{"id":2606,"date":"2024-02-16T16:28:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T20:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/?p=2606"},"modified":"2024-02-16T16:32:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T20:32:17","slug":"wham-documentary-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/16\/wham-documentary-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Wham! Documentary Director Interviewed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/15\/movies\/wham-documentary-chris-smith-bafta.html\">The New York Times<\/a> has a new article on Chris Smith, the director of the recent Wham! documentary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following part of the article had me chuckling:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><strong>I assume you didn\u2019t listen to Wham! in the \u201980s?<\/strong><br>Where I was living in Michigan, kids were turning their noses up at Wham! 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