Jeffrey St. Clair

@JSCCounterPunch ↗

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Fri Dec 25 19:10:55 +0000 2020

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Jeffrey St. Clair @JSCCounterPunch

Unfortunately, this is not the tactic taken in the new film Billie, where people are brought on to call her a "psychopath," "masochist," & "sex machine" who "sang from her crotch." The film victimizes her all over again. But Billie isn't the only one who's trashed in the film... — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 25, 2020 Hibernated

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Jeffrey St. Clair @JSCCounterPunch

Years ago, my pal @davidvest & I had a delightful lunch with the great blues musician Jimmy T-99 Nelson. Nelson had become good friends with Billie Holiday, while both were playing Bay Area clubs. I pressed him for stories about Holiday. He refused, out respect for her... — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 25, 2020 Hibernated

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Most outrageously, the film insinuates w/o the faintest evidence that Holiday's would-be biographer, Linda Kuehl, was murdered by someone in Count Basie's entourage, presumably b/c she uncovered something nefarious abt Holiday when she was in Basie's band 40 years earlier. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 25, 2020 Hibernated