But what's she doing? A slick Las Vegas lounge act. The first time we see her, she's in a little club that's supposed to be maybe like the Earl of Old Town, or the Troubadour in Los Angeles. We can believe Kristofferson (he didn't exactly have to stay up nights preparing for this role). And then we know the story from all the other times it's been filmed: She zooms to the top, he plummets to the bottom, and they pass in mid-career, he with bottle in hand and (this time) cocaine in nose. She's supposed to be an obscure club singer sweating out a living, and Kris Kristofferson is supposed to be the rock superstar who falls in love with her. She plays a character totally out of touch with contemporary reality.
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