Musical Fantasy hiding a Biography

Rating: 9/10 (15 October 2019)

For fans of Elton John, the songs are the calling cards. Using the complete discography to tell Elton's story is accomplished with great selections that we all know and love.
Interestingly, nothing from Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, which was the biography LP in 1975 of Elton and Bernie's career, made it as a song selection. (the first LP to debut at Number 1 in music history)
Fortunately, I was able to watch Rocket Man a second time which brought into focus how the fantasy process was being used to tell Elton's story.
Overall, this is very enjoyable and reveals that it will take a mini-series to chronologically and accurately tell Elton's story. I mean he has had a Number One song in FOUR different decades.
That is the internal conflict for long time Elton fans when a movie shows Grow Some Funk of Your Own as a song earlier in his life and career than Madman Across the Water. The first was from 1975 and the second was from 1971.
(note: neither song is in the movie and only serve as examples)
So really, what you have is a musical fantasy that is hiding a biography and it is really well done.