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THE COLOR PURPLE Movie Musical - News & Discussion Thread

teddy1996
#400COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 5/22/23 at 10:22pm

i am sick of people complaining about this movie. they need to understand that this movie will NOT be a remake of the original. it is based on the broadway musical. it’s gonna be its own thing. they aren’t trying to redo the original. the original will remain untouched.

Globefan
#401COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 5/22/23 at 10:27pm

Phylicia Pearl Mpasi who plays Young Celie is a writer on the Rise of the Pink Ladies show. Her episode is the one that drops this week. 

berniesb!tch
#402COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 5/22/23 at 10:48pm

Wow I cannot wait to see this. This looks so special and so PRETTY

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Rumpelstiltskin
#403COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 5/22/23 at 10:52pm

Gorgeous 
Thrilling
Goosebumps

Ke3
#404COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 5/22/23 at 11:19pm

pdjennings said: "It always amazes me the lengths that trailers for musicals will go to in order to hide the fact that it’s a musical. You saw ONE fragment of singing. That said, looks wonderful — cannot wait!!!"

You see Shug performing, you see Celie stepping on to a stage, the entire trailer is backed by Fantasia singing, and then we flash upon her face as she's hitting a high note. Anybody who doesn't realize it's a musical is an idiot.

jimmycurry01
#405COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 5/22/23 at 11:29pm

pdjennings said: "It always amazes me the lengths that trailers for musicals will go to in order to hide the fact that it’s a musical. You saw ONE fragment of singing. That said, looks wonderful — cannot wait!!!"

What are you going on about? You clearly see Fantasia belting the song that we hearthrough most of the teaser.

It's only a teaser; they have a very limited time to give the audience a taste of what's to come.  They let us see the main themes, hit on important story arcs, and clearly showed the main character belting her face off. This teaser clearly gave the audience all of the necessary information, including the fact that it is a musical. 

 

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Plannietink08
#406COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 5/23/23 at 6:51am

What a stunning trailer. It gives enough to remind you that it’s The Color Purple but shows enough to make you realise it’s a completely different entity. This movie is going to do so much good for so many people, I absolutely cannot wait. 


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JSquared2
#407COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 5/23/23 at 6:05pm

pdjennings said: "It always amazes me the lengths that trailers for musicals will go to in order to hide the fact that it’s a musical. You saw ONE fragment of singing. That said, looks wonderful — cannot wait!!!"

 

As others have said,  you'd really have to be stupid to NOT get from this trailer that it's a musical...

However, to answer your question -- sometimes trailers tend to hide the fact that the movie is a musical.  That's because it's a "lose/lose" situation. On the one hand, you risk alienating people who do not like musicals. Then on the other hand you get the people who claim to love musicals -- but then prejudge the films based on a few seconds of clips and then go on to post ridiculous comments such as...

 

TaffyDavenport said: "Something about the snippet of "I'm Here" looks off to me. Fantasia was naturally physically expressive when she sang that song live, but here her movement looks inorganic and over-directed. I know it's only a second or two, but, out of context, it immediately read as cheesy to me. 

teddy1996
#408COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 5/23/23 at 11:19pm

that short clip of young celie with the male dancers in the background wearing jail outfits, that looks like the song big dog

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emilyfaye48
#409COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 5/24/23 at 12:11am

Does anyone know how the movie is going to handle the Shug/Celie romance? The old movie completely deleted that storyline and I've even talked to some people who walked out of the musical not realizing Celie and Shug were romantic together. Curious how Celie's lesbianism will be handled in 2023


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teddy1996
#410COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 5/24/23 at 12:53am

emilyfaye48 said: "Does anyone know how the movie is going to handle the Shug/Celie romance? The old movie completely deleted that storyline and I've even talked to some people who walked out of the musical not realizing Celie and Shug were romantic together. Curious how Celie's lesbianism will be handled in 2023"

someone in this thread who saw a screening said that they portray shug and celie’s relationship as unambiguously queer

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CoffeeBreak
#411COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 5/24/23 at 1:11am

And people thought this was going to be more  visually appealing compaired to other movie musicals ... 

