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“I never thought it would be a hit. It was too long for radio. So we lied about it. And it worked!”: How an ’80s classic got to No 1 - with a little bit of cheating…

A perfect soft rock ballad from a band whose guitarist travelled with a whole case of hairspray!

MusicRadar

"It's so mid-eighties I can see Molly Ringwald and the rest of the brat pack dancing in a bedroom in my mind's eye": Mr. Mister master the period cliches on Welcome To The Real World

Mr. Mister released four slickly produced albums. Three bombed. Welcome To The Real World certainly didn't

Louder

The Color Purple review – off-note musical take on Alice Walker’s novel

Director Blitz Bazawule turns the Pulitzer prize-winning saga of rape and racism into a nostalgic, tonally jarring song and dance spectacle

The Guardian - UK

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I Rewatched Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple After Seeing The Musical, And I Appreciate Whoopi Goldberg’s Celie Even More Now

I decided to rewatch the original The Color Purple after watching the musical, and wow, Whoopi Goldberg's Celie is the best -- and here's why.

Cinemablend

“They counted me in and I ripped through the first solo that came to mind. They stopped the tape, and Paul Stanley went, ‘Dude… will you wear high heels?’” Steve Farris on his close call with Kiss before he formed Mr. Mister (who he might rejoin)

Starting out with a $5 guitar and spending $25 on a life-changing lesson from Joe Pass, Farris is no longer professional – but could be persuaded to go round again

Guitar World

The latest adaptation of The Color Purple fails its lead character

The Oscar-tipped new hit movie based on Alice Walker’s award-winning novel is frustratingly coy about the queerness of its protaganist

The Guardian - US

Powerful ‘Color Purple’ balances heavy drama with exhilarating musical numbers

Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks lead the impressive ensemble playing resilient women who persevere in an unforgiving world.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Movie Review: 'The Color Purple' is a stirring big-screen musical powered by its spectacular cast

Exuberant performances from a cast led by Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P

The Independent UK

More Than Ever review – dying Vicky Krieps acts up a storm in end-of-life drama

Krieps and the late Gaspard Ulliel bring great conviction and intelligence to this unlikely tale of a woman’s last adventure

The Guardian - UK

Review: The Color Purple at The Lowry Salford

If you want to feel uplifted, inspired and thoroughly entertained then this production won't disappoint

Manchester Evening News

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