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Dreamgirls film controversy
seaweedjstubbs
Broadway Star Joined: 3/21/07
#25Dreamgirls film controversy
Posted: 6/20/21 at 1:30pm
^You’re acting like they cast some random girl who just happened to be light skinned…….it was friggin Beyoncé. One of the biggest stars of our time. OF COURSE they were going to cast her. And I agree, the differences in skin color between Effie and Deena added another layer to their conflict.
I found a lot of the “drama” that the original cast had about the movie to be unwarranted and just kinda bitter.
viagalactica6
Chorus Member Joined: 7/9/08
#26Dreamgirls film controversy
Posted: 6/21/21 at 1:31pm
I found a lot of the “drama” that the original cast had about the movie to be unwarranted and just kinda bitter."
What exactly was the "drama" that the original cast had about the movie?
viagalactica6
Chorus Member Joined: 7/9/08
#27Dreamgirls film controversy
Posted: 6/21/21 at 1:31pm
I found a lot of the “drama” that the original cast had about the movie to be unwarranted and just kinda bitter."
What exactly was the "drama" that the original cast had about the movie?
#28Dreamgirls film controversy
Posted: 6/21/21 at 1:41pm
viagalactica6 said: "
I found a lot of the “drama” that the original cast had about the movie to be unwarranted and just kinda bitter."
What exactly was the "drama" thatthe original cast hadabout the movie?
That none of them were consulted about it. Holliday felt snubbed she wasn’t offered her original role even though she was 100 years too old for the part.
The original cast got extremely territorial about the film version - they came off as entitled to have a piece of it - which never happens when a stage show is adapted for film.
Sheryl Lee Ralph had an issue with the fact that a darker skinned actress was not cast as Deena and that they went for the much lighter skinned Beyoncé.
#29Dreamgirls film controversy
Posted: 6/21/21 at 2:17pm
viagalactica6 said: "
I found a lot of the “drama” that the original cast had about the movie to be unwarranted and just kinda bitter."
What exactly was the "drama" thatthe original cast hadabout the movie?
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Sheryl Lee Ralph did a lot of press expressing her opinions about the film and feeling slighted that she wasn't consulted. It was embarrassing. Especially since her last credit at the time was Clean House, a Hoarders type show, where Niecy Nash cleaned her house. Tragic.
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silent
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/04
#30Dreamgirls film controversy
Posted: 6/22/21 at 1:00pm
“Another layer of conflict” is just a polite way of saying you are okay with colorism.
As if “In The Heights” isn’t facing the heat right now for the very same issue.
I just hope the producers don’t make the same mistake as the film when it is eventually revived.
wiggum2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/21/03
#31Dreamgirls film controversy
Posted: 6/22/21 at 2:04pm
silent said: "“Another layer of conflict” is just a polite way of saying you are okay with colorism.
As if “In The Heights” isn’t facing the heat right now for the very same issue.
I just hope the producers don’t make the same mistake as the film when it is eventually revived."
and this is probably why it won't be revived for a long time... someone will find something wrong will every aspect
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