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The showing of Purple Rain last night at Celebrate Brooklyn was an unadulterated blast.
A really diverse, interesting. good-looking, multi-age and ethnicity, well-dressed and/or costumed crowd looked like they were having a ball.
It was a Purple Rain Sing-a-long and that's what everyone did. They sang-a-long to the sub-titled film. But who needed sub-titles? Everyone knew the lyrics to the songs featured in Prince's 25-year-old movie.
But it didn't feel like a nostalgia fest. It felt like a good time.
And the crowd was too young for nostalgia. Heck, my son was there with a bunch of friends.
There was dancing but whenever people in the seats stood up they were booed by the people on the lawn in back.
So much for dancing. Other than that it was a good- natured crowd who were happy to be bopping, clapping, singing, moving in their seats…
How can u just leave me standing?
Alone in a world that's so cold? (So cold)
Maybe I'm just 2 demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father 2 bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other
This is what it sounds like
When doves cry
The movie itself is so bad that it's good. "I forgot just how bad the non-musical sections were," Hugh said.
But I enjoyed just about every minute of the film and the atmosphere of last night's fun, sexy, Purple Rain sing-a-long.