If you want to capture "Purple Rain's" raw dandified uniqueness in just one scene it would be this one part, about 57 minutes in, when Prince (who plays the Kid, a slight variation on his pre-fame self) gets to his parents' home, his troubled, abusive father nowhere to be found, and bounces through the house looking for pops. "Where are you?" the Kid shouts with a worried whine in his voice and then demands, "Answer me motherfucker!" OK, but then he stomps one foot and elegantly, angrily, spins
By Brandon Soderberg
Aug 11, 2015
If you want to capture "Purple Rain's" raw dandified uniqueness in just one scene it would be this one part, about 57 minutes in, when Prince (who plays the Kid, a slight variation on his pre-fame self) gets to his parents' home, his troubled, abusive father nowhere to be found, and bounces through the house looking for pops. "Where are you?" the Kid shouts with a worried whine in his voice and then demands, "Answer me motherfucker!" OK, but then he stomps one foot and elegantly, angrily, spins