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Originally Posted by bombaysaffires
Agree. And the thing with using older interview footage with Chris is that whatever she talked about would have been from her take on things at THAT moment in time...which is fine as far as it goes, but we know with age and time perspectives can shift and it would have been nice to hear her thoughts on the past events NOW versus at the time or at least to hear both to see how things changed. .. The challenge with FM has always been you have FIVE perspectives, and whose do you make the main story? Typically it's been Stevie then Lindsey for the Stevie-Lindsey storyline, with Mick woven in as well. But John gets short shrift (not sure whether he really cares about that) and Chris gets short shrift and frankly even Mick to some extent. As with everything Stevie kind of hogs the spotlight (not always intentionally) and sucks all the air out of the room for anyone else. Then to me it's not really FLEETWOOD MAC documentary but more of a Stevie documentary with everyone else relegated to supporting characters... or the S&L drama and everything else minimized. I'd Love a really well done doc but.....I remain cautiously skeptical.
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yes i agree that it's hard to have all 5 viewpoints fairly represented. also agree that any old footage of chris will reflect her mindset at that time of filming, but i guess we have to take what we can get in that regard. most of us know the band history well enough to be able to put her words into the context of the timeframe. i just don't want it to be 80% stevie and lindsey with the others just making minimal contributions.
For example, in the Songbird documentary, it kind of irritated me how much stevie footage they had in certain parts of it. did we need to see her twirl in a doc about chris? to me that was unnecessary. and i wish they had more from mick and john and less from that heart lady or whoever these women were that were making comments. i'd rather hear from the folks that knew her best and longest, not from other women singers analyzing her songwriting. i know i nitpick but i'm just venting lol. i'm sure i'll find stuff to pick on if this doc ever is released.
--Lis