Elvis Lives! As portrayed by newcomer Austin Butler-a risky choice that is paying off at the box office
A biased opinion
I’m going to be completely honest with you folks. I have tunnel vision and am totally biased in favor of Elvis Presley. I have been a rabid fan since he swiveled those hips onto that black and white TV screen on the Ed Sullivan show in my home in 1957 when I was 9 years old.
Therefore, this is not a standard movie review of Elvis, the 2022 Warner Brothers film, directed by Baz Luhrmann that is currently burning up the box office. It is, instead, a report on my opinion of the impossible — an actor’s ability to portray the incomparable Elvis Presley.
I didn’t know much about sex appeal and hip-swiveling at the age of 9. It was the music and the energy that captured my attention. It shredded the pale, bland, “How Much is that Doggie in the Window?” music I was used to hearing and I loved every second of it. A life-long fan was born.
By the time Elvis finished his stint in the army in March 1960, I was a few months shy of my 13th birthday — a true teen girl who was now aware of Elvis’ burning sexuality.
There was no entertainer then, and there hasn’t been one since, who could compare to the scorching fire of sex appeal that emanated from that man. (In my…
