We go down the Rocky rabbit hole to understand how the fictional fighter grew from one man’s rough sketch into a global icon. Exploring Stallone’s Instagram art history lessons, interviews about his paintings with Oprah, and a limited-edition art book worth thousands of dollars, we learn that hiding behind the macho action star is a man who longs to be understood as a thoughtful artist.
Show Notes
- Sly Stallone meets Rocky Balboa
- Official website for filmmaker André Robert Lee
- Sylvester Stallone, Rocky. The Complete Films
- Sylvester Stallone, The Official Rocky Scrapbook
- Stallone on the Oprah Winfrey Show
- Stallone giving a tour of his painting exhibition, 2011
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