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re: Booted 'Idol' Contestant Lands Lead Role - Frenchie Davis to Dreamgirls...

Posted: 12/15/03 at 1:59pm

Effie is one of those roles that will forever remembered as Jennifer Holliday. Like Streisand in Funny Girl or Channing in Hello Dolly. I never watched American Idol either, but kudos to her. I'm kind of sad that it didn't go to the amazing Fuschia Walker or Lillias White (now featured in Cy Coleman's Like Jazz at the Mark Taper Forum in LA).
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
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Posted: 12/15/03 at 2:13pm

I did watch AI. Frenchie was the best contestant from day one until after she was kicked off. SHe later went on to play the seasons of love soloist in RENT and u/s of Joanne. She is AMAZING and will be very different than Holliday. BUT, incredible nonetheless.
Il n' y a pas d'amour heureux.
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Posted: 12/15/03 at 3:22pm

Which is a really stupid reason. She did that before she was on American Idol. She is so much better than Rubin...then again, I feel a lot of people sing better than Rubin.
Oh well. Good for Frenchie. She is very vocally talented and should not be condemmed for one little thing she did before she was famous (and probably in a desperate way to make money).
"It's the little things; the details, that distinguish the Barbra Streisands from the Rosalyn Kinds."~Gilmore Girls~
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Posted: 12/15/03 at 8:41pm

Frenchie is amazing... I believe that all of the controversy that was stirred up during AI was for publicity. I'm so glad for her!
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
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Posted: 12/16/03 at 10:23am

Well obviously, considering my name, I need to weigh in (be quiet) on the subject.
Everyone here seems to forget (or is too young to have been there) that when Jennifer opened in DREAMGIRLS she couldn't act her way out of a wet paper bag. Her singing was extraordinary--her line readings were pathetic. She has worked hard and gotten somewhat better over the years but....
And maybe we shouldn't judge Frenchie's Effie UNTIL SHE OPENS.
"You got the same dress I got?" "Yes.""You got the same wig I got?" "Yes." THEN SHUT UP!

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