<梦女郎>的阵容可谓星光灿烂，Jamie Foxx ，Eddie Murphy，Beyonce . 按说初登银屏的Jennifer Hudson 能有机会担纲演第二女主角实属幸运，但是HUDSON 的歌喉和演技绝对盖过了他们的风头.
影片自八十年代的音乐剧改编，故事呢，扑风捉影的改编自Diana Ross 和Berry Gordon. 事实和影片当然有很大区别，且容后表。相同之处是：Diana Ross 所在的女子演唱组合Supereme，主唱曾是声音嘹亮Florence Ballard 。但是唱片公司老板高登认为，戴安娜罗丝声线柔和，外表美丽，更容易越过灵魂音乐的局限，被主流文化接受，就把戴安娜罗丝换成了主唱。同时俩人之间正有一段长达六年的情史和一个孩子。失去主唱位置之后Ballard 抑郁酗酒，终于被解雇。Motown 唱片把大批包装亮丽的改良派非裔歌手推向主流社会，商业上获得巨大成功。高登同时也以严厉管教旗下歌手著称，从音乐台风到衣着谈吐，都必须是符合主流社会的健康形像。
影片中的Jamie Foxx 扮演的角色Curtis影射高登，喜欢控制别人，必要时冷漠无情，不择手段，最终众叛亲离。他的确有商业头脑，对Beyonce 的角色也的确有真情，不过大致类似造物主对自己作品的爱恋，毫无平等尊重，充满爱恋的把对方叫做自己的梦想，却在生气时一字一句充满轻蔑的批评：“你的声音毫无深度，毫无个性，我最了解你。”Jamie Foxx 把他演的可恨之余充满性感魅力。
Beyonce 真的演技平平，可能只比大美女伊丽莎白赫利稍微好一点，但是她真美，上围不算特别丰满，估计没动过塑胶手术，腰和臀的曲线简直葫芦一般。而且嗓子其实已经很亮了,难为导演还找到了Jennifer Hudson 来把她比下去。她大部分时候都藏着自己真正的声音，几乎到最后的一曲Listen 才锋芒必露，十分令人惊喜。
Jennifer Hudson 演的很好。Effie 有才华出众，恃宠生骄的一面，又有胖呼呼不美貌，却自信热情的一面。骄横过头了就招人讨厌，太可怜了又把其他角色衬的太无理也不行。这个Effie 正合适，你可以看到为什么她难对付，又为她的自尊倔强叫好。纽约时报的评论说：不管怎么说，银幕正中难得出现了个sexually assertive self confident的黑胖姑娘! 我也作同感。顺便说一句，为什么我不喜欢shopgirl 的女主角？我就恨那种面不唧唧，随时为自己的不完美充满歉意的灰姑娘。是的，每个人都不完美，可是你是独一无二的，不必时刻觉得低人一等。尤其是人越觉得自己不值，越容易被动的接受不公平的交易。我喜欢Effie ,因为她明知自己不如Deena 美，却毫不自卑：“她生下来就美，我有什么办法？”她主动积极，喜欢Curtis 就主动出击，爱的热情奔放，在面对背叛的时候，对着空荡荡的舞台撕心裂肺倔强的唱出：“我不走，我不要生活里没有你，我要你爱我，你会爱我。”绝对是全剧最精彩最狂热的一曲。她也没有丧失自尊委屈求全，一旦走了，就不回头，一个人生了孩子拉扯大，连通知Curtis 或求取帮助都不肖为之。Effie 有南北朝民歌的气质，爱的时候：“上邪！我欲与君相知，长命无绝衰。山无陵，江水为竭，冬雷震震，夏雨雪，天地 合，乃敢与君绝！ ”而一旦决裂“从今以往，勿复相思，想思与君绝！ ”
Eddie Murphy 演的角色James Early影射James Brown,他唱的这么好，是意外之喜。第一次在大酒店为上流白人观众演出，他先是按捺唱的深情宽宽，越来越兴起，就指着观众声嘶力竭的吼到：“我要你！”把坐在台前披貂皮的中年贵妇吓的一哆嗦。接著他肢体语言越来越露骨，就把人吓的起身跑了。这一段非常逗，但是Eddie Murphy 肢体喜剧生动，观众是意料之中的。倒是后面，当他想作的音乐总被老板否决时，灰心时抬起额头一个悲哀不甘的眼神，把观众一下就领进了这个(大部分时候)喜剧角色的灵魂。James Early不得老板的欢心失去合约，吸毒致死。事实里呢，James Brown 刚在前几天以七十三岁高龄去世，他活到了灵魂音乐被主流原汁原味接受的一天。真正演唱事业从未成功，滥用酒精和药物，年方三十二就抑郁贫困而终的，是Florence Ballard .她没象电影里一样，在朋友和家人的帮助下，改掉臭脾气小缺点，重新站起来，走出自己的成功之路。
这部片子拍的非常流畅，跟剧本和导演是一个人大概有关，时代背景加的恰到好处，情节都是唱出来的，流转自然，观众被一支又一支的好歌震撼不已，特别满足。挺逗的是里面有一段影射杰克逊五兄弟的，小扁脸的麦克杰可逊蹦蹦答答的唱歌，可爱啊--让人惆怅的想，真的，发生了什么，他会从一个可爱的小黑孩子，变成一个古怪的中年白人？
附：我对Motown ,非裔音乐，和整个七十年代非裔中产阶级的兴起了解都很少，现在挺好奇的，要是谁比较了解，给大致讲讲就好了。而且，了解那段历史时代背景的人，观感肯定不一样，说不定还对影片里的不实部分很反感，不象我们一般观众看了就全部接受：“啊这样子的啊。”
梦女郎<Dreamgirls>
Beyonce is ridiculously beautiful, says me who is 1) a heterosexual woman and 2) anti-beauty-ist. Her booty is the object of many a drooling fan.
