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This review originally ran during the Sundance Film Festival.
But the recent release of last years Showtime documentaryWhitney: Can I Be Meis not the reasonWhitneyfeels familiar.
Is the first impression Macdonald wants to give of Houston that of a product of capitalism?
Why is Macdonalds film so intent on deconstructing Houston before ever even attempting to build a portrait of her?
Were talking about her life drugs werent a part of her life, one says.
(Other people less personally close to Houston seem much more disingenuous in their ignorance.
The line got a hearty laugh at my screening.)
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Elsewhere, Macdonald has more reportorial success.
