What Did Everyone Else See????
Added 1/22/2010
My wife and I are children of the 80s, so we remember the PTL scandal. The Eyes of Tammy Faye reminded me why I cannot stand Tammy Faye. Tammy Faye was an awful singer and she loved performing schmaltzy puppet shows. Bad music and bad puppetry take up a lot of this movie. Tammy Faye was interesting only because she got caught stealing from the faithful. Once you got past that, she was shallow.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye is bad. Tammy Faye was old news when she appeared in this film. The viewer watches her dreary attempts at a comeback as she visits a photographer for headshots and unsuccessfully pitches ideas for TV shows. The final impression is that she could not believe that her 15 minutes of fame were over.
The film should focus more on the PTL scandal. Tammy Faye accepts no responsibility for PTL's collapse. One Bakker apologist says that Jim would not have stolen only [...] million when he raised [...] million. Why not? [...] million is a lot of money; perhaps Jim didn't think that he could get away with stealing more; perhaps he had planned to steal the rest of it.
There are interesting scenes in The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Tammy Faye had many setbacks and showed courage in persevering. An AIDS patient appeared on Jim and Tammy Faye's show; it is commendable that they were not homophobes. The film, however, makes too much of this appearance, portraying Tammy Faye as a great champion of gays. Does anyone really believe that the Bakkers could have built their fundamentalist TV network if they focused on the need to be tolerant of gays?
"The Eyes of Tammy Faye" bored me and reinforced my opinion that Tammy Faye was a vain, shallow crook.
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Not as good as it sounds but good enough
Added 11/4/2009
Not enough behind the scenes at ptl and too much what are you doing now (At time the movie was made) --nothing !!!
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"Eye" Opening Documentary
Added 4/8/2008
Like many other reviews I had a new appreciation of Tammy Faye(and even of Jim) after watching this. And a renewed revulsion for the likes of Jerry Falwell. Yukk! She a spirit and liveliness that most of us can only hope for. Great movie and great lady!!!
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Very good
Added 9/16/2007
Excellent tape showing Tammy's life. She was a marvelous person and did her best to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I highly recommend this.
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Growing up, Tammy Faye Bakker was the tacky televangelist that wore too much makeup. That was all I knew about her. When she appeared on the "Surreal Life", she charmed me with her sincerity and graciousness, and it made me curious enough to watch this film.
I found Tammy Faye Bakker to be a fascinating character. Full of contradictions, like all interesting people are, she seems to radiate an innocent, maternal charisma and down-to-earth charm, which contrasts wildly with her gaudy image and history of opulent living. She's a natural performer who seems completely comfortable in front of the camera; however her greatest talent seems to be her ability to reach out and touch the people around her. Her life is certainly fascinating and full of extremes: fortune, fame, addiction, betrayal, and all the stuff that entertainment legends are made of.
To some, it might seem strange that a documentary about Tammy Faye, a devout Christian and televangelist, would be narrated by the world's most famous drag queen. But as the film progresses, you realize that it actually makes perfect sense, because Tammy Faye IS a drag queen: Larger-than-life, over-the-top, magnificent, melodramatic, gaudy, and ultimately triumphant.
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What Did Everyone Else See????
Added 1/22/2010
My wife and I are children of the 80s, so we remember the PTL scandal. The Eyes of Tammy Faye reminded me why I cannot stand Tammy Faye. Tammy Faye was an awful singer and she loved performing schmaltzy puppet shows. Bad music and bad puppetry take up a lot of this movie. Tammy Faye was interesting only because she got caught stealing from the faithful. Once you got past that, she was shallow.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye is bad. Tammy Faye was old news when she appeared in this film. The viewer watches her dreary attempts at a comeback as she visits a photographer for headshots and unsuccessfully pitches ideas for TV shows. The final impression is that she could not believe that her 15 minutes of fame were over.
The film should focus more on the PTL scandal. Tammy Faye accepts no responsibility for PTL's collapse. One Bakker apologist says that Jim would not have stolen only [...] million when he raised [...] million. Why not? [...] million is a lot of money; perhaps Jim didn't think that he could get away with stealing more; perhaps he had planned to steal the rest of it.
There are interesting scenes in The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Tammy Faye had many setbacks and showed courage in persevering. An AIDS patient appeared on Jim and Tammy Faye's show; it is commendable that they were not homophobes. The film, however, makes too much of this appearance, portraying Tammy Faye as a great champion of gays. Does anyone really believe that the Bakkers could have built their fundamentalist TV network if they focused on the need to be tolerant of gays?
"The Eyes of Tammy Faye" bored me and reinforced my opinion that Tammy Faye was a vain, shallow crook.
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Not as good as it sounds but good enough
Added 11/4/2009
Not enough behind the scenes at ptl and too much what are you doing now (At time the movie was made) --nothing !!!
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"Eye" Opening Documentary
Added 4/8/2008
Like many other reviews I had a new appreciation of Tammy Faye(and even of Jim) after watching this. And a renewed revulsion for the likes of Jerry Falwell. Yukk! She a spirit and liveliness that most of us can only hope for. Great movie and great lady!!!
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