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Aug. 31, 1992: Beyond the Blues and Boas
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Aug. 31, 1992 Woody Allen: Cries and Whispers
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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PEOPLE, Page 73
Beyond the Blues and Boas
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<p>By Ginia Bellafante
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<p> Janis Joplin became a legendary pop diva without ever
going image shopping. Her impassioned defiance possessed a raw
sincerity. But equally genuine was the tough-talking singer's
penchant for self-destruction, a trait that has always made it
impossible to think of Janis Joplin apart from a hazy world of
pills and Southern Comfort. Now a biography by her younger
sister Laura Joplin provides a kinder, gentler perspective on
the electrifying crooner. Included are touching letters Janis
wrote to her family during the 1960s. In them she talks about
her dog, asks for a Betty Crocker cookbook and lovingly details
her life in the California music scene ("Guess who was in town
last week--Paul McCartney!!! And he came to see us!!! Sigh!").
Laura Joplin unearthed the letters in 1988. "It was a very
powerful experience," she said. "Kind of like meeting Janis
again."
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