Do you remember the first time you heard this song? I was only a year old or less when the song came out. Whitney Houston was in her early twenties with a new album and hit song on her hands. Houston was nicknamed as “the voice” of an angel. Ordained and touched by God, the genes of her mother and father, and divine energy. Whitney had the kind of voice, looks, and charisma specifically made for a star. I never had a chance to see Whitney live I wanted to so badly, but I was a huge fan listening to her music from her films, CDs, and tape cassettes my parents brought home. I still listen to Whitney to this day and have her songs on YouTube and Pandora when I need a boost to get me going. Whitney Elizabeth Houston aka “Nippy” her childhood nickname was a woman of many talents’ executive producer, songwriter, singer, actor I am sure many of you have seen “The Bodyguard” “Cinderella”, “Waiting to Exhale”, “The Preacher’s Wife”, “Sparkle”, and more. “I wanna dance with somebody” I feel like is another chapter of Whitney’s life where you get to see the whole musical journey behind the scenes. This comes from the director of “Bohemian Rhapsody” the story of Queen, British rock and roll legends and Freddy Mercury’s journey. I loved how they showed the journey to the song, what situation led up to writing massive number one hits.
This movie is going to take us down memory lane, I was a fan I discovered Whitney the early 1990s I am going to say 1990 so I was three going on 4 years old. Her video “I am your baby tonight” I think was one of the first videos I am like who is this lady? Fell in love with her voice and her style. Whitney admired the pop culture greats like Audrey Hepburn, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, and Barbara Streisand. Women who could be versatile. You saw that in her videos. She was not just dancing, acting, or singing. You can see this elegant and glamorous style on camera, magazines, in person. She can be the casual diva in a sweat suit and jeans, but she always had this regal presence on stage and this powerhouse charisma.
I believe the actor playing Whitney is stepping into huge shoes and this is a transformational role.
The same way how when Angela Bassett played Tina Turner, Jennifer Hudson playing Aretha Franklin, Jamie Foxx playing Ray, or Sissy Spacek playing Loretta Lynn. Whitney’s story will continue to be told and shared for decades to come with new renditions, more information, memories, stories, music, and more in the future. I believe Naomi did amazing with a respectful, classy, and detailed account of her life. There were embellishments, there were details added about her life or turned around a bit. Which is something we cannot forget as writers, screenwriters, producers. Always fact check the details where a couple first met, what year they met, how old they were, who introduced them too. Those details matter too. I saw the film Christmas Eve and I thought it was amazing they captivated her essence.
Ackie really captured her essence and did an excellent job with her accent, her diction, Whitney’s inflections were incredible. The movie gives us insight and more detailed with how they molded Whitney, how they wanted a bubblegum pop image for her during the 1980s, 1990s. There is a lot of people often do not see the intricacies in the music industry that take to develop an artist. You see a new artist at their rawest form when they first come out and then you notice a year or two later, they just flourish and immerse into something else.
It is an added layer of whip cream on a sundae, they become more polished, more detailed with their creative process, and what the want to share in radio, television, social media, and more.
You get to see the transition of a raw young teenager who just had that talent. No frills, no lace, no extra additions, a voice, a microphone, natural born talent, although Whitney struggled with slight stage fright. Her training from being in the choir, performing as an artist is what took her to the next level. She can perform in front of hundreds, thousands, then even millions and beyond as a recording artist. Arista, Clive Davis, her parents, and team really contributed to molding her into the woman and the artist we saw on stage. Maturity took her to the next level of how she wanted to convey certain songs and records to her fans too. Initially you see Clive Davis and producers are searching for records. They were “shopped” to her and producers for both of their opinions. You do not get to see her really pitch in until later after her records topped the music charts.
One part of the movie I really loved is when you see her pressing Clive Davis for more empowering records.
She always wanted to give her fans her best. She thought about how we can connect with the fans at that time to make hits. How do they connect to, their hearts, their minds, and makes them still want to have a wonderful time. She loved big ballads, big symphonies, but she could also cross over into pop music and more too.
The movie shows the development of a true international star who can crossover into any genre of music with a powerful instrument all by using her greatest gift, blessing, and talent, her voice. Whitney’s voice earned her the nickname “The voice” which led to so much success in music and entertainment industry. She is now a legend who will continue to go on to inspire manyup and coming singers, actors for years to come of all backgrounds in life. Go seeSet a date and watch, “I wanna dance with somebody” take your friends and family to see it.
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