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What makes the song even more strange is the very opening lyric is “I’ll never beat you”. Other lyrics are similarly supportive and he & the band sing along even though there are serious tensions. (I guess that’s what Billy was saying about leaving personal stuff off the stage.)

I found the two places I was thinking of. At different points the dad says to his wife "I would die for you" and (paraphrasing) "If you just believed in me". Just after singing Purple Rain, Prince sings the song "I Would Die 4 U". I always thought of it as a happy song but I'm not so sure in the context of the movie. The one section about believing goes

Here's a silly scene from Under the Cherry Moon. I need to add this is Kristen Scott Thomas' movie debut and her wooden acting in this doesn't help matters.

A little more

I wanted to say something like this but you phrased it much more eloquently. The Revolution as a group broke up just two years after the release of Purple Rain. They lost members before the Purple Rain lineup for the same reasons. They felt they were being held back, weren't respected, didn't have opportunities, etc. This applied to both men and women. From Wikipedia.

I'm rewatching it now to see what I thought was good but the abuse is very bad. I really liked the waitress who Apollonia first meets. She is very sweet on Prince but he's an asshole to her as well. Early she says "I'll be here" wanting him to take it as a reason to show up even if no one else arrives. He just gives his wry smile and dismisses her. Then she gives him the Purple Rain tape and he starts bitching about Wendy and Lisa not talking to him. At the end when he comes back in she's there almost bawling her eyes out and he just says "Hi."!!!! What's worse is that specific actress, Jill Jones, was a girlfriend of Prince's at one time. She's of Italian, Native American, and African American ancestry but Prince wanted her "whitewashed", to look white. She's much more natural in Graffiti Bridge but he's still an asshole to her.

The leather thing bothers me too. Especially because the pants are close to skin tight. Yet she drops them easily by the lake. I would have expected some struggling to get them off.

I'm in the middle of Graffiti Bridge but so far it's not bad. It's very close to the vibe of Purple Rain but a different focus. Prince still plays The Kid and he & Morris are club owners battling for ownership of Prince's club. As Morris puts it in an interview he and The Time were small-time crooks in Purple Rain. In Graffiti Bridge they are big-time crooks. There is a lot of New Power Generation music and several good performances so far. Prince looks a lot different. Under the Cherry Moon is a rom-com. Prince doesn't even try to be Prince. He's playing a character. He and his brother (played by Jerome Benton but not as the Jerome character from Purple Rain) compete to win the affections of a woman who will gain access to a $50 million trust fund. (Shades of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels but without any charm.) The only Prince & The Revolution song featured is Kiss. The rest are played in the background. Even that music is spare. Most of it is more "cartoonish". The movie wants to be a 1920s/1930s movie but is set in the 1980s. It is shot in black and white and Prince's face gets super white.

I'm now the proud (?) owner of all 3 movies on HD streaming.

Supposedly Vanity was supposed to be in this. She left and Apollonia stepped in. Vanity 6 became Apollonia 6. Would Vanity have been better?

I was just reading on Wikipedia that Graffiti Bridge was supposed to be a sequel to Purple Rain. However the synopsis doesn't sound like it's much about his character development (I guess I've got another movie to watch this week.)

I watched most of Under the Cherry Moon last night. I think I have a half-hour left to go.

I liked it generally. There were a couple points I really enjoyed. I thought they were throwaway comments earlier and then they were referenced and used later. Unfortunately I can't remember them right now darn it.

Under the Cherry Moon is currently free to rent or $4.99 to buy on Prime Video. I can no longer confirm this. I tried purchasing then cancelled and went back to rent. Now it's listed at $2.99 rental and $9.99 purchase for me.

The concert film Sign O' the Times is available for free on Prime Video.

I haven't (but will early next week). I know, that makes me a

Addendum: A little while later I was dating a lady. We went to a Christmas party where we were the main attraction (for being a couple in a nerdy group, the group we met in). I asked the DJ to play the second side of the Purple Rain album and he made it a spotlight dance so only we could dance. That wasn't what I intended and we didn't make it through all the songs.

That is a great question. If you can see it as a date do that. I think it has more impact when you're seeing it with someone. My date was uneventful (though I tried) but I still have fond memories of the event and the movie. I will be seeing it as a date (if you can count my two cats as my dates).

I loved The Boys once I finished the final episode of Season 1.

WOW! I got a free month with Netflix even though I'm a previous subscriber. Very cool!

Guess this is my cue to sign back up with Netflix for a month or so. There's a show I want to at least sample (GLOW - I have a crush on Betty Gilpin).