Eddie Murphy in DREAMGIRLS
Eddie Murphy in DREAMGIRLS
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#1Eddie Murphy in DREAMGIRLS
Posted: 1/19/07 at 9:46pmI apologize if this has been asked/answered alreaqdy but who is Eddie Murphy supposed to be in DREAMGIRLS? None of my guesses work with the time frame. And, yes, I know it is fiction but still...
#2re: Eddie Murphy in DREAMGIRLS
Posted: 1/19/07 at 9:53pm
A little James Brown, a little Little Richard, and a whole lot of...
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MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#3re: Eddie Murphy in DREAMGIRLS
Posted: 1/19/07 at 9:55pm
The character is an amalgam of James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Wilson Pickett, David Ruffin, and a little bit of Marvin Gaye, but, he truly is a fictional character and there was no one r&b performer from that era whom Jimmy Early completely resembles (certainly there was no male r&b star of any stature who toured with the Supremes for any length of time or who had an affair with any of the group members or, at least in the film version of the character, had a major drug problem).
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#4re: Eddie Murphy in DREAMGIRLS
Posted: 1/19/07 at 9:56pmI thought James Brown and Little Richard but Wilson Pickett never occurred to me. Thanks!
#5re: Eddie Murphy in DREAMGIRLS
Posted: 1/19/07 at 10:06pmWilson Pickett looks like Eddie as Jimmy, or the other way around.
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#6re: Eddie Murphy in DREAMGIRLS
Posted: 1/20/07 at 3:01amIf Jimmy doesn't have a drug problem in the original stage version, what is the cause of his death?
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#7re: Eddie Murphy in DREAMGIRLS
Posted: 1/20/07 at 3:02amHe doesn't die in the stage version.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#8re: Eddie Murphy in DREAMGIRLS
Posted: 1/20/07 at 3:09am
Little Richard: 
Wilson Pickett: 
Jackie Wilson: 
James Brown: 
Marvin Gaye: 
Diana Ross: 
(Oops! Wrong character inspiration -- sorry) 
#9re: Eddie Murphy in DREAMGIRLS
Posted: 1/20/07 at 10:03pmI always think of Jimmy Early as James Brown-esque. He's not as flamboyant as Little Richard. I really think the character was fleshed out well for the film. His relationship with Lorrell was wonderfully expanded I don't remember a drug problem in the show and that was a very interesting addition, slightly inevitable since every movie about the music industry today invovles someone with a drug problem. Murphy also plays him to perfection, but enough of my gushing.
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