They can both benefit from each other. Angelina adopts Taylor as her pet and gives her a Clueless-like makeover, except instead of making her popular she makes her non-racist.
Taylor wears a veil in a Muslim African country and hugs dusty, malnourished children (she'll need to work on her acting and get the "concerned" look right). Plus she appears more edgy and mature hanging out with Angelina instead of the hunchbacked Lorde or the hamster Selena.
Angelina comes off as a savior who not only helps those dusty, malnourished children but also helps snotty, privileged, annoying white girls like Taylor see the error of their ways.
You just KNOW she was expecting to be applauded and praised for her "edgy, spot-on social commentary" when really she has, once again, proved herself to be an ignorant moron.
There is really nothing that the extraordinary Meryl Streep cannot do. By now, this should be obvious thanks to a multitude of 'for-the-ages' performances and an unassailable, near peerless oeuvre. So, it’s agreed. Streep is capable of anything, and now we should add to her list of accomplishments persuasively pulling off the role of an aging, 50-something rocker who abandoned her family and kids to pursue her dream of rock-and-roll stardom. Streep’s captivating turn in "Ricki And The Flash" exudes stage presence, natch. But her performance not only includes very credible on screen guitar playing, but further dimensions to her sweet, soulful singing voice — part angelic Joni Mitchell lilt mixed with the honeydew gravel of Stevie Nicks ragged croon — that goes beyond the mellifluousness of “Into The Woods.”
Once Meryl Streep commits to a role, it’s arguably up to the director, cast, and crew to match her abundant magnetic qualities. And perhaps that’s the biggest problem with “Ricki And The Flash,” a patchy family drama wherein no one element is as good or convincing as its lead star who carries the movie in every frame. http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplayli...ummer-20150804
Poor Deadryl, this is why you surround yourself with people who are better than you. Or in her case, people who are almost as good as you.