When Jennifer Hudson was booted off American Idol, Elton John cried racism, precisely because she is not pretty enough, not pop enough, not white-sounding enough. Although the director Billy Condon denies it, I suspect he was thinking about the parallel when he cast Hudson in the role of Effie.
I heard, however, that the music (from the original Broadway musical) is very bad and nothing like the real Motown.
If I weren't sick as a dog I'd have seen it already.
When Jennifer Hudson was booted off American Idol, Elton John cried racism, precisely because she is not pretty enough, not pop enough, not white-sounding enough. Although the director Billy Condon denies it, I suspect he was thinking about the parallel when he cast Hudson in the role of Effie.
I heard, however, that the music (from the original Broadway musical) is very bad and nothing like the real Motown.
If I weren't sick as a dog I'd have seen it already.
Totally! Everyone said so. Although Effie in the movie did have an attitude of a diva which Jennifer Hudson probably did not. :)Jun wrote:
When Jennifer Hudson was booted off American Idol, Elton John cried racism, precisely because she is not pretty enough, not pop enough, not white-sounding enough. Although the director Billy Condon denies it, I suspect he was thinking about the parallel when he cast Hudson in the role of Effie.
I watched it in Ziegfeld, an old fashioned theatre, where audience liked to pretend they were watching a musical. And they applauded so loudly after "I am not going" as if Jennifer Hudson had been there on the stage facing them
That was really sweet.I liked the music. I have zero knowlege of Motown and very little knowledge of R&B so I am not the best person to judge here.
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Yeah it is true. But one thing I loved about this movie, mostly about Jennifer Hudson, was her voice was so big and throaty that even the most desperate love songs just came across as "strongminded and determined", so the lyrics did even bother me. 
So I guess it is true, sometimes how you say it matters more than what you say.
So I guess it is true, sometimes how you say it matters more than what you say.
