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Episode 8: Rocketman
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Rena and Sara discuss Rocketman, the 2019 musical biopic about the life and work of the one and only Elton John.
Are musicals realistic biopics, or not? We discuss the parameters of why they totally are, and why everything about this movie is pretty darn delightful, from the brilliant costumes, the fabulous singing and dancing, and the stylish exploration of the sad, desperate world of being a superstar drug and alcohol addict. Come for the world’s most improbable twelve-step meeting, stay for the glorious digressions about football hero John Madden (no relation to Richard), Bernie Tau-PAHN, Queen Latifah, inner children, bad parents, and how Taron Egerton makes Elton John so freaking hot.
Rocketman stars Taron Egerton, Richard Madden, Jamie Bell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Gemma Jones, Stephen Graham, and Harriet Walter, and is directed by Dexter Fletcher and written by Lee Hall.
Sources:
Was Elton John’s Manager John Reid Really Such a Jerk?
Scattershot by Bernie Taupin
Me by Elton John
Rocket Man: The Life of Elton by Mark Bego
Captain Fantastic: Elton John's Stellar Trip Through the '70s by Tom Doyle
Spoiler Warning: We spoil everything. And we enjoy it.
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