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Title: How Did Anyone Get Away With This
Review: Todd Haynes should have been massively sued by the rock stars hedepicts in this film as "ficticious characters". C'mon, it's clear that Kurt Wild is Iggy Pop and Brian Slade is David Bowie, and his "Maxwell Demon" personna is clearly Bowie's Ziggy Stardust period. These character even perform music from the guys they are supposed to be. I think the ficticious artists should have performed original songs only that were written for the film. The other thing that bothers me is that the whole glam period is depicted mostly as a "gay thing", and all the male characters are shown frequently hopping into bed with one another. The inclusion of some other great music in the soundtrack (Roxy Music,T. Rex, Eno, Lou Reed)while all cool, kind of left me with a bad taste in my mouth, feeling like a great disservice was done to the memory of some of my favorite artists in their prime.
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