SO as i stayed up all night watching tv…and i came across Dream Girls….I honestly did not enjoy the movie the first time I saw it. I thought it was another production that took a wonderful Broadway Sensation…and transformed it into the stereotypical Hollywood movie…(All I could see were the writers and producers telling the cast “relate…and speak to everyone”) And As i sit back and watch this movie for the third time…i finally noticed that the movie did not convey that message after all….I know…that is what every producer wants to happen….yet I felt that this movie could not touch everyone. When i say relate I’m not talking about the normal…Black vs White….old vs new…the musically inclined vs the DECLINED lol! I’m talking about the individuals who try and try there entire life to make something of themselves and they have this rope around their waist named Insecurity.
NO matter how old you are…no matter how young…no matter what race you are…WE ALL HAVE INSECURITIES. It is so easy to point your finger at someone else and place blame on them for holding you back. But the truth is YOU are the only one holding YOU back! From my perspective Dream Girls was a musical film that told the stories of individuals who did not believe in themselves enough to allow others to believe in them also. (NOW STAY WITH ME) Look at Deena Jones…. a young shy individual who was on the outside psyched herself out to believe that she was not ready for the star power nor love. Yet in the inside she yearned for the spotlight and the love of Curtis (or she thought she did) Not willing to open up…she let Curtis Taylor, Jr control her every move, allowing him to tell her…WHAT SHE WAS FEELING and THE WAY SHE EXPRESSED HERSELF. Now normally we would call this a lifeless woman with a dominant man. Yet I see it different in this case…Deena was so use to Effie White taking control and always singing lead…that she never found it in herself to actually allow the true Deena to seep out.
I am a strong believer that we all have two sides….the persona that we put on for the public (jobs, school…) and the TRUE side (the side only your closest family and friends know). Deena had four sides…The side Effie created due to Deena’s insecurities, the side Curtis created due to her insecurities, the side her mother created (not know that she could even sing) due to her insecurities, and The TRUE Deena! I know sounds crazy right???? WRONG!!!!!!!! We try so hard to please everyone that we ofter forget who we need to please ….ourselves! There are many Deena’s out there that need to bring their “inner self” out.
WHEN LISTEN WAS SANG BY BEYONCE I WAS INTRIGUED BY THE MELODIES…AND THE HIGH NOTES SHE HIT… I DID NOT ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE WORDS. Although many will argue this with me, i dont feel Deena was telling Curtis to LISTEN, i feel she was telling Deena 1, 2, and 3 to LISTEN to DEENA number 4!
Now everyone say the lyrics aloud…don’t sing it…just say it…like you are telling a story or poetry…I promise it will open your eyes…and I promise you…I tells a story that means…. listen to yourself…and sometimes it is sounds so good and is perfectly fine… to only be heard by yourself. We try so hard to insure that we touch everyone around us…but sometimes we need to touch our own souls…believe me it is possible!
“Listen to the song here in my heart
A melody I start but can’t complete
Listen to the sound from deep within
It’s only beginning to find release
Oh, the time has come for my dreams to be heard
They will not be pushed aside and turned
Into your own all ‘cause you won’t
Listen
Listen, I am alone at a crossroads
I’m not at home in my own home
And I’ve tried and tried to say what’s on mind
You should have known
Oh, now I’m done believing you
You don’t know what I’m feeling
I’m more than what you made of me
I followed the voice you gave to me
But now I’ve gotta find my own
You should have listened, there is someone here inside
Someone I thought had died so long ago
Oh, I’m screaming out and my dreams’ll be heard
They will not be pushed aside on words
Into your own all ‘cause you won’t
Listen
Listen, I am alone at a crossroads
I’m not at home in my own home
And I’ve tried and tried to say what’s on mind
You should have known
Oh, now I’m done believing you
You don’t know what I’m feeling
I’m more than what you made of me
I followed the voice you gave to me
But now I’ve gotta find my own
I don’t know where I belong
But I’ll be moving on
If you don’t, if you won’t
Listen to the song here in my heart
A melody I start but I will complete
Oh, now I’m done believing you
You don’t know what I’m feeling
I’m more than what you made of me
I followed the voice you think you gave to me
But now I’ve gotta find my own, my own”
-Beyonce-
