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- GRAPEVINE, Page 19
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- By PAUL GRAY/Reported by David Ellis
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- HEARD MELODIES ARE SWEET. King, the much delayed London
- musical based on the life of the slain civil rights leader, has
- some high-powered talent, including opera singer Simon Estes
- in the title role and Maya Angelou as the principal lyricist.
- But the show's intention to portray Martin Luther King Jr.'s
- human side (although not, producers insist, his womanizing)
- nettled Coretta Scott King, who has legal rights over the
- commercial use of her husband's image in the U.S. To win back
- her support, the script is being substantially rewritten, with
- greater emphasis on King's leadership and (unsurprisingly)
- Coretta's historic role.
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