Prince: The Forum, Los Angeles
Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 20 February 1985
FOR PRINCE'S CONCERT It's A Reign Of Rock
When a rock artist makes a movie, it's usually to express things that can't be conveyed in mere songs and concerts. Prince's movie, Purple Rain, however, is a hoary melodrama that pales next to the eccentric, chancy, ambitious show the singer offered Monday at the Forum, where he attempted to transform inner turmoil into galvanizing rock spectacle.
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