Smash The Mirror: A reappraisal of the movie "Tommy"
As the film nears 50 and the rock opera reopens on Broadway, I reflect on a lifetime spent loving a film that many love to hate.
(This is the first of at least three Who-related consecutive weekend long reads, as I head over to the UK for a while, where I will be seeing The Who at the Royal Albert Hall on March 20. This Tommy re-appraisal will be followed by a two-parter archiving, and analyzing, my lengthy interview with John Entwistle, conducted at his Shropshire …