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Dreamgirls Premiere

December 06, 2006

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I had never before been to a premiere where almost a thousand people rose to their feet for a thunderous ovation IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOVIE! Until last two nights ago.

It was Dreamgirls at the Ziegfeld with Eddie Murphy, Beyonce, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson and the cream of the NYC crop completely electrified and ready to be more electrified before the lights went down. The movie disappointed no one. (I asked everyone, see -- and a qualm was had by no one!)

There was applause after pretty much every song (also rare) and I probably don't have to tell you savvy Andy's Blog folk when the ovation came ... and maybe that's why Beyonce didn't stick around to watch the actual film and was nowhere to be found at the premiere party. Or maybe that is just me trying to stir something up.

I am a student of all things Diana Ross and it was jawdropping watching Beyonce channel Diana into Deena, the poses, wigs, photo reproductions, stage banter -- it is all Diana. And indeed Jennifer Hudson kinda does make you forget for a minute the other Jennifer -- but there is room for both those ladies on this earth. Eddie Murphy is sublime as a cross between James Brown, Little Richard, and Marvin Gaye. But Bill Condon is the real star of the film. It is everything it should be and everything a fan of the great musical would want it to be.

The party -- I mean The Gays in Entertainment Convention -- was beautiful and at Gotham Hall (a former bank?) at Broadway and 36th Street. I ran into some friends who'd been at the Kennedy Center and gave me the whole sad story about Chestica Suckson's botched fiasco of a performance of "9 to 5" honoring (torturing?) Dolly Parton. I am speaking of Jessica Simpson, and if you have read this blog before you know what a no-talent loser I think she is, and hearing the story after seeing real talent onscreen separated the girls who use the big potty from those who use the little potty.

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Comments

Kent wrote:

Andy,
Maybe papa "Joe" could round up his no talent daughter's and take them back to "bug-tussel"

posted on December 6, 2006 at 7:05 PM

Neil wrote:

Oh, silly me! I was under the impression that "Dreamgirls" was a play (film) based upon the story of the legendary Supremes. As I recall, Diane was one of them. The legend of the Supremes is greater than the sum of its individual parts and that includes Miss Ross. Any review can only be taken seriously if there is also mention of Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson upon whose lives this film is also inspired. Shame on you!!

posted on December 14, 2006 at 7:20 PM

Al wrote:

You're orney in this blog! I LOVE IT!!!! :D

posted on December 20, 2006 at 4:06 PM

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