We're finally back! We have a new years resolution for the pod, but what is it? Will we stick to it? I guess you'll have to see in this episode where Jonah and MJ discuss Dreamgirls. Between arguing wether or not CC is a coward, if artistic integrity really is everything, if this could have just been the Jennifer Holiday show, and why Jonah brought JFK up for no apparent reason, Dreamgirls made the perfect vehicle to ring in the new year.
Notes
Dreamgirls at the Tonys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUIPKdcKKVIMore Cowbell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVsQLlk-T0sHere’s a paper regarding cultural appropriation and music
https://www.amherst.edu/media/view/91803/original/Hall%252B-%252BAfrican-American%252BMusic%252B-%252BDynamics%252Bof%252BAppropriation%252Band%252BInnovation.pdf
Here’s some that are easier to read but still relevant
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-whitewashing-of-black-music-on-tiktokhttps://www.varsity.co.uk/music/20097A brief history of payola
https://www.vice.com/en/article/64y8y9/a-brief-history-of-american-payolaMusical Diegesis
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/diegetic-sound-and-non-diegetic-sound-whats-the-difference#3-examples-of-diegetic-sound\
Somewhere That’s Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIvpOIUqKKAThe Devil You know from Sideshow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP68t7uZXN4Muppets Pictures in My Head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCkHajMn8YoPRODUCTION VALUE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQa0_YhmPp0
