Very likely it's why a lengthy list of actresses including Renee Zellweger, Brittany Murphy, Pink, Lili Taylor, Zooey Deschanel and Vanessa Hudgens (!) have expressed interest in playing her onscreen.īut it's an image that Lauren Onkey and Mary Davis hope to dispel, or at least replace with a new respect for her key role in the crossbreeding of rock and blues. The 1979 Bette Midler film The Rose, which depicts a Joplin-like singer, strengthened that view. Janis Joplin has an indelible image as a swaggering, boozing rock 'n' roll mama whose blues-based music was a raw outpouring of her angst. The Rock Hall's American Music Masters Series looks at Janis Joplin's legacy
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