Newark Advocate
January 7, 1976
“Why can’t America love New York City’s pop favorites?” the New York Times inquired a few months ago citing the failure of Lou Reed, the New York Dolls, the Manhattan Transfer, Elliot Murphy, and Bette Midler to set the nation on fire.
The author of the piece decided that these performers “share a fatal attraction to a camp, ironic theatricality that wows a New York audience but fails to travel well.”
