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Entry: Beatles Biopics: 'The Linda McCartney Story' - A87856843
Author: Bluebottle Badge Winners Get In Free - U43530

A look at a biopic about Linda McCartney that can often be seen broadcast on those high-numbered television channels everyone forgets exists.

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Nice Entry

Please can you move the Plot section to be the first section after the introductory paragraphs? I struggled through the cast list wondering where they all fitted in and why they were in that order, but now I've read the Plot section, it is much easier to read.

The Plot section needs a few tweaks to make it clear who's who - the first mention of Paul needs to be Paul McCartney, and Yoko, John and Lee Eastman need just a bit more of an introduction. Why is 'Bruce Grossman' in inverted commas?

In the soundtrack section, what does it mean "'Kansas City' – fictitiously performed by 'Wings'"?

That always makes me laugh, that Public Schools are Private Schools

Ah, I see now why Bruce Grossman is in inverted commas. That is really strange to change the names of people for no apparent reason other than to make the film more palatable to the US market, I presume? I think that is a major change to the facts, as people could get really confused by that, and it does change the plot in a sense, that people can't look up the details of Bruce Grossman's work with the Beatles, for example, but I see that the basic idea of the story that 'someone' did something factual is still there...

Haha! I didn't know about Paul's animation of the Wirral Squirrel That's hilarious! Reminds me of the hours of fun we had in my youth looking for the Wirral Squirrels in the local newspaper so we could enter their competition

You're not supposed to have read and commented on this entry! It was meant to lurk at the bottom of Peer Review for all eternity

I've moved the Plot to the top.

I think the change in name for Allen Klein/Bruce Grossman is a minor thing in this context, as the film's focus is on Paul and Linda's relationship, not the Beatles. So yes, a huge change as far as the Beatles are concerned, but this film focuses on Linda. Klein affected Paul and sent him into a depression, which had a knock-on effect on Linda, but he wasn't a central character to Linda's life.

I think 'Tropic Island Hum' is great – I recommend that you see the animation if you can, especially if you loved 'Rupert and the Frog Song'. (I always seem to write 'Rupert and the Frog Snog', which would be a different story…)

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Ah! I do like how we can reorder the Peer Review list in Ripley so that the bottom entries don't have to lurk for all eternity - I think this will be an excellent addition to the Guide

Thanks for explaining how the name change is not so bad in this context

I do really like Rupert and the Frog Song - we had it on VHS and used to watch it at least once a year I shall investigate Tropic Island Hum

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Hurray!

So, did you look up 'Tropic Island Hum'?

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Well done!

I did find Tropic Island Hum - it was cute!