“Glam rock without much guts or glitter,” Read TheFienPrint’s review of Stardust:
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If you're going to have an announcer welcome to the stage Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, "in their first performance on Planet Earth," you either need a sizzling classic Bowie track or at least a strong semblance of the Bowie sound of that era. Flynn is an accomplished musician, who also plays acoustic guitar, harmonium and violin on Anne Nitikin's trippy period-flavored score, and he aces the vocal requirements of the role.
There's considerable wry humor in this humbling reality check for a budding artist already being encouraged by his inner circle to see himself as a star. Leading the charge on that front is Bowie's first wife Angie , a swinging glamourpuss who has mapped out a path for them as rock royalty and did not sign up for obscurity. David's hunger for fame is evident in a snippy exchange with T.
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