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Knowing写得真好。
几个碎片感想：
1。Eddie Murphy一出场，他张嘴说话，我就想笑，脑子里的映射是Shrek里的talking jackass。
2。Beyonce的身材真是好呀（流口水的小人头呢？）！ 但是据说她为了这片子减肥20磅，减了还能这么hour glass的形状，真牛。舞跳得也好！两边二位姑娘，都没有她活色生香、动作舒展。可惜她的演技麻麻，眼睛里都是空的。
3。Jamie Foxx俨然已是大牌了。
4。Effie隔了好久回来再见到Curtis，回敬他一句需要减肥。全场观众哈哈笑起来。
5。演Effie弟弟C.C.的小帅哥，满养眼的。新人，imdb上连像样的biography尚无。
几个碎片感想：
1。Eddie Murphy一出场，他张嘴说话，我就想笑，脑子里的映射是Shrek里的talking jackass。
2。Beyonce的身材真是好呀（流口水的小人头呢？）！ 但是据说她为了这片子减肥20磅，减了还能这么hour glass的形状，真牛。舞跳得也好！两边二位姑娘，都没有她活色生香、动作舒展。可惜她的演技麻麻，眼睛里都是空的。
3。Jamie Foxx俨然已是大牌了。
4。Effie隔了好久回来再见到Curtis，回敬他一句需要减肥。全场观众哈哈笑起来。
5。演Effie弟弟C.C.的小帅哥，满养眼的。新人，imdb上连像样的biography尚无。
。 作为明星，皮肤白了后整容让五官更搭配也是能理解的。。I'll survive 是Gloria Gaynor唱的， 七十年代末的disco歌，跟Supremes不是一个年代。
两首特别Supremes的歌是Stop in the name of love和Ain't no mountain high enough. 你看那歌词：
Stop! in the name of love
Before you break my heart
Baby, baby
Im aware of where you go
Each time you leave my door
I watch you walk down the street
Knowing your other love youll meet
But this time before you run to her
Leaving me alone and hurt
(think it over) after Ive been good to you ?
(think it over) after Ive been sweet to you ?
第二首：
Listen Baby...
Ain't no mountain high
Ain't no valley low
Ain't no river wide enough baby
If you need me call me
no matter where you are
no matter how far (don't worry baby)
just call my name
I'll be there in a hurry
you don't have to worry
那时一定时髦柔情似水的女人啊，girl power还没上场呢。
两首特别Supremes的歌是Stop in the name of love和Ain't no mountain high enough. 你看那歌词：
Stop! in the name of love
Before you break my heart
Baby, baby
Im aware of where you go
Each time you leave my door
I watch you walk down the street
Knowing your other love youll meet
But this time before you run to her
Leaving me alone and hurt
(think it over) after Ive been good to you ?
(think it over) after Ive been sweet to you ?
第二首：
Listen Baby...
Ain't no mountain high
Ain't no valley low
Ain't no river wide enough baby
If you need me call me
no matter where you are
no matter how far (don't worry baby)
just call my name
I'll be there in a hurry
you don't have to worry
那时一定时髦柔情似水的女人啊，girl power还没上场呢。
Slate has an interesting series of critics' discussion about this year's movies. For the few movie buffs, here's the link:
http://www.slate.com/id/2154756/entry/2156788/
Interesting negative opinions about Babel, which seems poised to win the Academy Awards, which is always about BIG, MEANINGFUL, SIGNIFICANT stuff.
I'm pleasantly surprised by how many critics put L'Enfant on their top 10 lists.
http://www.slate.com/id/2154756/entry/2156788/
Interesting negative opinions about Babel, which seems poised to win the Academy Awards, which is always about BIG, MEANINGFUL, SIGNIFICANT stuff.
