I was so ignorant to automatically assume this movie (and music) was about the Berlin Wall and the Cold War. It's much closer to home, present-day, than 1980's Germany. The sad thing is, I guarantee you many people that may not be able to see the blatant symbolism will discard this film as being "about drugs and Neo-Nazism". Grow a brain where applicable.
Side note: Just how many guys named Roger from England that grew up without Dads and were the lead singers of HUGE rock bands decided to make rock musicals about the psychological damage a child sustains when he/she grows up in a broken home without a Father?
I dig The Who and all, but psychology aside if you are looking for a rock musical a little closer to being "about drugs", watch Tommy. Just keep in mind that Roger Daltry never really did drugs - he left that up to Pete Townshend. He was just a bit more vain than Roger Waters, however, and decided he needed to play the lead role in his own movie. Bad move in my opinion...the man can't act. Waters, on the other hand, chose a great actor to play 'Pink' and stuck to writing the jams. Solid.
Side note: Just how many guys named Roger from England that grew up without Dads and were the lead singers of HUGE rock bands decided to make rock musicals about the psychological damage a child sustains when he/she grows up in a broken home without a Father?
I dig The Who and all, but psychology aside if you are looking for a rock musical a little closer to being "about drugs", watch Tommy. Just keep in mind that Roger Daltry never really did drugs - he left that up to Pete Townshend. He was just a bit more vain than Roger Waters, however, and decided he needed to play the lead role in his own movie. Bad move in my opinion...the man can't act. Waters, on the other hand, chose a great actor to play 'Pink' and stuck to writing the jams. Solid.
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