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    Review: 'George & Tammy' is a cautionary love story with good songs

    I must admit that as much as I love the classic recordings of country music king and queen George Jones and Tammy Wynette — a whole damn lot — my first thought on learning that they would be the subjects of a double biopic was to wonder whether its creator would be hip enough to include "Justified & Ancient," aka "Stand by the Jams," Wynette's collaboration with British art-dance group the ...
    by Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times Dec 02, 2022 4 minutes
    Michael Shannon as George Jones in "George& Tammy."

    I must admit that as much as I love the classic recordings of country music king and queen George Jones and Tammy Wynette — a whole damn lot — my first thought on learning that they would be the subjects of a double biopic was to wonder whether its creator would be hip enough to include "Justified & Ancient," aka "Stand by the Jams," Wynette's collaboration with British art-dance group the KLF. And so he does (even using the title for the final episode), if with a bit of a superior attitude. (I also love that track a whole darn lot.)

    "George & Tammy," which premieres Sunday on Showtime, stars Jessica Chastain as Tammy

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