{"id":2446105,"date":"2026-06-05T10:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2446105"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:05:15","slug":"in-power-ballad-a-stolen-song-unravels-two-musicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/in-power-ballad-a-stolen-song-unravels-two-musicians\/","title":{"rendered":"In Power Ballad, a Stolen Song Unravels Two Musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"pullquote pull-right\">When music becomes the means of communication between mothers and children, prospective lovers, close friends, the melting of their voices stands in for a whole lot of talking. <\/aside>\n<p>It is never so simple, though, with Carney. Danny is isolated and under pressure; he isn\u2019t a good guy, but he wishes he was. He does not lift the song unaltered, and, in some ways, he even makes it better or, at least, his own. It is the nature of fame, not malice, that backs Danny into a corner, forcing him to claim sole authorship. At the pointed prodding of his manager, impeccably inhabited by Carney regular Jack Reydon, Danny fumbles each opportunity to right his great wrong. Sure, it would have changed Rick\u2019s life to have gotten the credit for \u201cHow to Write a Song,\u201d but it would have changed Danny\u2019s life if he hadn\u2019t taken it for himself.<\/p>\n<p>Were circumstances different\u2014the pressures on Danny less intense, Rick\u2019s and Danny\u2019s social circles more proximal\u2014the two would have made great friends and even better musical partners. And had that been the route that screenwriters Carney and McDonald took, it would have left more room for the particular charm baked into Carney\u2019s previous features. When music becomes the means of communication between mothers and children, prospective lovers, close friends, the melting of their voices stands in for a whole lot of talking. Conversation becomes unnecessary if the other person can write the next line of your lyric, picking up where you left off, suggest a wandering melody for the bridge; this is Carney\u2019s great gift as a filmmaker, and, while it is the instigating event of <i>Power Ballad<\/i>, it is not where the film\u2019s heart lies.<\/p>\n<p>It is Rick\u2019s journey, as he learns to appreciate his ordinary life, that forms the film\u2019s emotional arc. His negotiations and epiphanies involve the people he loves and with whom he does not sing. A lot of telling, and a lot less showing, ensues. The ending is satisfying, even moving, even if the musical montage that gets us there isn\u2019t quite as powerful as it might be (a refrain of \u201cHow to Write a Song,\u201d of course).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    window.runOnceWhenDidomiAdLoadAllowed(\"facebook-didomi-ad-purpose\", \"advertising\", function() {\n    window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n        appId            : \"1675346479369918\",\n        autoLogAppEvents : true,\n        xfbml            : true,\n        version          : 'v10.0'\n      });\n    };\n      window.appendScriptOnce(\"facebook-sdk\", \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\", {\n        async: \"\",\n        defer: \"\",\n        crossorigin: \"anonymous\",\n      });\n    });\n  <\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source newrepublic.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When music becomes the means of communication between mothers and children, prospective lovers, close friends, the melting of their voices stands in for a whole lot of talking. It is never so simple, though, with Carney. Danny is isolated and under pressure; he isn\u2019t a good guy, but he wishes he was. 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