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Jake In Drag??
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: mvansand76 on January 14, 2007, 01:01:47 pm ---Am I right and are these the lyrics to the song?
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Yes Melissa, those are the lyrics. Back in the early 1980's, this song was frequently performed in drag shows. I have the original soundtrack to Dreamgirls on LP.
Hopefully the screen version of Dreamgirls will renew interest of some of these great songs.
NOTE TO JESS: At first, I felt the same way you do Jess. I felt Jake was poking fun at the gay community and I felt a little hurt. But, after I thought about it I realized that SNL is parody and this is to be expected. Besides, Jake looked great in drag!
We have to laugh at ourselves sometimes. It was just a bunch of innocent fun. :)
injest:
just as black face and toe tapping minstrals were...
now we see that damage that 'innocent fun' caused to the self esteem of African Americans...
when are we gonna see that rationalizing and forgiving 'innocent fun' is damaging OUR young Jacks and Ennis's??
if they wanted to parody something...why not the people at the Oscars?? or Rev Phelps??
injest:
but I am aware that I am in the minority...won't say anything else...
back to the lovefest...
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: injest on January 14, 2007, 01:40:04 pm ---but I am aware that I am in the minority...won't say anything else...
back to the lovefest...
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well Jess, I'm Native American. They made fun of Native Americans last night and I wasn't offended.
I doubt many gay people were offended by last night's show. I clearly understand what you mean Jess. But IT WAS funny!
Garry_LH:
I haven't seen it yet. Can I be pre-offended? ;D
The thing is from an interview I read, for Jake to aparently wrap his mind around the role of Jack Twist, he thought of them as two straight men that fell in love. Huhhhh? The gay fashion, speech, and action mafia really does exist?
Then, I'm one that thinks this soceity is way to hung up on lables and what those lables Have to mean.
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