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[anniehathaways]

annehathaway: So, it seems impossible, but somehow everything that came before was just a warm up…my dear friend, work-wife, and all-around wonder @ jessicachastain gives her finest, most daring, and most flat-out astonishing performance yet in The @ eyesoftammyfaye. I’m tickled and inspired beyond measure that her ten-year journey toward getting this movie made has resulted with such an unparalleled triumph. She is off the charts brilliant—go see for yourself!

[wigwurq]

WIG REVIEW: THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE

Happy new year from another biopic of the damned!! Sure this came out a few months ago but it only *just* became available to stream on HBO this week. If you care at all about the life of gay icon and makeup loving televangelist, Tammy Faye Bakker-Messner, please just watch the 2000 documentary of the same name NARRATED BY RUPAUL. However, if you like thirsty wigs, Oscar thirst traps, and general thirst generated by drinking way too much diet coke, this movie is for you! Let’s discuss. 

We begin at the end - or at least close to the end? Tammy Faye herself joined the 700 Club in the sky in 2007 but we begin this biopic in 1994 where a heavily made up/old aged/bewigged Jessica Chastain (as Tammy Faye) tells her makeup girl (AND US) that she can’t take any more makeup off because IT IS TATTOOED ONTO HER FACE. This is for sure a parable for this film itself because there are only so many layers of makeup you can take off to reveal the true Tammy Faye UNLESS YOU ARE A PERFECT DOCUMENTARY.

We are then transported back to 60s Minnesota where a young, brunette Tammy Faye is attending bible college and is immediately smitten with a young Jim Bakker. First off: obviously, Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield are far more attractive than their real life counterparts but this movie really tries to make them kinda sorta look like them? This brunette wig is FINE and definitely a remnant of first season THE CROWN but like whatever? Meanwhile, Tammy decides to marry Jim AFTER HE TELLS HER A HORRIFIC STORY ABOUT ALMOST MURDERING A CHILD IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE PREMARITAL SEX. IS THIS STORY TRUE?!?! (It is maybe true). Also they get married in order to have sex. Religion, man! 

Tammy spends most of the movie attempting to win approval from her mother, as played by the ever ornery Cherry Jones. Most of her wigs are just like little old lady wigs which you could probably buy from The Paula Young wig catalog (and you probably should!) Also Cherry Jones should have an Oscar! Just saying!

Anyway, a now married Bakker couple sets out to spread religion through songs and handmade puppets and end up as local tv hosts. Tammy inexplicably becomes platinum blonde and this wig is - again I guess fine? Tammy’s obsession with her appearance, specifically always wearing makeup and having her hair perfectly coiffed is absolutely never explained. Also! As is always the case with male wigs - this 70s cut on Jim is pretty terrible all around!

Also terrible all around? MEN, ALWAYS! Tammy is forced out of her tv job for the audacity of having a child and then is not allowed to sit at a table full of assholes at Jerry Falwell’s house so she can eat a hot dog. Tammy is a low-key feminist and LGBTQIA supporter from the start but probably isn’t even aware of that herself? Tammy’s wide eyed cluelessness is very endearing and at times definitely baffling. 

Also baffling? MAN WIGS ALWAYS. Andrew Garfield’s parade of man wigs in this movie is NOT GREAT. The texture is just plain awful but as man wigs go, they don’t really jut out at the back of the neck like most do, so I guess they’re not the worst?

They say the higher the hair, the closer to god, and I guess the wigmaster on this took that to heart? As Tammy and Jim’s celebrity grows...so does their hair! These wigs are honestly not awful! I cannot say the same for the old age makeup but I’m not here to judge that.

Truly, no one on the planet is having as much fun as Jessica Chastain in this movie and like: good for her?!

Also Vincent D’Onofrio plays Jerry Falwell which is legit LOL but truly when I look at both of these dude wigs I am SHOCKED to find them to be ok?? 

Meanwhile, Tammy is NOT OK despite outward appearances of turquoise calm. Her strawberry perm has gotten out of control and she almost sorta has an affair right before giving birth (OMG IS THIS TRUE?!?!)

Her post-partum depression comes with a bent blonde wig and an opioid addiction. I have to give it up to this wig for being so purposefully bent.

BUT WHY IS HER MAKEUP SO PRISTINE?!?! Consistency, people! If your hair is a mess, your eye makeup should be too! AND WE’RE TALKING ABOUT TAMMY FAYE!

Anyway, as Tammy’s fame and addiction spiral out of control, we are treated to a delicious disco bop that I seriously cannot get out of my head. Truly: Jessica Chastain, I’m glad that you were having a blast making this!