I'm pleasantly surprised by how many critics put L'Enfant on their top 10 lists.
nice stuff. just saw children of men yesterday. here's a youtube link, which is dubbed:Jun wrote:Slate has an interesting series of critics' discussion about this year's movies. For the few movie buffs, here's the link:
http://www.slate.com/id/2154756/entry/2156788/
Interesting negative opinions about Babel, which seems poised to win the Academy Awards, which is always about BIG, MEANINGFUL, SIGNIFICANT stuff.
I'm pleasantly surprised by how many critics put L'Enfant on their top 10 lists.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T61ufvuu5_Y&NR
the 6-minute-long shot is really brilliant. if no cg is employed, the staff who's in charge of the whole set deserves some awards.
as for the biblical references, mythical refereces, i bet there'll be a bunch of studies...
我跟一个同事聊天这部影片。我问她印象如何，她说Beyonce... 啊？我问，可是Jennifer Hudson...? Beyonce 给她的印象更深刻，光彩太强烈了，她认为，别人都被盖过了。可是我自己更加注意Jennifer Hudson 的唱功和情节呢。我看看同事－－她又高又苗条，天生丽质，穿着含蓄高雅，又有艺术气质，还当过业余模特。以我小人之心揣测哈，象我这样的凡夫俗子才更代入更感动 Effie 的励志故事吧？
就算是Listen，也还是能露出Beyonce的声音上的单薄，不过已经算不错了。她真瘦了不少。让我惊喜的是Eddie Murphy 有那么多唱的段落却一点不逊色于专业的嗓子，而且模仿James Brown还挺象的。Jamie Foxx演得很。。。差，当然人物本身也没什么，剧本也很一般，但是我忍不住拿他跟Laurence Fishbourne在What's Love Got to Do with It里面的反角比较，他就显得差多了。
去查了一下，Flo Ballard 本来差点就要重新振作复出了却突然病死，真倒霉。
就算是Listen，也还是能露出Beyonce的声音上的单薄，不过已经算不错了。她真瘦了不少。让我惊喜的是Eddie Murphy 有那么多唱的段落却一点不逊色于专业的嗓子，而且模仿James Brown还挺象的。Jamie Foxx演得很。。。差，当然人物本身也没什么，剧本也很一般，但是我忍不住拿他跟Laurence Fishbourne在What's Love Got to Do with It里面的反角比较，他就显得差多了。
去查了一下，Flo Ballard 本来差点就要重新振作复出了却突然病死，真倒霉。
我才发现 youtube 上什么都有。Florence Ballard 和 Diana Ross 的声音比 Beyonce 和 Jennifer Hudson 都要好。Florence Ballard 第一长得挺好看的，反而 Diana 是长得不大好的那个，（所以才一直是配唱吧？但后来单飞又突然变好看了，奇怪。）第二声音的确比 Diana Ross 要浑厚一些，但在supremes时期也是属于甜美范围。就是说两个人差别没那么大，Diana Ross 的确形象尤其是声音更柔弱。可是两个人可都是得天独厚的好嗓子，高音部分都很出彩。尤其是 Diana 翻唱 Gloria Gaynor 的 I will survive. Florence 自己单飞之后的单曲才真的把自己嗓音的优点完全发挥出来。
Florence 时期的 Supremes
Diana 时期的 Supremes
Florence's solo
Diana 翻唱 Gloria Gaynor 的 I will survive. 明显比年轻时自信好看多了，连年轻时缩肩膀都没有了。
Supremes 的最后一场合唱。梦女郎里我记得连服装都差不多，只不过大团圆地把 Effie 请来同台。也许是来安慰大家对早逝的 Florence 的痛惜。
Florence 时期的 Supremes
Diana 时期的 Supremes
Florence's solo
Diana 翻唱 Gloria Gaynor 的 I will survive. 明显比年轻时自信好看多了，连年轻时缩肩膀都没有了。
Supremes 的最后一场合唱。梦女郎里我记得连服装都差不多，只不过大团圆地把 Effie 请来同台。也许是来安慰大家对早逝的 Florence 的痛惜。
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