No question. Surrounded by superstars, many of whom have eclipsed him in popularity and record sales, Bob Dylan looks as if he has been dealt out.
In the TV documentary that chronicles the creation of We Are the World, there is a general air of union and celebration, with Dylan hanging back from all the good-fellowship. Everyone is used to seeing Dylan as the selfexiled iconoclast, the hipster assassin, lurking darkly and waiting to wound. But here he seems different, like an expatriate who is not sure whether to travel on his own passport or sneak back into the country. He...
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