SINGAPORE - A true account of a British rock diva's ascent in the 1970s and his struggles with drugs, loneliness and conflicted sexuality - the similarities between two recent pop biopics are uncanny.
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) was about Queen frontman Freddie Mercury and a winner of four 2019 Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Rami Malek's mightily strutting lead performance.
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