Xmas at the movies

[fflo]

According to this IMDb piece, Dreamgirls did even better than expected yesterday. It also cites L.A. Weekly as identifying the film's target audience as "African-Americans, gays and upscale whites." The gays cuz it's a musical? Cuz, if that's it, I think they must mean the queer men more than the whole Family. You know, stereotypically.

Comments

[shmizla.livejournal.com]

should we read this to mean that, against intuition, the "upscale whites" are "culturally like" "gays," are like "african-americans," or aspire so to be?

that would be quite exciting indeed, being that "gays" and "african-americans" aren't commonly thought to be in the vanguard of models of social desirability.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Wow...I'm pretty much the opposite of their target audience. But I'm dying to see it.

[sprig5.livejournal.com]

Did you see it, fflo? 'Cause you are upscale.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

yeah. and, right-o, that's me.

[atleastdefiant.livejournal.com]

i think the gays and african americans (and gay african americans) are the show's biggest fans anyways. least, that's all i see when it plays the opera house.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Speaking of playing the opera house, I saw the trailer for an upcoming Tyler Perry movie that looked all serious and sorta mainstream. I remember wondering about the playwright and the audience/circuit was when the ads for his over-the-top campy plays would come on TV in Baltimore, talking of their reception in other cities and showing crazy clips. I knew he wrote that recent bestseller with the earring admonition, but I was a little surprised to see that preview. Made me wonder if I've been missing out on a good hunk of his career.