As we hit the scandal years, the old age makeup takes a turn for the completely ridiculous but the wigs remain consistently fine. They do their best to look like these bonkers weirdos!

I really do appreciate all the different shades of tawny that these wigs are giving us. Tammy was a spectrum of blondes, y’all. 

And look at these feathered bangs!! I FEEL THIS LATE 80S VIBE IN MY SOUL. Anyway, we all know the story - Tammy and Jim lost everything (and rightly so) but again - the wig arc remains very detailed!

As we come back to the beginning, we see older/redhead Tammy once again...and TAMMY DOES A WIG REVEAL! I screamed!!! The fact that this shitty red wig is revealed to be a wig within the context of the film WAS EVERYTHING. I am often wig gaslighted by wigs we know to be wigs within the narrative of films which are the same quality as wigs being passed off as real hair. 

I LOVE THAT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT WIG CONSISTENCIES HERE FOR REAL HAIR AND WIGS! THIS NEVER HAPPENS! THIS WIG IS PURPOSELY SHITTY AND I LOVE IT!!!!! Therefore, as many male wig ghostmares as their might have been via Andrew Garfield, I have to give this movie a passing grade for showing us the light and grace of differing wigs as wigs! (HOWEVER PLEASE JUST WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY INSTEAD)

VERDICT: WURQS

[thecurvycritic]

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[3dscanninglosangeles]

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[chastainhawkecentral]

A super cute reel of Jessica Chastain that she posted on IG celebrating her nom and here's what she said:

If champagne at 8AM is wrong I don’t want to be right 💁‍♀️ The very unfiltered moment @stephanieingramhair, @linda.dowds.makeup and I found out about our Oscar noms! @eyesoftammyfaye

[trentvanegas]

Praise 🙌🏼 The 🙌🏼 Lord! I am SO THRILLED to say that the film #TheEyesOfTammyFaye is FAN-FN-TASTIC! The original documentary of the same name (1994) is one of my fave things of all time. I hoped this film adaptation would be nearly as good and it definitely is! #JessicaChastain is incredible as #TammyFayeBakker - truly, she is stunningly good. #AndrewGarfield is great as #JimBakker but this is truly Jessica’s shining moment. This film is a really fleshed out story about #TammyFaye’s entire life and is done extremely well, honest and very compelling. If you are even remotely interested in this movie do yourself a favor and go see it, I promise you won’t be disappointed. I love love loved this movie! I def think you will, too 🙏🏼 @eyesoftammyfaye (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CT6IzPXLZr1/?utm_medium=tumblr

[jrvision]

American life. 🇺🇸 #ptl #praisethelord #tammyfaye #eyesoftammyfaye #tammy #faye #america #americangirl #gay #instagay #praise #worship #cash #money #momoneymoproblems

[artbeets]

'The Eyes of Tammy Faye' (24x30 acrylic/canvas) #tammyfaye #tammyfayebakker #art #artbeets #artist #localartist #localart #painting #modernart #contemporaryart #figurativeart #portrait #portraitpainting #eyesoftammyfaye #blackandwhiteart #acrylic #supportthearts #interiordecor #interiordesign #atl #atlanta #atlantaartist #emergingartist #makeup #fineart #artforsale #artgallery #mascara #eyelashes

[miguelthelastmojican-blog]

Congratulations to @jessicachastain for winning best actress tonight!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #friendofafriend @mariae350 😉 @eyesoftammyfaye #welldeserved #thankyouforyourwonderfulspeech❤️ #oneloveonelife (at The Oscars 2022 Live) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbohz7Vs7mG/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thecurvycritic]

Jessica Chastain is Spectacular in The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Lon Chaney could literally transform any role. Jessica Chastain would be the female equivalent of Chaney as she brilliantly transforms into Tammy Faye capturing the icon in all her glory #eyesoftammyfaye #tiff21

As a child, I vividly remember sitting and watching The 700 Club and PTL (Praise The Lord) with my relatives, who just loved themselves some Tammy Faye!  Tammy Faye Bakker, was mostly known and seen as the flamboyant televangelist, singer and woman alongside husband Jim Bakker (Andrew Garfield).   As they built a multimillion dollar ministry empire, Tammy Faye became known more for her…

[thehipsterzombiejointexperience]

Repost from @eyesoftammyfaye • There’s more to some people than meets the eye. #TheEyesofTammyFaye Starring @jessicachastain and Andrew Garfield Official Selection 2021 Toronto Film Festival #TIFF21 https://www.instagram.com/p/CRjWUZ_j9nn/?utm_medium=tumblr

[xra]

This happened. @chezss -- trying to get our new home lookin right #yachtlife #interpretiveselfie #eyesoftammyfaye #finechina