Shot in glorious black & white, My Name is Barbra is a masterwork of simplicity. The special opens on a photograph of a 6 or 7 year old Barbra that cross-fades into the current Barbra (who at the time was all of 23 years old). This is television as theatre—a program done in three acts. The first act has Barbra singing a medley that represents the different stages of growing up ...$One of the best TV special EVER MADE in history...$电视个人秀的开创者!