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How could we have ever forgotten it?
InRocketman, Fletcher has to levitate the audience literally to achieve the same effect.
I, meanwhile, deflated.
It was one of the silliest things Ive ever seen.
Until then, the movie has been a grim slog.
Regs dad, Stanley (Steven Mackintosh), is a former musician but shares little with his son.
Its not that hes self-contained, its that his self contains nothing.
Blue jean baby, he sings, L.A. lady … Saul Burton the songwriter.
He went just like that from nothing.
You know what kind of songs he wrote?
Lady, lady, be my baby.
Lady rhymes with baby.
No wonder hes dead.
Whats more annoying is thatRocketmanviews Elton Johns career as if his principal influences were Elvis Presley and the Beatles.
Its likeBohemian Rhapsodywithout the rhapsody.
Maybe wed see some of that anger!
Alas, the Elton ofRocketmanis more sinned against than sinning.
So rich, so improperly loved.
I guess thats why they call it the blues.
