no need to make a bio about his musical activities. But it focuses on the creepy personal side and not his genius.
Movie title should be "Felicia" ..holy crap..
It's ine as in line not een. get it right they did in the movie. een is an attempt to distract from being Jewish. he was the first to record Mahler in stereo. Mahler was also Jewish and one of the greatest composers of Symphonies
Carrie Mulligan is shot like a middle aged Marlene Dietrich with Vaseline on the lens. She gets no aging makeup/ugly neck wrinkle prosthetics. The actress playing her teenage daughter looks 5 years older than her with eye bags and wrinkles and no flattering lighting. Interesting directorial choice…
Sounds like a cautionary tale for women, if you ask me.
I found the movie drenched in art and production (not a bad thing at all... done well these things can be gorgeous).
On the other hand, a bad piece of music can be performed by a world leading orchestra with a world renowned conductor, and soloists to die for.... The performance and spectacle will likely be amazing, but the music? Still bad.
I sensed this early on in the movie and watched for 25 minutes before needing a long break from it (I was falling asleep because it was gorgeous but so dreary of content). I DID return and watch the rest of it later - but the content was still dreary.
The content should not have been so dreary. The actors were really rather good.
It reminded me of 'Barbie'. Great production, but....
'Oppenheimer' will endure more. 3 hours and could have been four.
Lol the 'h' in Philharmonic is silent 😂😂😂😂
If we're being so rigorous, we should specify which H is silent! : )
That depends on the pronunciation that is common to where the speaker is from. I have never heard anyone pronounce it 'filarmonic'.
It's frustrating that our culture doesn't readily recognize and respect bisexuality, which is more common than homosexuality (bisexuality = attraction to both your own and other genders). Bernstein also had affairs with other women, so while focusing on the impact of his affairs with men is a choice the film makes, there's no question that he had sexual and romantic relationships with multiple women. The film depicts him dragging his wife into a very public complicity with his affairs with men (as opposed to the discreet arrangement Felicia favored), as if there were room for both her and a male romantic partner in literally the same room. I think this awkward and misjudged-by-Bernstein dynamic was an appropriate way for the film to highlight the pain his infidelity caused. Would he have invited a female mistress to his home/a concert while his wife was there? I think not. So maybe it's more fair not to see Felicia as the long-suffering wife of a closeted gay man who could never fully love her, but rather as the tolerant-when-possible wife of a man whom their century insisted should be allowed whatever he wanted because he was a "genius," a wife who suffered like all partners of Great Men of the Twentieth Century. Someone who, as women were taught, hid and minimized her own needs in order to meet the expectations of her gender. However, unlike most of the stories we hear of Great Men and the Women Who Loved Them, I think Felicia and Lenny had a greater, more respectful, more loving, and more equal partnership than was typical.
So by your logic gay men who have had encounters with women are bisexual? His own wife called him a homosexual. His friends called him a gay man. This revisionism of historical figures to fit into boxes of modern queer identities is strange. Having been with the opposite sex does not mean you enjoyed it. He lived during a very homophobic time, he could have felt he needed to be with women as society expected.
She knew he was gay.she could have still acted. We have no idea about either of them because this picture was dreadful. That was NOT Leonard Bernstein.
Wait, did I just see a photo of Rudolf Valentino during a discussion of gay men marrying women for social acceptance? Is this now an accepted part of "queer theory," that Valentino was gay?
I didn’t like the homophobic undertones to Felicia’s character tbh especially after admitting she knew who he was from the jump
The issue with Felicia as it was always known wasn't the fact that Bernstein had affairs with men (in the film she even said she knew his nature). It was the fact Bernstein wasn't discreet enough to conduct it behind closed doors this ended up spilling in public and embarrasses the family . The climate of LGBT at that time wasn't as open and accomodation as today
Exactly! @@corgansow6173
try to live a life with someone who you love more than anything and see their lovers all the time... So try to be more empathetic next time
BERNSTINE HIS NAME BY HIS OWN PERSONAL CHOICE IS BERNSTEIN PRONOUNCED BERNSTINE.
Valentino was not gay
Back in the day, when a young couple married n had children to discover he had an affair with a woman felt bad enough
But with another fella? It was hard to file for divorce at the time. And being Jewish.... How would this have been if the other way around with said wife. A man could do what he wanted, but a woman would be slated for her actions. Felicia must have been one understanding lass. But not much about her own talents in performing arts? A great looking family unit at the time anyway ❤❤❤❤
He was bisexual and she was Chilean. Interesting
I was bored with the movie. There was something about the style that bugged me. Loved the black and white in the beginning. Cooper's sing song voice bugged me. The talk was too fast. Bradley's acting was ok but distracting and couldn't get into the story
I had to turn on subtitles to catch all the dialogue.
Agree with you. It was poorly done and disappointing.
Why did you spoil the end?
It's their total analysis of the movie, not just comments on it.
Why watch an anaylsis of a show if you didnt watch the movei?
Can you spoil a true story?
I felt betrayed by the title.
As someone who didn’t know anything about the characters before watching the movie, I think that Cooper didn’t even consider the possibility that bisexuals exist and hoped everyone to immediately understand Bernstein was gay, which I did not catch and didn’t really understood Felicia’s struggle
How could you miss the patty cake slaps on the man's bum in Leonard's bed in the opening scene?? Maybe getting popcorn at that point? LOL
Great performances, beautifully shot but feels whitewashed.
I believe he was bisexual, a lot of people are. But what a great looking woman Felicia was. Lucky girl to have Lenny. Dont know if she was bi? Dont know much about her sexual preference. Both sexes loved Bernstein.
