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While I don't see it as a bio-pic, it certainly borrowed and intimated at the connection with Johnson. Even so, when I think of a story about a poverty-stricken youth growing up in the old south and learning the Blues as a means of escape from that situation, I surely don't envision a young Italian kid.
While there were other Bluesmen with a similar story to Johnson, he became the quintessential figurehead of that era. He was quite influential on the music that he inspired and what came after.
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[–] cynicaloldfart [S] ago
A young Italian kid portraying an older Black man? Somebody like Scatman Cruthers would have been much better.
[–] DABBING_AT_AUSCHWITZ 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Nobody said his role was in fact Robert Johnson. I don't even see how it was. Just an embodiment of that story.
[–] cynicaloldfart [S] ago
While I don't see it as a bio-pic, it certainly borrowed and intimated at the connection with Johnson. Even so, when I think of a story about a poverty-stricken youth growing up in the old south and learning the Blues as a means of escape from that situation, I surely don't envision a young Italian kid.
While there were other Bluesmen with a similar story to Johnson, he became the quintessential figurehead of that era. He was quite influential on the music that he inspired and what came after.
https://musicfor.us/2018/10/21/robert-johnson-crossroads-blues-1936/