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Article: MOVIE REVIEW; Jamie Foxx has Ray Charles on his mind
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- October 29, 2004
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Trying to shrink the larger-than-life story of Ray Charles into
the restrictive confines of a conventional biopic is indeed folly
that does neither the man nor his fans justice. I mean how many
orphaned sons of black sharecroppers go on to revolutionize music by
crossing over into practically every genre and gaining huge
popularity at a time when black artists lacked universal appeal? And
how many of those precious few did it after losing their eyesight
when they were just 7 years old?
Only one, baby. Only one.
So why does the monosyllabic "Ray" play so pat, so regimented?
I'll tell you why: A lack of imagination. Yup, the very thing that
enabled little Raymond Robinson to morph into "the ...