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Film: Love, Gilda

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Before we had Kristen Wiig or Maria Bamford, before Amy Schumer had a show or Tiffany Haddish dominated Girls Trip, we had Gilda. Actor, comedian and triple threat on Broadway, Gilda Radner had an infectious, physically goofy and joyful approach to comedy and live performance that had Americans wrapped around Roseanne Rosannadanna’s cranky little finger during her five-year reign on Saturday Night Live, cracked us up as she danced with a dragged-up Dom Deluise in Haunted Honeymoon (horror comedy fans, check that one out if you’ve not seen it — ‘tis the season!), and calcified her reputation as a lauded stalwart of American pop culture icons until her untimely death in 1989 at the age of 42. Presented by the Maine Jewish Film Festival, LOVE, GILDA, an autobiographical film about Radner’s life, career and struggle with cancer, begins its run at the Portland Museum of Art. Directed by Lisa D’Apolito in cooperation with the Radner estate, the film unearths the artist’s diaries and personal recordings as the backbone of a narrative that features interviews with some of her closest friends and colleagues, including Martin Short, Laraine Newman, Paul Shaffer and more.  | Oct 18-21 | Thu 6 pm, Fri 2 & 6 pm, Sat-Sun 2 pm | Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Sq, Portland | $8 | All Ages | portlandmuseum.org

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