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September 17, 2021

At the Movies: With empathy, Chastain plays Tammy Faye Bakker

By LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer

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“The Eyes of Tammy Faye” looks at the rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.

Tammy Faye Bakker wore a lot of makeup. It was armor — a way for a person who didn't consider herself beautiful to simply exist in the world. So it's a particularly a cruel irony that the mascara was also the thing that made her a target and a joke long before she and her ex-husband were brought down by brazen theft and misuse of ministry funds.


 
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