From the early screening we saw. - Same thing.

It's a movie/tv musical - overhyped.

Updated On: 5/24/23 at 01:11 AM

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hork
#412COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 5/24/23 at 3:10pm

I liked the Broadway revival (didn't see the original) but I have my doubts that this will translate well to the screen. The Spielberg film is good but deeply flawed and weird in a lot of ways, and this movie looks like the same thing but with musical numbers, and without Spielberg's visual sense or the Allen Daviau cinematography. I think there was a reason the staging of the revival worked so well and this movie is a move in the opposite direction. Also, personally, I'm not sure I want to sit through this story yet again. But I'll probably see it and may even like it. Keeping an open mind.

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emilyfaye48
#413COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 5/24/23 at 5:52pm

teddy1996 said: "someone in this thread who saw a screening said that they portray shug and celie’s relationship as unambiguously queer"

I'm so glad to hear this!! I watched the preview like 5 times in a row last night. I am so excited for this movie! I think it is going to be amazing!!! Amazing cast and it looks visually stunning. So excited about Fantasia. I hope she wins an Oscar


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Ke3
#414COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 5/24/23 at 10:56pm

CoffeeBreak said: "And people thought this was going to be more visually appealing compaired to other movie musicals ...

From the early screening we saw. - Same thing.

It's a movie/tv musical - overhyped.
"

Having seen Beyoncé's "Black Is King" film which Blitz Bazawule co-directed, I struggle to believe anything he'd direct would be visually "typical"

teddy1996
#415COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 5/24/23 at 11:43pm

Ke3 said: "CoffeeBreak said: "And people thought this was going to be more visually appealing compaired to other movie musicals ...

From the early screening we saw. - Same thing.

It's a movie/tv musical - overhyped.
"

Having seen Beyoncé's "Black Is King" film whichBlitz Bazawuleco-directed, I struggle to believe anything he'd direct would be visually "typical"
"

his other film the burial of kojo has such stunning visuals. blitz has such a great eye

teddy1996
#416COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 5/26/23 at 8:52am

here is an exclusive behind the scenes post. it includes pics and videos. the last slide even previews a new song: https://www.instagram.com/p/Css6-LouWER/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

teddy1996
#417COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 6/5/23 at 8:35am

blitz bazawule and oprah did a recent Q&A about the movie: https://geeksofcolor.co/2023/06/04/blitz-bazawule-oprah-the-color-purple/

Hamilfan2
#418COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 6/5/23 at 1:43pm

teddy1996 said: "that short clip of young celie with the male dancers in the background wearing jail outfits, that looks like the song big dog"

It’s not- it’s from a new song written for the film :)

teddy1996
#419COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 6/6/23 at 11:51pm

Hamilfan2 said: "teddy1996 said: "that short clip of young celie with the male dancers in the background wearing jail outfits, that looks like the song big dog"

It’s not- it’s from a new song written for the film :)
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i wonder what the song is about

teddy1996
#420COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 7/4/23 at 9:34pm

apparently from the test screening reports, celie and nettie’s relationship gets more focus in this movie. and the test screening cut was close to three hours. 

teddy1996
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ACL2006
#422COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 7/20/23 at 10:56pm

teddy1996 said: "https://variety.com/2023/film/news/dune-2-release-date-change-2024-warner-bros-strike-1235676007/



if they push this movie to 2024, i will be so devastated
"

 

There's no reason to push this movie to 2024.


A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

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rosscoe(au)
#423COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 7/22/23 at 12:36am

Release date to be pushed to 2024. Along with Dune part two. Both were due to screen at Toronto Film Festival but are now pulled. 


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teddy1996
#424COLOR PURPLE movie musical currently in development
Posted: 7/22/23 at 8:30am

rosscoe(au) said: "Release date to be pushed to 2024. Along with Dune part two. Both were due to screen at Toronto Film Festival but are now pulled."

scott sanders who is one of the producers for the movie said that the release date is staying for now. he said that the studio has assured him that so far no discussions have been had about bumping the movie to 2024


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