Jennifer Hudson may be a very lovely person — no doubt she’s talented — but I *hate* that song more than I can possibly express without hand gestures and sound effects.
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The lyrics are awful. Terrible sentiments.
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you’re probably groaning right now. Ivan, Ab and I are live doing it on the NYC MECH board.
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It’s a weird thing… if you’re a black person of a certain age, there are things that are ingrained. Doesn’t matter where you lived or your socioeconomic status, if you’re black and were born between 1970 and 1990, you know all the music to “The Wiz,” you’ve got an unconscious urge to leave your parents alone if you hear Barry White, Al Green or Isaac Hayes… and you know the “Dreamgirls” soundtrack like you’re part of the original cast.
Thus, although I hate the song, I know it BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS. Man, oh man, the sentiment is utterly galling. And, yet, I can’t stop humming it once it’s in my head.
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Sean, I’m afraid I am in the unfortunate and embarrassing position of having been, for a time, a professional actress (not a euphemism) and having a degree in theatre. Where you know the Wiz and Dreamgirls, I know all too well the songbook of the American Musical from the last, oh, 30 years. Particularly the songs of Sondheim. (”Valjean, at last, we see each other plain,” anyone…?)
I have seen probably, eh, 50 (give or take) pudgy black girls audition with that song over the years and so, for reasons very different than yours, I know it all too well.
And I hate it. A lot.
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But… but… but… YOU’RE GONNA LOVE ME, right?
(I still maintain that the true, canonical version of this song should be the disco-remix version recorded by Hannah Jones and used on the Queer as Folk 2 (UK) soundtrack. Lots of fast beats, and someone that I don’t want to smack as an added bonus. Perhaps because the woman singing it is older than 22. It’s one of my favorite running MP3s.)
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