On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Jeremy Jongepier <jeremy@autostatic.com> wrote:

Others still say that she had built
up a deliberately parodic character, which she liked to take offstage, into
her social life, etc.

I tend to believe Florence Foster Jenkins sincerely liked her own singing. I think it is just an extreme case of perceiving her self radically differently than others did.

There is probably a really profound lesson in that, but I don't know what it is.

Neil

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