I know "Divided Soul" was the title of an old biography on Marvin Gaye, but I think it also applies to Little Richard.
This documentary is a pretty quick, high-level encapsulation of Little Richard's high notes, and lord knows he could hit the high notes. It play up his King/Queen duality and his impact as an outrageous performer and thus the architect/progenitor/etc of that brand of wild rock and roll.
By the time I caught him, it was more of the Mike Douglas kind of phase of his career. For me, he/Elvis/Jerry Lee sort of belonged to a generation before me. Nice to see Ringo on here and his story and clear love for Richard. Not so sure about Pat Boone getting a lot of screen time, Bobby Rush I found very moving and fascinating.
For me, Little Richard seemed more of a pioneer for androgyny than the King of Drag Queens. His charismatic and individuality (and his own brand of spirituality) perhaps more to his core than having him as a leader for the LGBTG set?
Anyways, his electric eclectic rapid-fire high-on-life (and maybe something else) shines though here. And seems like one catch more footage of his religious phases, his physical revival after a nasty car accident and more (didn't find much on his adopted son yet....but...)
This documentary is a pretty quick, high-level encapsulation of Little Richard's high notes, and lord knows he could hit the high notes. It play up his King/Queen duality and his impact as an outrageous performer and thus the architect/progenitor/etc of that brand of wild rock and roll.
By the time I caught him, it was more of the Mike Douglas kind of phase of his career. For me, he/Elvis/Jerry Lee sort of belonged to a generation before me. Nice to see Ringo on here and his story and clear love for Richard. Not so sure about Pat Boone getting a lot of screen time, Bobby Rush I found very moving and fascinating.
For me, Little Richard seemed more of a pioneer for androgyny than the King of Drag Queens. His charismatic and individuality (and his own brand of spirituality) perhaps more to his core than having him as a leader for the LGBTG set?
Anyways, his electric eclectic rapid-fire high-on-life (and maybe something else) shines though here. And seems like one catch more footage of his religious phases, his physical revival after a nasty car accident and more (didn't find much on his adopted son yet....but...)
