#SPARKLE 1976 VS 2012 MOVIE#
#SPARKLE 1976 VS 2012 FULL#

#SPARKLE 1976 VS 2012 FULL#

Cee-Lo Green (Black) contributes the rollicking 'I'm a Man,' seemingly made in the mould of Edwin Starr's 1969 single '25 Miles.' Ejogo takes the lead on the bouncy 'Yes I Do,' one of three songs involving songwriter and producer Andrew Wansel (whose father, Dexter Wansel, was in full flight as a soul artist, songwriter, and producer in 1976). Kelly production, Sparks is joined by Whitney Houston (Sparkle's mother Emma), the latter of whom is showcased on a piano, organ, and choir rendition of 'His Eye Is on the Sparrow.' Houston sounds as commanding as one can expect from a later recording.

Kelly and have his peculiar 'old but new' feel - composed with a bygone era in mind but executed with modern means. Sparks also fronts the gospel-tinged ballad 'One Wing' and the midtempo 'Love Will,' both of which were built and helmed by R. Sensibly, there's no effort to out-power them this version has its own light and breathy touch.

Both the Franklin original and En Vogue's 1992 version rightly topped the R&B chart. When it comes to 'Something He Can Feel,' it would be an understatement to say that the deck is stacked against Sparks and her vocal partners, Carmen Ejogo (Sister) and Tika Sumpter (Delores). Led by Jordin Sparks (who succeeds Irene Cara as Sparkle), the 2012 soundtrack features faithful and decent covers of four songs from the original. Sparkle, a glitzy remake of the 1976 music-heavy film, is about three sisters, one a sex kitten called Sister, the second a tough cookie, the last a shy-boots with the. The 1976 soundtrack doubled as a fine Aretha Franklin album - one written, arranged, and produced by Curtis Mayfield. If her words were not enough, Emma’s lingering smile speaks for itself when Sparkle brings down the red drapes with an emotional performance of “One Wing.The soundtrack for the 2012 remake of 1976's Sparkle is an enjoyable if muddled affair. “I’m proud of you… It takes a lot of faith to believe in yourself,” Emma tells Sparkle before she takes the stage to folow her life-long dream. ‘Sparkle’ closes with similar moment of motherly devotion. And between her hours-long shifts, she still finds time to email me with a simple subject line that reads “proud of you.” at 19 years old and with child, my mother found her way to become a registered nurse. She’s the mother she wished she had.Īfter coming from Mexico to the U.S. She wasn’t isn’t overbearing or overprotective. “Was I overbearing? Was I overprotective?” she asks.Īll I can (and will) always tell her is that it’s her resilience that came from weathering those trials and tribulations that gave me the guts to move several states away. Well, if the only thing you're looking at is 'girl group' and 'costumes', then yes it may look like Dreamgirls to you, but first of all if you really look at the trailer, Sparkle is more about the struggle within the family of the main characters-while Dreamgirls was more about the. Since September 2006, when I told her I was moving to New York for an editorial internship, my mother not only asks when I’m moving back home, but if I left home because of her. A lot of people (mostly young people) have been saying 'Sparkle looks like Dreamgirls'.Over and over again.

#SPARKLE 1976 VS 2012 MOVIE#

This movie was one of the last predominately 'all black' movies of the 70s and unlike the 'blaxploitation' movies.

Like many daughters, I’ve felt Emma’s tough love and internal battle via my own mother, fearful that the pain she once felt as a young woman will take form in the next man I meet or be at the other side of the next door I open. Tony King was very realistic in his role of Satin. Emma’s conflict between fear and faith, and how is translates to her daughters, stands at the core fo the film - and it’s a theme that admittedly hits close to my own home. The mother-daughters dynamic that holds the film togeher is made more poignant thanks to the audience’s indepth knowledge of Whitney’s real-life struggles and spiritual vigor. The late singer, who lives again during the film’s 116 minutes, plays a mother - once mistreated and abandoned by her significant other - who delivers protective life lessons to her overzealous, yet talented daughters Sparkle ( Jordin Sparks), Sister (Carmen Ejogo) and Delores ( Tika Sumpter).

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Sparkle 1976 vs 2012