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THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
July 22, 2017  | By David Bianculli

AXS TV, 7:00 p.m. ET

 

Musically, if you know Who – and you like the Who – AXS has a great lineup for you tonight. In addition to programs profiling and interviewing members of the seminal rock band, tonight’s AXS lineup presents two equally seminal Who movies. One, at 7 p.m. ET, is this fast-paced, music-filled documentary about the group, which includes its infamous American TV debut on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in 1967, when Keith Moon super-sized the explosive charges in his drum kit and damn near blew up the band at the climax of “My Generation” (pictured). Then, at 9 p.m. ET, AXS follows that with 1975’s Tommy, the film version of the Who’s magnum opus rock opera, as directed by the bizarre Ken Russell, and featuring not only the members of the Who, but Jack Nicholson, Ann-Margret, and Elton John.

 
 
 
 
 
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