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‘Elvis was, in many circles, considered an idiot savant... I wanted to take him seriously as a creative artist’

Peter Guralnick completes his biographical trilogy with The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley and the ...
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Don’t be Cruel: why the kingmaker behind Elvis Presley doesn’t deserve his bad rap

Every good story needs a villain and Colonel Tom Parker has usually occupied that role in the Elvis biography. Think of Tom Hanks’ scenery chewing in Baz Luhrmann’s eye-popping 2022 Elvis biopic.