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‘The Iron Lady’ is an embodiment of the worst kind of biopic

The Iron Lady Written by Abi Morgan Directed by Phyllida Lloyd UK/France, 2011 Very early on in The Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher’s father, in a flashback sequence, tells her to “never run with the crowd” and to go her own way. These words are typical of the “inspirational” biopic formula, and Phyllida Lloyd’s film embodies …

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