the film was made against the backdrop of the u.s. elections that brought donald trump to power the documentary suggests the elvis presley is the perfect metaphor for the drawing. of america. cannot quite a comparison you know all this present story in the rise and fall of yeah it s definitely up there in one and it all comes together you know as an as a really interesting portrait of a nation on the one hand and a very sobering statement or analysis if you will of how america got to where it is today. it s john p. . act that s come back to the question of cultural appropriation that we have that was brought up in the film there the african american community did they love it back in the day well you know they did and there s a lot of conflicting opinions as to what extent elvis actually stole from what music i mean i think elvis himself saw himself situated in a kind of a musical continuum and he certainly acknowledged the inspiration of the great
i mean as you said, bullet is still in my neck. they won t remove it because they fear if they do, it might cause more damage. i m in constant pain. but my main focus is to try to live my life as much possible with my kids. eventually, get back to work. i ve got great employer from my job, people from all other thve world that i don t even know. on facebook. and i just, i just want to get back to my life. john p than, thank you so much. for sharing your story for us, with us. and for showing everybody what extraordinary means. thank you so very much.
giving him he? where is he? john p asks, what is your worst this is interesting. what is your worst bad habit? eric? don t say i care too much. no, no. i know what it is. i can t say what some of them are. you can say whatever. vodka. it could be my worst bad habit. yeah. maybe if i go out and have a couple of cocktails i don t stop when i should stop perhaps. as long as you don t drive. i don t drive. geraldo? i stay up too late and i have a morning job. you stay up too late and you tweet yourself half naked. you left out the best part. i also combine staying up too late with eric s problem. and the tweeting problem. put them all together. nice. kimberly? probably staying up too late
this time romney s own personal unfavorability is a huge problem in his campaign. and unless they do something about it at the convention or soon thereafter, i think it could be the reason he loses the presidency. let me ask you this, are you watching romney having john p kerry flashbacks? they come from the same state. i guess there s similarities. obviously john is a very different person. but a challenger to an incoming president to make mistakes. romney is going to pay a costly price for that. all right, tad devine, whose trip back in 94 continues to reverberate. tad devine, thank you, sir. good to see you. this friday is the premier of miami msnbc biography if you will. this is a one-hour special that