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Title: Facts, facts, facts do not a biography make
Review: This coffee-table book devoted to Judy Garland cannot be called a biography. It is more an accumulation of fact after fact concerning Garland, without any perspective or insight. The author seems to defend the idea that in remembering Judy Garland only her career should be looked at, excluding to look at the multi-layered, complex personality of the singer. Examining only the career of an important personality of the 20th century is as bad - if not worse - as examining only all the sordid details of her short life. Biographers should have a point of view in taking on a person's life; all this book does is worship an icon in the most religious way. This book should be read ony by diehard fans who like one-dimensional reading.
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