Great news everyone.
The world has decided that we haven’t had enough music biopics in the last decade, so they’re giving us another one.
The subject this time: Bruce Springsteen. THE BOSS.
Playing Bruce Springsteen will be up-and-coming actor / underwear model Jeremy Allen White. A true unknown in Hollywood, and we must thank our lucky stars there is a new breakout American star.
Here’s a list of some (but not all) biopics that have come out since Bohemian Rhapsody in 2018:
Rocketman (Elton John)
The Dirt (Motley Crue)
No Way Home (Bob Dylan)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Al Yankovic)
Elvis (Elvis)
Back to Black (Amy Winehouse)
Bob Marley: One Love (Bob Marley)
Respect (Aretha Franklin)
Apparently there’s been one on David Bowie too that got a 19% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Here’s the thing. This biopic business is getting out of hand. It got out of hand a long, long time ago. I wasn’t certain on the Queen one, less so on Elton John. The Motley Crue film was bad and Amy Winehouse, Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley and David Bowie all came and went with nothing to show for it.
The only two to leave some mark were the Elvis and Bob Dylan biopics. The former was really long, even though Baz Lurhmann did what he does best. And the Bob Dylan film, I will concede, was a lot better than I thought it’d be.
But that doesn’t excuse us having yet another one coming down the pipeline. Do we even need to know Bruce Sprinsteen’s story? He literally wrote a book on it, set a Broadway show and then streamed it on Netflix.
So why do we need this. Who asked for this?
I’ll be skipping this one.
Fitzie’s track of the day: Born in the USA, by Bruce Springsteen
And now for your links:
BBC: “LAFC consider former Spurs manager Postecoglou”
The Athletic ($$): “Leeds striker Oliver Boast, 16, set to join Tottenham”