Mariah as Deena? — Page 2

Mariah had the highest-selling album of 2005. She had the biggest song of her career with "We Belong Together". Have you been living under a rock? And even before The Emancipation Of Mimi came out, Mariah was still a big seller. It's just that, compared to the crazy mass amount of albums she sold in the mid-90's, going 'only' double platinum was looked at as a failure.

And while I agree Beyonce fashioned a lot of her look after Mariah... she's still notably darker. She CAN look very light, and Mariah can look darker than she does a lot of the time, but I don't think it's enough.

"mariah and beyoncé are nowhere near the same complexion."

then YOU are the one who's blind. beyonce could pass for a white girl just as much as mariah.

"mariah and beyoncé are nowhere near the same complexion."

"then YOU are the one who's blind. beyonce could pass for a white girl just as much as mariah."

I must be blind as well because I'd never mistake Beyonce for a white girl.

Yes, Beyonce has light skin, for a BLACK woman. But there are many black women with two black parents who are even lighter than Beyonce. MUCH lighter.

I'd never see Bey walking down the street and mistake her for Paris Hilton.

Now how about Mariah as Effie? She can definitely pull off the attitude part.

No one in their right mind would mistake Mariah for Paris Hilton. Please stop the exaggeration.

And of course the Beyonce Brigade would say that Mariah's voice is too srong for Deena, as if Beyonce's isn't.

If Beyonce who has patterned herself stylistically like Mariah, can play Deena, then Mariah can play Deena.

Updated On: 8/7/06 at 12:57 PM

I really don't think that Beyonce has patterned herself off of Mariah. If there is anyone out there who Beyonce has patterned herself off of, it's Tina Turner.

or Patti LeBelle.

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Again, it would. Even though Beyonce is light skin, she still "looks" black. Mariah looks like white girl with a good tan or someone of spanish decent.

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On the record I think Mariah is a stronger singer than Beyonce.

I will agree that Mariah is far too light-skinned for the role, however, I have to say that I disagree COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY with whoever implied that Beyoncé Knowles has an equally powerful voice.

Her voice is thin, nasal, COMPLETELY lacking in timbre, and she has no range. Michelle is the *real* voice of Destiny's Child...I have no idea why people seem to keep wanting to believe that Bouncy is some sort of big black vocal diva...Bwaysinger after a martini has a bigger, blacker voice than she will EVER have.

I would KILL to hear Mariah tackle some Dreamgirls stuff. (And "Bless The Lord" from the 2000 revival of Godspell, a la Shoshana, but a million times better, since it's beyond obvious who Shoshana is hearing in her head every time she opens her mouth...*quiver*)

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"And why not sing every note? If I had her range I'd milk every song for all it was worth, too."

Oh, I totally disagree. She doesn't always sing so much as beat every song into submission.

I loved Vision of Love. Disliked everything else. I can't stand her.

I think Mariah is obviously gifted with talent and range. I just dislike the sound of her voice, and I hate how she chooses to USE her voice half the time. Plenty of people obviously love her, which is cool. I just, personally, can't stand her. I don't like her music or her style.

I think Beyonce has an impressive voice. I've never really been into her music, although I like a few songs. A friend of mine begged me to see Destiny's Child last year, so I went to the concert and I'll be damned if I didn't wind up having a fantastic time! They put on a great show. Plus, I met Jai Rodriguez (he was a sweetheart)!