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Article: DAVID HELFGOTT LOSES HIS SHINE AT THE PIANO.(Entertainment)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- March 6, 1997
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Back in the Age of Enlightenment, unenlightened aristocrats could buy their way into Bedlam to amuse themselves watching the antics of the forlorn and the disturbed.
Something of that morally bankrupt atmosphere surrounds the world tour of pianist David Helfgott, protagonist of the popular film ``Shine.'' Not that we're talking about other forms of bankruptcy - there are nearly 60 concerts scheduled for this tour, including a sold-out show at the Seattle Opera House on April 2; the Boston tickets were $50, and the program book went for an additional $15.
Most moviegoers have enjoyed ``Shine'' and have fallen in love with its hero. In the months since ...