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Alana

YAYYYYYY OMG

fry

yayy

Alexxx

Fun fact, Tiny Joe Dickson and Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose) would both be in The Princess In The Frog together three years after that as Louis and Tiana,

Alana

Thank you Danny!!!

mary-anne

oooh yes i've been waiting for this one!!!

mary-anne

running home SOOOO fast to watch this lol

Emily

FINALLY! So excited for this one!

mary-anne

THANK YOU SO MUCH DANNY!!!

Alana

You thought of Ray probably because Jaime Fox plays Ray Charles in the movie Ray

Tessa Gattullo

Dreamgirls is loosely based on the Supremes so that why you noticed the connection to Diana Ross.

Alana

Yeppp Deena Jones & The Dreams and Diana Ross & The Supremes. It’s so cool how she noticed that

Sabrina Louis

Fun fact, Amber Riley (Mercedes in Glee) played Effie White (Jennifer Hudson's character) on Broadway a while back

Alexxx

One last thing. Loretta Devine (The woman singing in the bar with the purple dress) was the original Lorrell in the Dreamgirls broadway play in the 80s. She was able to get a cameo in this movie since its based on it. She originated the roles alongside Sheryl Lee Ralph (Deena) and Jennifer Holliday (Effie). The songs 'Listen', 'Love You I Do', and 'Changes' were added for the movie. And I believe the original play is free on YouTube. Btw I believe the "I'm Somebody" outfits/set were based on The Supremes' Love Child performance on the Ed Sullivan show.

Sabrina Louis

OMG!!! I'm only 30 minutes in but I see that you are watching an extented version of the movie!!! I'm so excited I've never seen that version 😁😁😁

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Hudson won an academy award for this movie! And rightfully so I was a huge fan of her's back on American Idol. It would be interesting to go way back and watch some of her performances on there. See just how much she's grown ♥️

Alana

I thought I was tweaking for a second because I was seeing things I’ve never seen before and I’ve seen this movie a thousand times 😭😭😭 now I know it’s the extended cut LOL

Alana

I know one of the movie guys is John Krasinski (Jim from the Office)

malaki

I highly recommend watching the casts oscar performance from the 2007 award show. It was fantastic.

Jennifer Lawrence

The "Introducing Jennifer Hudson" always gets me lol. It was her first role!

Erika Staton

I LOVE this movie and I was so excited to see you react to it!! I didn't realize there was an extended version to this movie until now, but I really liked it! <3

mary-anne

yea Beyonce really had to tone back her voice for this role and i think she did an incredible job! this and cadillac records are her best acting performances in my opinion.

mary-anne

at this point we need a Beyonce chat on patreon so all of us beyhive members can give you suggestions on what songs/performances to react to lol (there are A LOT). she has always had an amazing voice but her vocal evolution is insane! her voice has matured so much after having 3 kids and honestly i prefer the rich, deep tone she has today. anyways, cant wait for you to start diving into her albums! <3

mary-anne

also love that even while she's acting, her passion for singing and performing cant help but shine through the screen. like you said, she just glows when she's put on a stage

Megan Christina

I haven't even hit play yet but I'm so excited. I love this one SO much, a few years ago I would watch it every single day, sometimes more than once.

Tiara Edwards

Omg i love this. While it’s technically not a holiday movie dream girls just feels like a holiday movie to me lol. Also you’re right they were based off the supremes. Deena is Diana Ross. Jennifer , beyonce and anika ugh i could listen to all three of their voices forever. A small part of me sometimes wonders if beyonce never became the amazing beyonce we know her as today if she would have done broadway like the other two because she mentioned earlier in her career how much she loved theatre but also i wouldn’t Want to give up the beyonce we know today lol because her albums and performances are great

Sabrina Louis

You should really listen to Jennifer Holliday (The original Effie in the Broadway play) singing "And I am telling you". It's amazing. I love both Jennifer Hudson's and Jennifer Holliday's versions

fry

i’m pretty sure this movie made people have a lot of misconceptions about beyoncé’s voice because she kept it smaller for her character and i feel like she definitely channeled herself in the oscar performance and showed them all

Annie Willow

I mean, it did debut on Christmas Day. My mom and I went to see it on release day because my little sister was working at a movie theater then and had to work that day so we brought her Christmas cookies for her break and were promptly blown away by the movie.

Annie Willow

Jennifer was on American Idol in 2004 and was 6th runner up. Simon had a lot of negative things to say about her and then she promptly won an Oscar for her very first job after Idol just 2 years later along with 2 Grammys and a load of other awards.

Rocqui Watever

I’m so happy this you reacted to this! Dreamgirls history: Yes, Dreamgirls is meant to be based on the Supremes. Due to legalities, as it was originally running on broadway, they had to be extremely careful and say it wasn’t even though it was so overtly almost beat for beat The Supremes story. They even casted Diana Ross look alike, Linda Leilani Brown as Deena. When they made the movie, they decided to really crank up the similarities to the point where Motown and its artists were very upset with the movie and the cast for a few years. Also, the woman who sang at Jimmy’s funeral is Loretta Devine, she’s been in a lot of things, she started on broadway where she originated the role of Lorell (Anika Noni Rose’s character).

fry

if you love anika noni rose’s voice you should watch princess and the frog which has some of the best disney music ever

Antoinette

Anika Noni Rose aka Princess Tiana is always so great when she plays roles. I’m surprised you didn’t clock that it was her. She’s an amazing actress too and so underrated. I’m a big Bey fan through and through but I def know this was Jennifer Hudson’s movie. The entire cast absolutely killed it

I Am Not Chamari

Dreamgirls was nominated for eight Academy awards, the most for any film of that year! It was also the first live-action film to be nominated three times for Best Song. Jennifer Hudson won best supporting actress for her very first role!! There was some controversy because it was also the first film to receive the most nominations and not be nominated for Best Picture or Best Director. Eddie Murphy was also nominated for his work and I still to this day think he should have won. It was actually considered an upset that he didn’t win. It can’t be overstated how shocked I was by his performance in this film. As you said, it’s mostly a singing role, and I knew he had a music career, but I didn’t know just how good his voice was and how he’d be able to pull off all of the live performances, not to mention the complexities of a character like Jimmy. Jimmy Early feels like a real person to me now haha!

Liv Heskett

Anika played Marta in a concert production of Stephen Sondheims Company a while back and her rendition of “Another Hundred People” is a masterclass in technique. She has such amazing control.

Cg Bulatao

You were confused why you thought of Ray when trying to remember Jamie Foxx’s name, that’s probably because he played Ray Charles in the movie Ray a couple year before Dream Girls.

JLeo Galarreta

Love your reactions. Looking forward for more Beyoncé 😊.

Jennifer Lawrence

Unrelated, but I love your user picture. I was obsessed with Daria as a teenager. Probably where I got some of my sense of humor.

Kenyatta (KD) Smith

Eddie Murphy did have a singing career at one point. He sang that song "My girl wants to party all the time party all the time..." lol just FYI

Kenyatta (KD) Smith

It's crazy because they made Lorrell seem so young and in real life Jennifer and Beyoncé were 23-24 and Anika was 9 years older then them lol.