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...into the story. This is not due to her singing (she altered her style to sound remarkably similar to Lady Day) but nonetheless, she remains Diana Ross playing a role that she never quite becomes. This is partially because she was famous before she undertook the role, unlike Barbara Streissand, (Funny Girl), who, in the beginning of her career, was considered synonymous with her part. Also, while Diana Ross changed her singing style, her physical delivery is pure Supremes. She surmounts these problems only in the early scenes where she depicts the young Holliday. In other parts of the movie...
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