Beyonce's "The Cell Block Tango"...
Beyonce's "The Cell Block Tango"...
Parks
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#1Beyonce's "The Cell Block Tango"...
Posted: 2/13/08 at 10:53pm
Has anyone seen this? Fast forward to about 2 minutes into it.
It took me about 30 seconds to realize, "Oh, wow. It's a bad spin off of The Cell Block Tango." They even stole the chairs from the Broadway show!!
Cell Block...Hip Hop?
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Updated On: 2/13/08 at 10:53 PM
#2re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/13/08 at 10:59pmOh, wow... It is a total rip off of both the movie and musical.
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#2re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/13/08 at 10:59pm
"Shoulder. Chest. Pants. Shoes."
So f-----in' stupid.
And yes, a rip-off-- excuse me-- homage for sure.
#3re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/13/08 at 11:07pmWow. That was horrible. And a complete rip off.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 4/20/07
#4re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/13/08 at 11:10pmI miss the days when Beyonce did original things.
I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.
#5re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/13/08 at 11:11pmThat is ugly!!!
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#6re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/13/08 at 11:15pmBeyonce = Buzz Lightyear?
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#7re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/13/08 at 11:42pm
I'm wondering how much these girls were paid because they were horrible. They should not have moved their mouths at all.
Only Madonna can pull ish like this off. Of course, not this crap, but you know how she do. I remember watching Madonna concerts on laser-disc when I was a kid. Y'all know how she do.
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#8re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/13/08 at 11:47pmNo, she's the yellow Power Ranger!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 1/1/08
#9re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/13/08 at 11:58pmThat clip made me want to give Beyonce a big hug. Its clear what she was trying to do, but it was probably totally lost on her audience, and if any people in the audience are familiar with Chicago the movie or show, they were probably ticked off at what a shoddy effort it was.
#10re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/14/08 at 12:24am
I was skeptical when it started, but I actually found it entertaining! Ever since I saw her in Dreamgirls, I've taken a liking for this woman. She has star quality and can sing very well. She moves that sexy body of hers really well, too. Be honest. Don't you wish you were in her shoes and doing that? 
#12re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/14/08 at 12:33amThanks for posting!
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#13re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/14/08 at 12:51am
I think it's kinda cool.
As for it being a rip-off, I know this is broadwayworld, but does anyone watch MTV or music videos?!? 90% of all music videos have some kind of reference to a movie or tv show or other music video.
Is Madonna's Material Girl video bad because it rips off Gentlemen Prefer Blondes? No... it's how the music industry works!
But since we're on the subject... Here is the Pussy Cat Dolls stealing Fosse's Sweet Charity and Cabaret choreography.
Pussy Cat Dolls doing Fosse
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#14re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/14/08 at 1:02amum... I wonder who thought that was a good idea?
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention...I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop.
#15re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/14/08 at 1:10amI love how her song is totally a nasty-girl version of the Hokey Pokey.
#16re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/14/08 at 1:12amThere's referencing and then there's ripping off. Rihanna references Liza's Sally Bowles in "Umbrella." This is a rip-off. Same costume and lighting concept, same song structure, vague attempts at original (awful) lyrics. Just... no.
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#17re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/14/08 at 1:15amI don't think the issue is so much that it is a rip off; it's that it is a bad rip off.
#18re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/14/08 at 2:00amI saw maybe 30 seconds and that was enough.
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
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#19re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/14/08 at 3:03am
I watched it all (at least until she did the Spaceman Stuff).
I want those four minutes of my life back - now! Or she'll only have herself to blame.
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#20re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/14/08 at 6:51pmugh....you people are soooo tired
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#21re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/14/08 at 7:05pm
thank you tonya.
I was entertained and enjoyed it for what it was.
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#23re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/14/08 at 9:39pm
I miss the days when Beyonce did original things.
The when now?
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#24re: Beyonce's 'The Cell Block Tango'...
Posted: 2/15/08 at 12:24am
I gave up on her doing original things when she ripped off the "Rich Man's Frug" sequence from "Sweet Charity" for her "Get Me Bodied" video. It took my favorite song off her B'Day album, and one of my favorite non-Sondheim, non-Kander&Ebb musicals, and ruined both of them for me for a LONG time.
Madonna at least seems to use more tact when she rips another work off, doing it so that she "works" it better.
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