The project would have been much more palatable as a TV special; as it stands, it's just another symptom of the American cinema's addiction to facile mythmaking.
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This review of Purple Rain (1984) was written by Dave Kehr and published by Chicago Reader on 02 Mar 1998.
Purple Rain has generally received positive reviews.
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