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In her latest film, Streep plays Florence Foster Jenkins, an heiress and socialite who didn't let her less-than-great voice stop her from becoming an opera singer. Nick Wall/Paramount Pictures hide caption

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'It's A Playground': Meryl Streep On Acting With Abandon

In her new film, Streep plays Florence Foster Jenkins, a socialite who didn't let her less-than-great voice stop her from becoming an opera singer. Streep says she can relate to that kind of passion.

In her latest film, Streep plays Florence Foster Jenkins, an heiress and socialite who didn't let her less-than-great voice stop her from becoming an opera singer. Nick Wall/Paramount Pictures hide caption

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'It's A Playground': Meryl Streep On Acting With Abandon

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From WHYY in Philadelphia