I CALL RACISM.
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jondoe888 — 16 years ago(March 28, 2010 06:57 PM)
I'm guessing it worked better on stage. It was too overblown for the screen.
I liked the Dreams singing, but the rest of the movie was flat and stereotypical. Nothing new here - not that there needed to be. But it didn't feel fresh.
But by all means, call it RACISM! Such an easy word to say, isn't it. Even easier in CAPS! (you capitalist!)
Sorry, but I relate more to some things more than others. Black girl groups were never my thing. I found it a very boring part of life, being a teen in the 60's. And I hate to admit, I probably relate more to Grease, even tho I hated that period of life! But then, you know I'm a RACIST! -
Oohdelally — 16 years ago(October 18, 2009 04:08 PM)
I couldn't care less about movies with only black people in it and I'm not a rasist for that. If there's a movie with only white people someone is immedietly shouting RASISM! In this movie even the audience at the show was 99% black. Black music has alot more white fans than black ones simply because there are ALOT more white people. That the director is white makes it even more stupid. I liked the music though, love Beyonce, but it reminded me nothing of the wonderful 60's motown.
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JackMorrissey-1 — 16 years ago(March 18, 2010 07:19 PM)
Not half as "pretty awful" or "rediculous" as your ill-informed Wal*Mart opinion on one of the greatest, uniquely American art forms. Stick to that DRAGON BALL Z board, where your opinions may be on firmer ground and actual cultural knowledge.
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samsan_lee — 13 years ago(May 04, 2012 03:12 AM)
The reality is that Dreamgirls is just a musical. It was developed by Condon, who had similar success in 2002's Chicago musical send up. The reality is that, motown's Berry Gordy never, ever developed a filmic bio of Michael Jackson or Diana Ross, which were two of the major influences in american pop music history.
Dreamgirls simply capitalized on that vacuum with 60s sounding musical-type performances, but could not deliver the real soul sound and shrouded allegory for what audiences really expected. The audiences yearned for a film, that fully detailed the ends on outs of stardom in 1960s motown era music, not a musical.
Not racism, just the sadly missing tribute to some of the greatest performers in history, that were likely short-changed in their legacy. -
morgana-31 — 13 years ago(February 17, 2013 04:52 PM)
Here we go again. No way can a white person not like a black person for any reason other than their colour, can they? Ok, we're all racists. Whatever!
I found the moviw tedious, and was doing a sudoku throughout most of it, or I'd have fallen asleep.
On the other hand I just loved Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon with an all black cast.
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gribfritz2 — 9 years ago(February 11, 2017 07:58 PM)
It can't be racism because I've seen other films with an all-black cast that didn't race through their already razor-thin plots. And I've also seen other musicals that didn't sacrifice their plot to jam in as many useless songs that don't advance the plot.