Dreamgirls Film questions (Margo please respond!)- Page 2

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 12/7/05 at 9:11pm

random question- what will this be rated? i really wanna see it, but if it is PG-13 for lotsa bad stuff, or R, then i cant see it!
and mind you, i know NOTHING about this show/movie, so I have no clue what it will be rated, and please dont stone me!!!

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 12/7/05 at 9:22pm

PG 13 almost for sure

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/8/05 at 10:44am

definetly PG-13

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/8/05 at 10:57am

Actually, I'm guessing PG, not PG-13.

There isn't enough violence, sexual situations or hard language to merit a PG-13 here... unless they're adding to the original material.

The MPAA won't rule on it until after the finished film is submitted, though.

Updated On: 12/8/05 at 10:57 AM

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/8/05 at 11:02am

I'd say PG - unless Eddie Murphy gets to be his old self.

[brdwybsnss]

Posted: 12/8/05 at 12:20pm

Jennifer Hudson sure was connected during that Hair concert. Couldn't remember the words, but sure laid her soul out on the floor. She was amazing. Same on the album.

[pab]

Posted: 12/8/05 at 12:23pm

"I don't really think it's fair to say Roz Ryan "can't sing."

She has been one of the favorite Mama Mortons from the CHICAGO revival for quite some time. "

I thought that she was just okay in Chicago especially because she sang flat during 'Class' the night that I saw her in the show.

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/8/05 at 12:28pm

Her version of 'Class' with Brenda Braxton was by far the BEST version I've ever heard of the song. The chemistry was incredible. And their voices blended beautifully together. I cherish that moment.

[pab]

Posted: 12/8/05 at 12:30pm

Well that may have been the case the night that you saw it but unfortunately it was not that way then night that I was there. It could have been an off night for her but the end result was that she was flat in a few places.

[ozone20]

Posted: 12/8/05 at 4:00pm

by the way.. for those who didnt see Roz Ryan as Effie.. i did. and while she was probably the best acting Effie... she stunk vocally.. she has a big voice yes.. but she growled EVERY lyric and every note. it was just too overbearing. she certainly was not the actress to bring the role to life in my opinion.

[ellenoshalom]

Posted: 12/8/05 at 4:16pm

They should really get the rating down to PG.

[roquat]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 5:27pm

I think this film has a real chance to surprise everyone. DREAMGIRLS, like CHICAGO, is actually more relevant today than it was when it came out, with the whole "American Idol" star-making machine in place now (Jennifer Hudson won't have to do much emotional study for the first scene, at least!) And think of Curtis' first song--his assertion that black men can get back at rich white Cadillac-owners by making them feel they need black music to be "cool." Look around--it's HAPPENED. Afro-American sounds have pretty much taken over the music biz today, and even the best white pop singers are judged by how "soulful" they sound. I really can't wait.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 5:35pm

It's ironic that you say that, roquat, because Curtis is fighting for this in an era when it wasn't "cool" at least with the majority audiences. He wants to make it cool and desirable for everyone, but realizes in order to succeed, he has to move the more "soulful" sounding singer (Effie) to singing backup, while the simpler, smoother ("crossover/whiter") sounds of Deena Jones are given the spotlight.

Things would likely be reversed if this were happening today.

BOTTOM LINE: I definitely agree that this film has the potential to work for audiences on SO many different levels.

[TonyaFanatic]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 7:17pm

i think that its still relevant today. the voices are more soulful but you still cant sell a "raise the rafters" type voice to a pop audience. look at the singers out today who are making noise on the POP charts. its the reason why singers like Patti, Fantasia, Kelly Price, etc..dont have that same pop success as they do on the r&b charts.

[best12bars]

Posted: 12/30/05 at 7:28pm

TonyaFanatic --- You have a point. The fact that Aretha Franklin was able to have hit records in her heyday is a miracle in and of itself!

She really was a pioneer that broke down so many barriers... and in many ways we haven't come so very far, since.

You know, this is nothing "new." Back when Ella Fitzgerald first hit the charts with Tisket A Tasket (I think it was 1940?), every white girl you can think of from Doris Day to Peggy Lee tried to imitate her sound for the larger "white" audiences. Hell, they even admitted it.