She had a few fans within the military and aristos. But the poor adored her. She was their fanatasy of the working -class kid made good and the " diamond in their dull, grey lives ", dazzling them with her jewels and minks.For the role, Madonna had a record 80 dresses, 39 hats, 45 pairs of shoes, 56 pairs of earrings and 42 hairstyles. And a charmer too, who used charity work to buy affection. Think Princess Di with an edge.
By the time she died from ovarian cancer in 1952, at the age of 33, she was Argentina's sweetheart.
The movie starts with her death which prompts the good citizens to beat their breasts, clutch each othern weep and sing. This big, melodramatic production number is set to loud music and followed by more like it, some gander than the rest, like one of 4,000 banner-waving peasants marching through the capital.
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" An EVITA Nite at the Golden Globes. A Happy Madonna winning the Best Actress for a Musical/Comedy Category " |
You will admire their majesty and momentum. If energetic spectacle is the mark of a good musical, to judge from MGM's Technicolor extravaganzas, then EVITA gets top marks : Darius Khondji lensed, Penny Rose designed wardrobe, and Brian Morris conceived the sets.
Still, Madonna admits she has " made a lot of stupid decisions " in her movie career, and she clearly hopes EVITA will put all that behind her. Two future movie Projects have already caught her eye: a biography of Tina Modotti, the photographer and political revolutionary, and a movie version of the musical Chicago (in the role Bebe Neuwrith currently plays in the hit Broadway revival). " While I am still interested in directing. I know that sounds very trite and boring, but I am going to. I just have to do it when the time is right. "
| " Madonna showing some class at the 1997 Oscar Night by getting Best Song for EVITA. Beautiful singing commented by Andrew Llyod Webber. " | 
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And that, at least, has accomplished one thing : We are staring at her again. So " Good night and Thank you " , so " You Must love me " and dance the " Walt for Eva and Che " with me.
