DREAMGIRLS trailer!!- Page 4

Posted: 6/13/06 at 2:31am

I think people misread what I said as griping when it was not. Beyonce singing too well isn't a gripe, just an observation of the ONLY semi-bad thing I found in the trailer. But you guys bring up a good point that it is OK for Deena to sound really good as long as it is in that pop vein and not soulful. The thing is, I was wanting Beyonce to sound more like Diana Ross, but she is only supposed to sound like Deena. So it isn't necessarily against the script for her to sing well, I was just thinking of how thin Diana's voice is on a lot of her Supremes songs and comparing Beyonce to that, but she justly only can be compared to Deena.

[Marquise]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 4:03am

Beyoncé is playing the Diana Ross-like character of "Deena Jones" who is a very fictional character and doesn't have to sound like Diana Ross at all.

The misconception that Deena has to sound mediocre is lost on me. I wouldn't really consider any of the actresses who I have seen play this character mediocre singers.

Deena is just supposed to have a more commercial sounding voice that can help the group cross over on the charts. Since when does a "pop" or "commercial" sounding voice equal "bad" or "mediocre"?

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 6/16/06 at 1:39pm

"Beyonce singing too well isn't a gripe, just an observation of the ONLY semi-bad thing I found in the trailer."

I guess you weren't bothered by the lip-synching then.

[mateo]

Posted: 6/16/06 at 6:56pm

I think that the off sync between music and mouth movements especially in the Deena spinning was caused by the editor of the trailer, and not the girls themselves. I doubt the spinning really happens at the end of the song like they show there.

[TonyaFanatic]

Posted: 6/16/06 at 7:28pm

^^^^^^u go boy!

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 6/16/06 at 11:53pm

"I think that the off sync between music and mouth movements especially in the Deena spinning was caused by the editor of the trailer, and not the girls themselves."

That's certainly possible, but it doesn't exactly give the best impression, whether it was the girls or the editor.