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His Purple Majesty Prince Rogers Nelson plays “The Kid,” a Minneapolis musician who finds an escape from a turbulent home life through rehearsing and playing out with his band, The Revolution, locked in a competition for control of the city with rival band Morris Day and the Time. “Strutting across a spectrum of feminine coquettishness and masculine dynamism, Prince is as incendiary an icon as ever existed on film. He has Marlene Dietrich’s campy glamour and self-allure, genuine musicianship, and a singing and performance style to match all the musical legends… The gaudiest, most provocative sexual melodrama in memory.” —Armond White, The City Sun