This is an idea I'm giving away for free, since no one seems the least bit interested. I've noticed for years the striking similarities between legendary Rock n' Roll disk jockey Alan Freed and actor Gary Sinise. I've also noticed that no one has ever done a proper depiction of Freed's life for the silver screen. This is oscar material in the making here. Think about it: renegade disk jockey gain enormous fame partially by helping to break racial barriers in popular music. The powers that be, predominantly segregationists, hate Freed and slowly destroy him through allegations of payola (a common practice even then, Freed was not unique in this respect) and economic strangulation by banning him from the airwaves. Freed, already an alcoholic, dies a tragic death, entirely forgotten by the music buying public around the time Beatlemania invades the United States.
Am I the only one who thinks this is a great story? I doubt that, my friend. Hollywood, are you listening? Don't make the filmed version of My Mother The Car, make this.
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