Article: REILLY IS COX-SURE STAR OF CLEVER 'WALK HARD'.(LA.COM)

Byline: GLENN WHIPP

>FILM CRITIC

The musical genius that is Dewey Cox encompassed so many styles and genres that it's hard to choose a favorite. But after watching his biopic "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," I have to say I'm partial to Cox's protest period.

Just listen to the testimony of these lyrics and show me a finer champion of the downtrodden:

All the elevator buttons / so incredibly high / I stand today for the midget / Half the size of a regular guy / You shout for me to put you down / but I'm marching today for your cause / I'm banging your drum / Your big day will come / When they remake "The Wizard of Oz"

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