SHOW pullout section only of the Chicago Sun-Times, July 22, 1984

* Prince - singer, songwriter, musician, actor, filmmaker 
* The week "Purple Rain" made it's opening day premiere

The front page of this section has a nice color photo of with heading: "PRINCE: Sexy rock star in hot new film". And page 5 has a piece written by Don McLeese headed: "PRINCE REIGNS"; "'Purple Rain' movie and LP herald next king of rock and funk" with four related photos.
Also a page 12 advertisement for the upcoming premiere of the film "Purple Rain". (see images)
Complete SHOW section only with all 28 pages, tabloid size, great condition.

Background: This rare July 22, 1984 edition of the Chicago Sun-Times "Show" pullout section captures the precise cultural flashpoint when Prince evolved from a provocative musician into a global icon, framed by a front-page feature written by legendary rock critic Don McLeese just five days before the nationwide theatrical release of Purple Rain. At the exact moment this newspaper hit stands, the Purple Rain soundtrack was dominating the charts and its lead single, "When Doves Cry," held the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, setting the stage for Prince to achieve the historic, Beatles-esque feat of simultaneously holding the number-one movie, album, and single in America. McLeese's editorial under the cover heading—"PRINCE: Sexy rock star in hot new film"—perfectly encapsulates the media's effort to introduce mainstream audiences to his hyper-sexual, genre-blending, and gender-fluid persona, helping shatter Hollywood skepticism about a Black rock star carrying a major studio film. Today, this specific Sunday feature stands as a monument to the peak of Prince-Mania and a definitive artifact of 1980s pop culture history.