It could kill you." Which is essentially what happens. Clair tries to talk Florence out of the Carnegie Hall concert, telling her, "You're not strong enough. Fainting: Florence faints in public when she reads the bad reviews and is left bedridden until her death.Exact Words: Most of the time, people don't actually lie to Florence, instead using weasel words like "remarkable" and saying things like "you've never sung better.".They recognize that Florence is passionate above all, and that deserves respect. They know she's bad-Augustus Corbin and Agnes Stark make that clear-but they would never mock her to her face or insult her. Everyone Has Standards: This is implied to be the unspoken rule among the art world regarding Florence.Everyone Loves Blondes: Agnes Stark is a glamorous, fun-loving blonde.Also, nobody in Florence's circle dares even to hint to her that she just might possibly be anything less than a supremely gifted opera singer.(It turns out to be her will, which is revealed when she is moved by generosity and writes him into it.) Cosme is informed in no uncertain terms that the contents of Florence's leather satchel are never to be discussed or asked about.Clair has to do the same for her singing. Clair that during his attempted acting career she had to occasionally hide bad reviews from him, completely unaware St. Dramatic Irony: When Florence visits Cosme at his apartment, she tells him while talking about her relationship with St.Cringe Comedy: Florence's singing is initially presented in this way, but once the tragic aspects of her character are revealed, it's not so funny.Costume Porn: Truth in Television, as the real Florence was known for her elaborate stage outfits.Agnes Stark is also left a hysterical pile of chuckles when she first sees it. After Cosme's first session, where he discovers the extent of Florence's badness, he bursts out laughing in a crowded elevator. Cloud Cuckoolander: aside from her unique way of singing, Florence is obsessed with sandwiches and potato salad (literally having a bathtub filled with the stuff for a dinner party), loathes pointed things like knives or cigarettes, carries a leather satchel everywhere (containing her will), and collects chairs that famous people have died in.Cosme similarly hides the drunken Agnes when she comes wandering into the living room. Clair pushes Kathleen into another room when Florence unexpectedly shows up at his apartment. Later, when the same soldiers begin to mock Florence, Agnes capitalizes on her popularity to draw their attention and shut them up, which saves the show. Chekhov's Skill: When Agnes first enters the big Carnegie Hall concert, all of the soldiers are highly interested in her, and she plays to the crowd with a little dance, stripping off her fur wrap.And she writes Cosme into it just before the performance at Carnegie Hall. Chekhov's Gun: The bag Florence carries around with her turns out to be her will.The entire plot is hinged around no one daring to tell Florence about her singing. The first is when she plays as the Angel of Inspiration for a "living picture" performance on stage and the last is on her deathbed in which she has an Imagine Spot of her performance at Carnegie Hall where she sings beautifully, also wearing a costume with fabulous angel wings, seemingly to symbolize that she has passed away. Book Ends: In a way, Florence's appearance in both the beginning and the end have her in an angel costume.Believing they loved her singing, and believing she was actually talented - partly because of the Blatant Lies of her husband St Clair Bayfield (Grant) - Madam Florence bought out a thousand seats at Carnegie Hall to give a performance dedicated to the soldiers of World War II. She was so legendarily bad that she ended up with a Misaimed Fandom - who came to see her perform because of the unintentional comedy. She had no sense of rhythm, pitch or tone and her attempts at singing arias resulted in high-pitched shrieking.
She was a gifted pianist in her youth, but a nasty bout of syphilis (and/or the only treatment options at the time note neurotoxic heavy metals, namely mercury and arsenic) permanently damaged her hands.
Meryl Streep stars in the title role, alongside Hugh Grant (who came out of retirement just to work with Streep).īased on a true story that's stranger than fiction, it tells the story of Madam Florence - an American socialite who had a great love of music. Florence Foster Jenkins is a 2016 biopic/ dramedy film directed by Stephen Frears.
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