Tom Crewe: Short Cuts

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Fri, 16/12/2022 - 00:00
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Fri, 16/12/2022 - 00:00
The most common complaint about Dickens in his lifetime was that he exaggerated, that his characters were implausible specimens of humanity. Prince, too, was seen as going far beyond the norm, especially in his sexuality (he developed a guitar that could be wanked off over a crowd, spattering them with water; he wore backless trousers at the VMAs).