In his scathing review of the film "Running with Scissors" in the current New York Press, Armond White has this to say:
It has to be noted that Murphy's distillation of Burrough's plot closely resembles Morrissey's song "The Father Who Must Be Killed" but with none of the elegance or intelligence. In that stunning, unfunny cry against abuse, Morrissey wasn't on a vindictive Oedipal kick; he condensed a personal tragedy into an emotional epic that radiated pathos for all: 'Just as motherless birds fly high/So shall I.' That ingenious last phrase, a homonym for the "social I," takes the song to Baldwin/McCullers heights. It exposes Burroughs and Murphy to be pikers."
Not a huge story, but it's always nice to see Mozza's latest work cited for it's cultural relevance. Mr. White has written about Morrissey before.
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