The author supplies a wealth of detail on Taylor's career that will delight film buffs, and some new insights into her much publicized personal life and the puzzles that Taylor's public persona so often throws off
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Catty and delusional,
By Siemprelibre "siemprelibre" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Who's Afraid of Elizabeth Taylor? (Hardcover)
After I read this book I was appalled to learn that Brenda Maddox is considered a distinguished biographer. In this book we learn nothing about Elizabeth Taylor that every malicious tabloid had not covered before. There is a pathetic underlying notion in Ms Maddox's head that she somehow resembles her subject, "the most beautiful woman in the world," (except for the weight, of course). Note the very last line of the book: "She [Taylor] is where we have been, the way we were, the way I was."It's obvious that Maddox is desperate not to come off as an acolyte and aims primarily for irreverence, which is all fine and good. But she overcompensates and seems to get a great deal of pleasure pointing out the very first signs of Taylor's incipient weight problems, even when the actress was at her most ravishing--in A Place in the Sun. She quotes with apparent delight every scathing review of Taylor's performances and barely acknowledges the praise from those critics or fellow actors who considered her a good film actress. This biography has no insights, no balanced analysis of a woman who, in spite of her frivolous passion for material possessions--those diamonds!--and for commanding the center of attention, was after all widely admired, reportedly a dedicated mother and grandmother, and a generous friend. I object to the underlying envy that is evident in most of Maddox's pronouncements and to her cruel detailing of photographers' and stylists' need to camouflage her double chin and cover her in caftans. Even Kitty Kelly's vicious biography (to my mind, much more critical of Burton)is somehow more forgiving. If you are looking for an insightful, objective biography of Elizabeth Taylor, neither of these books is for you. I far preferred the more reverent but less cruel account of the Burton-Taylor scandale, Furious Love, because it is respectful without being worshipful and you can at least read Burton in his own words and make up your mind as to the sincerity of his affection and the limits of their extravagant shenanigans during the peak of their fame.Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century
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