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The Importance of Being Morris: Fop vs. Fop and Duality in Purple Rain (Feature)

Jun 3, 2:00am

In both Purple Rain and Graffiti Bridge , "The Kid" is pitted against Morris Day in a battle for artistic and commercial supremacy in the Minneapolis club scene. Lana Cooper digs deeper than that, though, showing that the characters are not too dissimilar, examining the psychological implications of both leads actions in these films, rife with business-minded headgames and personal attacks through pop music.

Dok-Film: The Importance of Being Morrissey The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Zaza and More at The End 5/2/09 The Importance of Being a Father Girls and The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Solitude and Young Adult Friction (mp3s)Vivian Girls/ The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart/ Betty And The Werewolves

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