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In “Ray,” Jamie Foxx stars as the young Ray Charles in the musical biography of the late entertainer. Foxx gives a complicated portrait of a man who grew up poor and blind and found his way to the pinnacle of stardom and esteem.
In this triumphant musical movie-bio, Jamie Foxx gives a landmark performance as soul, jazz and blues great Ray Charles. No wonder he took the Best Actor award for Musical/Comedy at the recent Golden Globe awards.
The Rappahannock Association for the Acts and the Community is showing “Ray” at The Theatre in Washington, VA, Friday, February 4, 8:00 p.m.
Since Charles was one of the most universally loved and physically distinctive 20th. century pop stars — blind, beautifully smiling Brother Ray, in shades, moving with that seemingly inimitable jerky, rolling body language — one would think any actor would be daunted at trying to bring him back to life. But Foxx succeeds almost totally: talking, moving and playing (but not singing) with such inspired mimicry that you tend to accept him completely.
Director Taylor Hackford took more than 15 years to get “Ray” off the ground. With documentaries the rage in Hollywood, there is not much of an audience for an impersonation anymore. Even after the film was independently financed and completed, every studio ip Hollywood passed
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