Other Singing Roles
Meryl Streep not only wowed audiences with her singing in Mamma Mia! , but she also shined in films like The Prom, Postcards from the Edge, and Into the Woods. Den of Geek puts “Mamma Mia” as Streep’s best on-screen performance, but “I’m Checking Out” from Postcards Edge is a close second. This was Meryl’s first major musical performance in the film.
Other Singing Roles
She’s Checking Out
In the iconic drama-comedy Postcards from the Edge, Streep’s first significant musical performance was “I’m Checking Out.” Carrie Fisher’s personal connection with her movie star mother Debbie Reynolds is loosely and nakedly mirrored in Postcards from the Edge, an honest and oftentimes scathing exercise in getting things off a writer’s chest. Fisher also wanted to clear the air about her mother’s desire to push her to pursue a musical career. While Fisher fought in her own life, she allowed Suzanne Vale (Streep) to succumb to her mother Doris Mann in the fictional Suzanne Vale (Streep) (Shirley MacLaine).
She’s Checking Out
