So when Sister begins to fall for him you know that it can’t end up well. When this character first appears on screen you can tell that he is bad news. Even his name invokes negative emotions within you. Although the real world doesn’t have villains, Satin is pretty darn close.Everything he says and does feels generally sincer. He’s smooth but not a player, determined and generally very likable. Any other actor couldn’t pull that off without seeming like a stalker but somehow Thomas makes it work. Then out of nowhere plants a big one without even asking her first. He comments on how she smells good and looks good and wonders has she ever been kissed. One of the first scenes he is in involves him helping Sparkle with her laundry. It’s takes a special type of actor to play Stix without making seem like a creepy jerk. Philip Thomas as Stix was a good pick for casting.She was a great character and McKee plays her perfectly. Her death was a huge shock to me when I first saw the film and still surprises me. That’s why it’s so unfortunate that she allows her to be influenced and taken advantage of by Satin. Everyone knows someone like and it makes sense for Sparkle to look up to her. She’s not afraid of trouble but isn’t necessarily a trouble maker. The moment she comes on scene, she’s sassy and high spirited. McKee sells this role because I truly believe that she is this character. Until her death, the story seems to mostly focus on her as she becomes the lead singer of the group. Sister is my favorite character in the movie and is actually the star for the first two thirds of the film.You don’t feel like she is playing just a role but is being the character and you can’t ask for anything more than that. Cara convinces me that she is this character and that her struggle is our struggle. She’s innocent yet smart, she’s determined but not over ambious, she’s passionate but not over dramatic. But after some research, I learned that she was in the hit musical “Fame” and had a brief singing career with her famous song “Flashdance…What a Feeling.” In the film, I feel like I can totally identify with her character. Since this movie came out before I was even born, I was not familiar with this actress or her works.Setting: the Ghetto and poor in the late 1960s.Bad lighting and average looking costumes.Ironically, when I was actually looking for the film in the $5 dollar bin it wasn’t there but thank goodness for YouTube! However, I figured that since Houston was doing the remake, I wanted to see the original first for comparison. I saw the movie countless times in the $5 dollar Wal-Mart bin but never paid it any mind because I had heard nothing about it. I never paid much attention to this film until I heard that there was going to be a remake with Whitney Houston in it.In the end, she reunites with Stix and performs by herself on stage. From there on, Sparkle must find her own success because she can no longer hide behind the shadow of her sister. Her sister, Sister, gets caught up in an abusive relationship and cocaine use which eventually leads to her death. However, Levi drops out of the group to work for the local gangster Satin. The Williams sisters- Sister, Dolores and Sparkle are singers in their local church but their friends Stix (also Sparkle’s love interest) and Levi who arranges the 5 of them into a singing group called “The Hearts.” The Hearts enter a local talent contest and win with the help of Sister’s sex and stage appeal. General Synopsis: Set in the late 1950s, Sparkle is the story of a young girl trying to make it as a professional singer but must overcome the obstacles of her family falling apart.In this post, I will be comparing the 1976 version of the musical drama “Sparkle” to the so called “new and improved” 2012 version of “Sparkle.” What motivated me to compare these two versions of the same movie was ultimately two things: 1) I have very strong opinions pertaining both films but 2) I ordered 1976 version from Amazon and received the 2012 version. Greetings and welcome to my first blog post!
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