criticisms lodged against the show by members of her family, therefore feel particularly vexing. Related: 'A legend in her own right': Carolyn Franklin, Aretha's forgotten sister From beginning to end of the eight-part series, we’re thrown back and forth between Franklin’s childhood and the pivotal early years of her career between 1967 and the late 70s.
The conceit is meant to show us how the singer’s relatively privileged, but still deeply traumatic childhood informed the way she would navigate her skyrocketing fame.
Fair enough, but these threads never exactly come together the way they should, and with so many clumsily-handled moving parts any sense of urgency and tension feels muted and insincere.
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