He was a homosexual male not bi
So Carey Mulligan portrays a Latine woman? 😳
You gonna try to cancel the movie now? Her father was from the USA and Carey is from England. It's called acting. And she was brilliant. Try watching the movie before blowing your woke whistle lol
Oh, shut up. First, it is Latina, not Latine. The former one is how we say it. Latine is just said by idiots that do not understand our language or our cultures. Second, she was half American and she left Latin America at 21 years old, then lived and died in the US. Have you seen any pictures of her? Absolutely white-passing, as many Costa Ricans and Chileans (her two countries of residence) because... can you guess? Latinos come in every color because we are highly mixed. Who cares the actress is not a Latina? Probably doesn't even matter for the story.
Not as bad as a _Beautiful Mind_ where John Nash’s wife is portrayed Jennifer Connelly, a smoking hot white chick, but IRL Alicia Nash looked like a stout Mexican woman.
@@samsong24Should've chosen a Latina. Done.
@@kerrajohnson3203 I defy you to find an actress as brilliant as Mulligan to play that role.
You haven't watched the film. Go try to cancel it though, wokey.
Stein not Stien por favor
Please don’t call a man from the 20th century queer when he most likely would have thought of that word as a slur. What is wrong with you?
Repeat after me: BernSTINE. BernSTINE. BERNSTINE. Since you obviously didn't pick up on the correct pronunciation from watching the film for two hours.
So he used her until he didn't need her anymore.
No. He returned to her and was with her until she died.... caring.
It's called love.
@@mrpad0 It's called the closet. She wasted her life keeping him in. 🙃
@@kerrajohnson3203 You clearly think so! Did she?
(Apparently not)
I shall accept your idea of her wasting her life over her own idea of how she used her life.
You clearly know best where her choices are concerned.
And so...Jada Pinket-Smith and Will. A Lavender Marriage. Now I get it! 🎉❤😊 Bradley did go up to Will at the Oscars, after Will had slapped Jada.
Will slapped the comedian Chris Rock, he did not slap Jada.
Was he just simply oversexed, had an itch he simply just couldn't scratch?! Bisexual?! Just liking sponge when he likes even more cheese cake. Me n partner are bi. But doesn't mean you bed hop all the time....! Ha ha. What with his musical career, how would Lenny find the time? Passionate about music n lived life as alot of people are n do.Fab lovely couple, both of em, good lucking in middle age as well!❤❤❤❤ WOW
Free Palestine@
Rhymes with Bernstein
@@vjhreeves the most unpoetic word in English
All this talking about "queer" and it means nothing... literally nothing.
boo boring 🤮🤮🤮
The movie was boring and reading about Felicia she was a towering personality who did a lot for society to move forward
Pronounce Bernstein’s name correctly, WTF??!
As good as the film is, I think it would have been better if the story was told as a miniseries. Then, there would have been time and space for Bernstein's queer relationships and for digging deeper into what Felicia meant for him.
Do you believe Bernstein's relationships is what the focus should be, or should it be on why he made such an incredible impact on American Music, along with why orchestras and concert-goers around the world adored him?!
@@user-up7oz7uc4gthing is Cooper wants an Oscar, and that couldn't happened with a miniseries (I agree with you); that's beyond clear with his approch and how he chickened out to be up to show a way more complex story while being afraid to have Bernstein's kids cancelling his ass...
@@user-up7oz7uc4ghe wanted to focus more on the relationships and I don’t see why that’s a problem
@@user-up7oz7uc4g Cooper chose to focus on Bernsteins relationships, specially his relationship to Felicia. That is what I am pointing out: if it was a miniseries, the subject of the film could have been exposed with more nuance. If it was a different way of telling Bernsteins story, it would have been great to see how his love of music making drove him to be such a leading figure, how his love for life made him so charismatic (and atractive), how his queerness became part of his legend (I think Lebrecht talks in his book about how Bernstein homosexuality was a secret out loud), how he fought antisemitism in his own way.... Bernstein deserves a much, much deeper look.
Leonard Bernstein was such a huge modern day musical presence, celebrity, icon that it’s impossible to encompass most things about him in a film that’s just a little over 2 hours. This man shot through the roof of fame at 25 the same way Michael Jackson did when he released Thriller. There is so much to cover from his relationship with his father, his musical education with previous genius musicians and composers, the dipping of his toes into musical theater and the social peer pressure of the purveyors of “high art” classical music ‘mafia’ for him to leave musical theater. And though a film about the complications of the kind of marriage he had with Felicia might not have been able to be made as a major motion picture 20 years ago, the opportunity was taken now to do so. It’s obviously HIGH BUDGET with the full support of two of the greatest film directors of all time - Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorcese as the Executive Producers - I’m sure Bradley Cooper felt the pressure to include everything as best he could so everything couldn’t possibly be presented evenly. Another opinion - I believe that even if Lenny wasn’t somewhere on the LGBTQ spectrum and was completely straight, he would have exhibited the same seemingly selfish relationship values leading to extramarital dalliances that many rock stars (aka deified humans) indulge in. To me, the fact that he indulged on both sides is less of an issue than the fact that he did step out of his marriage at all, using bisexuality (at the time) as an excuse. I’m glad that Felicia’s character was portrayed as knowing 100% that he was gay and/or bi, and that awareness turned it into a learning experience for her about why she chose to support him more than supporting herself. She questioned her own choices and took responsibility for them. The positives and the negatives. Although I enjoyed the film as a story of a couple’s relationship and the realities that lie therein (and it was truly marketed that way, so I’m not complaining)I’ll be happy to see a film that his more focused on Lenny’s musical journey, and I’m sure there will be more to come.