The movie serves more than one purpose to me.
1) It dives deep into the personality of the most popular solo artist of all time. It shows that he is talented beyond how he dances. A few years ago, I would have thought that a chunk of his talent came from his good looks and dancing on stage. When I saw his final performance singing "Unchained Melody", that's what really got me to appreciate him as an artist.
Who doesn't enjoy a good biopic though.
2) It portrays what influenced him to sing the genres he likes and that is black culture. They are responsible for manufacturing rap and hip-hop into mainstream music genres. Whether you like that or not, they continue to grow. The same goes for Rock n' Roll and the Blues. I think it's important to point out their cultural influence given the fact that I never heard of Little Richard until I heard of his passing.
I don't have a biography or documentary that can debunk anything it may need to, but the movie does it's job in providing historical anecdotes to make a great drama.
1) It dives deep into the personality of the most popular solo artist of all time. It shows that he is talented beyond how he dances. A few years ago, I would have thought that a chunk of his talent came from his good looks and dancing on stage. When I saw his final performance singing "Unchained Melody", that's what really got me to appreciate him as an artist.
Who doesn't enjoy a good biopic though.
2) It portrays what influenced him to sing the genres he likes and that is black culture. They are responsible for manufacturing rap and hip-hop into mainstream music genres. Whether you like that or not, they continue to grow. The same goes for Rock n' Roll and the Blues. I think it's important to point out their cultural influence given the fact that I never heard of Little Richard until I heard of his passing.
I don't have a biography or documentary that can debunk anything it may need to, but the movie does it's job in providing historical anecdotes to make a great drama.