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Jazzens Yoko Ono har fått upprättelse
Culturesvenska-dagbladet12d ago

Jazzens Yoko Ono har fått upprättelse

”En praktiskt taget talanglös kvinna som gifte sig med rätt man.” Så för­dömdes Alice Coltrane av kritiken. I dag är kvinnliga harpister en vedertagen del av jazzlandskapet.

Love Magic Power Danger Bliss by Paul Morley review – reappraising Yoko Ono
CultureThe Guardian17d ago

Love Magic Power Danger Bliss by Paul Morley review – reappraising Yoko Ono

An vivid celebration of the once-maligned, now revered artist’s life and work John Lennon once described Yoko Ono as “the world’s most famous unknown artist. Everybody knows her name, but nobody knows what she does.” Others were more vicious, portraying her as a family wrecker (the family being the Beatles), a cultural vandal, an Asian virus, a shrieking harridan. As ventriloquised by Paul Morley in his appallingly titled Love Magic Power Danger Bliss, they saw her as someone whose “sole reas...

Anna Sawai to Portray Yoko Ono in Beatles Biopics
Worldklix-ba1mo ago

Anna Sawai to Portray Yoko Ono in Beatles Biopics

Actress Anna Sawai, known for her role in 'Shogun', will play Yoko Ono in a series of four biographical films about The Beatles directed by Sam Mendes, expressing excitement and inspiration from Ono's story.

Anna Sawai On Playing Yoko Ono In Sam Mendes’ Beatles Films: “It’s Very Meaningful For Me To Be Able To Tell Her Story”
Culturedeadline1mo ago

Anna Sawai On Playing Yoko Ono In Sam Mendes’ Beatles Films: “It’s Very Meaningful For Me To Be Able To Tell Her Story”

Anna Sawai is previewing her role as Yoko Ono in filmmaker Sam Mendes’ quartet of Beatles films. Speaking to People in a new interview, the Emmy-winning Shōgun actress said it was “exciting” to portray the Japanese artist, whose marriage to co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist John Lennon catapulted her into another stratosphere of fame. “It’s […]