it almost looks like it's been directed by ken russell. fan of him, dexter fletcher has worked with him. there are scenes that i think ken russell would have loved. tributes to mgm musicals, fantasias. the whole thing just swept me off my feet. authorised but not sanitised, right? absolutely, there was a thing with bohemian rhapsody being family friendly, but this, it's a story of sex and drugs. finally enough, it owes a structural debt to the ian durie biopic, sex & drugs & rock & roll, which was set up as a vaudevillian stage show with ian durie as the unreliable narrator. here you have elton writing his story from rehab. he walks into rehab dressed in a costume that makes him look between a demon and a chicken. he goes into this self—analysis. i read one review, "i am eltonjohn, i'm an alcoholic, a sex addict, and i have a problem with shopping." he also says "i am elton hercules john," adding to the absurdity. wonderful. talking about sex and drugs, they feature in your next movie. they feature in the trailer for booksmart. talking abo