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Are We Finally Ready to Take Tammy Wynette Seriously?
  + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Lindsay Zoladz | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
Chastain tackles the songs herself, and though her pipes are decent, her performances never quite transcend honky-tonk bar karaoke. Watching the series, you miss the specific and elusive magic of Wynette’s own voice, making clear how easy it is to take for granted. As Clinton’s curt 1992 dismissal attests, the women Wynette sang about and embodied in her songs often seemed at odds with second-wave feminism. She often sang about the sorts of people and situations that aren’t usually championed in a culture that devalues women’s work and doesn’t treat their perspectives seriously. Easton notes, astutely, that Wynette’s songs often depicted “failures of the domestic,” and that “Wynette’s best work is about when the most private failures become public scandals.”
Persons: Wynette, Jones, weepie “, , George, Tammy ”, Chastain, Steacy Easton, Tammy Wynette, Easton, Clinton’s curt, Locations: Nashville
To play Tammy Wynette, Jessica Chastain spent years studying her life and recordings, and searched for a way to perform the country music legend’s songs. “No one else can sing like her,” Ms. Chastain said, “but I’m an actor. In the same way she could tell a story through a song, that’s how I’m going to try and approach it.”
Chastain continues to carve out an inordinately unique niche of standout performances playing women named Tammy, although “Tammy Faye” embodied a different realm of high-profile personalities. That is, of course, an oft-told tale, a la “Sid and Nancy” or Ike & Tina Turner in “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” among past dramatizations within different musical genres. Understandably, stars are invariably drawn to these kind of showy roles, with “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Rocketman” and “Elvis” among the recent examples. Thanks to Chastain and Shannon (who admirably pull off their own singing), “George & Tammy” provides a warts-and-all window into Wynette and Jones’ lives. “George & Tammy” premieres December 4 at 9 p.m.
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