Slave to Love by Bryan Ferry (9 1/2 weeks)

MICKEY ROURKE: It&hard. Really, impossible to describe just how cool Mickey Rourke was in the early and mid-eighties. Before his troubles. Before he screwed the pooch; alienated his Hollywood bosses, decided to box again, made poor choices in surgery etc. No. In his early days, he was the nazz: The coolest man on the planet. You young Kings must think of Ryan Gosling? THAT&who Mickey Rourke was in the mid-eighties. Every young man wanted to be him. His films, such as: "Body Heat," "The Outsiders," "Rumblefish," "The Pope Of Greenwich Village," "Nine and a Half Weeks," "Year of the Dragon," "Angel Heart," Were impeccable. I went to see every one of his films in the cinema. Had his pictures on my wall. Like Tony Blair, he could have done ANYTHING, been ANYTHING. Until hubris ruined everything  Let it be a lesson to us all? ©Warwick Alderman. 2023. Watch "Slave to Love by Bryan Ferry (9 1/2 weeks)" on YouTube •••