The death of the Queen has led to a host of peculiar postponements. Perhaps the strangest was the announcement that the launch of ‘Bowie On The Blockchain’, a sale of NFT artworks inspired by the deceased pop star, has been delayed ‘out of respect for the people of the UK and Queen Elizabeth II’. It’s hard to picture anybody particularly noticing or caring about this strange event at the best of times, harder still to imagine British people shaking their heads and tutting if it had gone ahead on schedule: ‘Dashed bad show, Bowie estate selling non-fungible tokens, and Her Majesty not even in her grave’.
But there is a peculiar similarity between the hushed and respectful tones used to describe the Queen and the institution of monarchy, and the increasingly hushed and respectful tones used to describe David Bowie.
The imminent new documentary Moonage Daydream – if trailers and early reviews are anything to go by – is a kaleidoscopic, impressionistic and very, very reverential take on its subject.
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