Defending Dreamgirls
Defending Dreamgirls
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TobyLinn 552 days ago
The studios behind the Oscar-nominated film did not react lightly to R&B star Smokey Robinson's recent comments that Jamie Foxx's portrayal of a manipulative, greedy girl-group manager in Dreamgirls was an "insulting" depiction of Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr.
"The creators of the Dreamgirls movie have blatantly indicated that they are depicting Berry Gordy and Diana Ross and the Supremes and Motown and they have done it with a lot of false information and negativity," Robinson told Access Hollywood earlier this month, adding that he felt the studios owed the legendary record producer a public apology.
"Berry Gordy created something with his dream that allowed a lot of other dreams to come true and he did it with integrity, he did it honestly," Robinson said, pointedly referring to the film's Curtis Taylor Jr. character's ties to organized crime.
"The creators of the Dreamgirls movie have blatantly indicated that they are depicting Berry Gordy and Diana Ross and the Supremes and Motown and they have done it with a lot of false information and negativity," Robinson told Access Hollywood earlier this month, adding that he felt the studios owed the legendary record producer a public apology.
"Berry Gordy created something with his dream that allowed a lot of other dreams to come true and he did it with integrity, he did it honestly," Robinson said, pointedly referring to the film's Curtis Taylor Jr. character's ties to organized crime.
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