DREAMGIRLS

No. He was far more charismatic in Miami Vice, if that says anything.

he was playing a cold dude! his was the only role that called for understatement and he was understated. I thought he was good.

I don't have an opinion on melisma in the abstract, but Jennifer Hudson did not sound emotionless when she employed it, for god's sake.

http://www.solarnavigator.net/music/music_images/stevie_wonder_beads.jpg

my taste should also make clear that little stands between me and stuff I might like and that I never let how my preferences might appear to others interfere with my critical instinct

What does it say about our world that you can lose "American Idol" and win an Academy Award for doing basically the same thing? -- Matt Singer

For better or worse, the people who win American Idol typically don't respond as well to vocal pyrotechnics as they do to unique personalities. It's why Paris didn't win last time around and that doofus (who I'm told is likable) did.

What does it say about our world that you can lose "American Idol" and win an Academy Award for doing basically the same thing? -- Matt Singer

For better or worse, the people who win American Idol typically don't respond as well to vocal pyrotechnics as they do to unique personalities. It's why Paris didn't win last time around and that doofus (who I'm told is likable) did.

-- Eric H. (ephende...), Today. (later

wtf does this post mean at all? she hasn't even won an oscar yet! how can you "agree" with that?

well there are a number of reasons I have no desire to see it: no one I like is involved, I'm overly familiar with the story and don't find it engaging as subject matter, I haven't liked the music to any Broadway musical post-1980 or so, no actual Supremes music is used, etc. None of these are really related to my feelings about melisma-as-style.

"How do you sleep at night?!"

dood Dan said it was 40 years old. I asked why. end of story. it isn't really that complicated.

Critics in overstating the importance of things like, oh, Dreamgirls shockah!

unless the realization that american idol is about singing and the oscars are about acting has blown your mind!

See, the sad thing about this whole thing is that Jennifer Hudson ... is a terrible actress.

I'm not. I like to eat.

You don't need to tell me twice. You're talking to the only person in the world whose favorite performance in Magnolia was Cleo King's.

Yes, and I should probably stop talking about a movie that I basically have no strong feelings about.

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills! she was awesome! I'm not saying she'd be good in anything, but she was good in this! I started sobbing the second she shot Jamie Foxx a loving look during "I love you, I do"! okay, maybe that was an overshare.

she was almost always singing, though. anyway, I'm officially taking a deep breath and stepping away from this thread. but seriously, people who said you have no interest in seeing the movie, I'd reconsider. it's good.