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| obsessions |
- Dead Elvis: A Chronicle of a Cultural Obsession
(book review)
by Greil Marcus
- The Sincerest Form of Love
By Patty Carroll
(Elvis Impersonators)
"Going to an event of Elvis music performed by a good Elvis Impersonator (or illusionist) is to participate in a sacred love fest. True Elvis Impersonators bear the message of love. This is not the sappy , cute love of a greeting card. Nor is it the recipe of "love your neighbor" preached in traditional churches but washes away at the end of every Sunday. This is Elvis kind of love; the kind that fuses sex and religion and longing and passion and fun. ..."
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| Osiris |
- Elvis meets Rubens
(2 Blowhards)
" ... This suggests that the attraction of Elvis is that he is a modern version of Osiris, suffering the dismembering wounds of adolescence, but with the superhuman vitality that makes his sufferings ultimately life affirming. ..."
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