{"id":1821,"date":"2006-12-25T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-25T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2006\/12\/dreamgirls-the-reviews-up\/"},"modified":"2006-12-25T00:20:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-25T00:20:00","slug":"dreamgirls-the-reviews-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2006\/12\/dreamgirls-the-reviews-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Dreamgirls — the review’s up!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

My review<\/a> of Dreamgirls<\/a><\/i> is now up at CT Movies \u2014 and since I was a last-minute pinch-hitter filling in for another critic who would almost certainly have known the film\u2019s subject matter much, much better than I do, all I can say is that, when it comes to this particular movie, I bow before Armond White<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

DEC 30 UPDATE: And now I bow before Ken Eisner<\/a>, who kicks his review off with an observation \u2026<\/p>\n

It\u2019s beyond ironic that the musical, a Broadway staple from the 1980s (created by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen), attempts to make a statement about authenticity\u2014specifically the dilution of black music in American entertainment\u2014when the film version is so spectacularly superficial. Its central premise is that people don\u2019t know, or actively fear, real soul when they see it. And that\u2019s unintentionally borne out by this production.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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