Terribly Happy
Update: 2021-06-29
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Description
Judy Garland left her hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota when she was four. She became one of the most famous movie stars in the world, but her life was infamously tinged with darkness. Grand Rapids grappled with her legacy, unsure whether to honor or condemn her. When a pair of ruby slippers are stolen from the Judy Garland Museum, people suspect a local connection.
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This show is doing a great job of bringing together all the many different elements of this heartbreaking story. I mean, you can't talk about The Ruby Slippers without also discussing Judy Garland and her tragic life. What the industry did to her is just shameful -- what a beautiful piece of magic we were too briefly given. Why must we use up, and discard as trash, all the brightest treasures, as though gems rain down on us every day?