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Jun 27, 2022 · Baz Luhrmann’s biopic scrambles to reassure us with a woke Elvis while failing to understand what really made him the King. By Jack Hamilton. June 27, 20221:26 PM. Col. Tom Parker (Tom Hanks ...
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King, who worked as a DJ in Memphis at the time, would certainly have been aware of Elvis, and vice versa, but they would not have been hanging out and catching acts such as Little Richard as the movie portrays, says Nash. “Elvis and B.B. were acquaintances, but not close friends," she says. "They probably first crossed paths at Sun Studio, but onl...
The senator was shot elsewhere in Los Angeles, andnot during the taping of that iconic Elvis TV special but during rehearsals, Nash says. “Elvis arrived for the start of two weeks of rehearsals on June 3, 1968, and Kennedy was shot on June 5, dying the next morning, June 6,” she says. “The assassination put Elvis into an emotional spiral.” The tail...
Not true, Nash says. “The colonel was delighted that Elvis was causing riots and grabbing headlines for being overly suggestive,” she says. “It’s part of why he wanted him in the first place. Parker, ever the carny, knew what brought people in the big tent.” After Elvis was drafted, Parker – whom Nash notes was an Army deserter – worked with the Pe...
“No, he never would have done that,” Nash says. Nor did he ever suggest onstage that he knew of the colonel’s immigration issues. “He fully believed the colonel’s story that Parker hailed from Huntington, West Virginia; Elvis died not knowing the truth," she says. "That didn’t come out in this country until 1981." However, she adds, there was an in...
No, Nash says. “She says in her book ‘Elvis and Me’ that she would occasionally hear that he had checked into the hospital, and that she would then call to see if he was all right,” Nash says. In another one book, “Elvis by the Presleys,” Priscilla Presleysays many asked her why she didn’t initiate an intervention. Her response: “People who ask tha...
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Jun 25, 2022 · A breakdown of what is truth and what's fiction in Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis' is fodder for discussion with Colonel Tom Parker's biographer.
Jun 22, 2022 · Excluding the latter makes little sense in a movie concerning the commodification of Presley by capitalism and conservatism. Luhrmann wants to show the downfall of a doe-eyed icon by nefarious systems, but never pushes the envelope enough for him to become unlikable, or better yet, intricate and human. Advertisement.
Jun 23, 2022 · The sonic message — and the film’s strongest argument for its subject’s relevance — is that Presley’s blend of blues, gospel, pop and country continues to mutate and pollinate in the ...
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Jun 30, 2022 · Thornton's story is not unique, as Elvis was influenced by B.B. King, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Jackson, Tharpe, Big Boy and more. Little Richard argued that he was the rightful heir to the ...
May 25, 2022 · As for the big question of whether Butler could pull off impersonating one of the most indelible icons in American pop-culture history, the answer is an unqualified yes.
