One Night Only - The Dreamgirls Love Thread

I like this idea.

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Great thread

I love the show for the music, the score is amazing.

So, any links or anything to the new trailer that is supposed to be premiering today?

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Actually, tonight (Monday) and tomorrow (Tuesday) we are supposed to get more "teasers" of the trailer on Entertainment Tonight. That's what I heard. Then on Wednesday we are supposed to have the full trailer.

Fun, huh?

I'm in love with this show. December can't come fast enough!!!

My favorite moment is during Heavy where Effie goes up to the high note and Lorell tops it. Live it's electrifying.

I must be the dumbest person on Earth, but I don't see a "movie trailer" section on itunes

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As will I!

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Love love love this show!! Saw the OBC (dont remember it) and The Concert. Love it!!

Favorite part of the show? Bennetts choreography in "Steppin to the Bad Side"

****spoilers ahead****


Effie has attitude from the start, but she's very close to her (girl)friends in the group. And she does have the talent to back up her arrogance.

Curtis makes the mistake of sweet talking her right up front to get her to agree to back up Jimmy Early. He "plays" on her attraction to him to get what he wants.

Which of course leads to her getting pregnant by him. Curtis is the real villain of the show, not Effie. She was used, and she loves him. Then he decides to move her to backup and put Deena (who he is falling in love with) in the lead. It is all of his manipulations and his deceptions that create the big rift between Effie and the group. Her attitude gets worse, but she is also gaining weight and missing rehearsals because she's pregnant and trying to hide it.

I would also look for a bit of an "edge" in Beyonce's Deena. She's got a little Eve Harrington in her, according to an interview where she discussed it. She's not the naive victim who shoots to super-stardom. She sees an opportunity to snag Curtis and the lead spot, and she takes it and runs with it. So there is definitely a bit of betrayal going on there, as well (in the film).

Since the beginning of the process of adapting Dreamgirls for film, I kinda wish they had written in an abortion for Deena. It would be controversial, to be sure... but it would also help dramatically elevate the second half of the story. Hear me out... Deena is well on her way to stardom, wants to break into films as an actress, and finds out she's pregnant from Curtis. So she makes the tearful decision to terminate the pregnancy, which could also add to the "divide" between her and Curtis, particularly if he encourages her to end the pregnancy. I think it would have made for an amazing "confrontation" scene between Effie and Deena at the end. Effie chose Curtis (who leaves her) and the baby (who she keeps) over fame and fortune. Deena chooses Curtis (whom she divorces) and fame and fortune (over keeping her baby). Boy, would those two ladies have a lot to talk about, in the end.


****end spoilers****

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Anybody see the tiny clip they had of Dremgirls on ET tonight? It was a teaser for the teaser tomorrow for the trailer which will be realeased on around 20 channels and websites come Wednesday. Though the clip they showed was short, it was great!

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Her attitude gets worse, but she is also gaining weight and missing rehearsals because she's pregnant and trying to hide it.

Do you think Effie knows she's pregnant at the end of act one? Not that there's one right answer, but I always assumed she wasn't yet aware she was pregnant then.

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That's what I always thought, too. She could be deflecting when she says she's not feeling well, but I always figured she really wasn't feeling well by that point, and didn't know why.

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I see what you're saying, Margo, and I certainly agree that any actress playing Effie could use that to her advantage, but it still doesn't jibe with me that she knows at that point. Also, for as unglued as she comes in the final minutes of act one, I'm surprised she wouldn't let it slip out that she was carrying his child. She's pretty much given up all her dignity at the point; I can't believe she wouldn't try to use the fact that she was pregnant to keep him if she was already armed with that knowledge.

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