Instead it shows the gulf
between musical genius and personal frailty, bitterly exacerbated by the circumstances of being black in America, a story told with a simmering undercurrent of anger and sadness.
Not exact matches
The two periods are blended together as we (and Brian) bounce back and forth
between the struggle of a budding
musical genius working to release the sounds in his head, and a middle aged man so heavily medicated that speaking, eating and even getting out of bed are such overwhelming obstacles that music rarely registers.
From
musical genius to
musical cheeseness — with a splash of fantasy fiction in
between — there's a place for everyone who wants a brush with fame...