1. Everyone's dreams are worthy of respect. I agree that everyone is equal. At the same time, I do not agree with taking advantage of others, and I hate being taken advantage of. .
2. Each matter is viewed from a different perspective and involves different interests. So it's hard to say right or wrong.
3. The effort should be rewarded.
Let's take a look at what resources they have when they meet:
1. When CURTIS TAYLOR first met the dream combination, the three of them were worthless. At the time, the three of them were one of countless ordinary girls who were part-timers and hoped to realize their singing dreams through the audition. It has its own characteristics, but it is not outstanding. It also needs training, packaging, and promotion. They cannot develop further on their own and need to rely on external forces.
2. At that time, in addition to acting as an acting agent, CURTIS TAYLOR also had a Cadillac agency, which was considered quite powerful, especially for a black man. At the same time, he also has considerable network resources in the entertainment industry.
3. There was still strong racial discrimination against black people in the United States at that time, and black people were very restricted in all aspects.
For the Dreams combo, I would say:
1. They are very lucky. It is their blessing to find an agent with such vision, courage, ideas and strong execution. Zhang Ailing, there is a saying, if you say it well, you need to be famous as soon as possible. This sentence is very meaningful. The earlier the development, the greater the space for development, because the advantageous resources are accumulating. In the entertainment industry, especially for women, this period of time is the most precious, which means that the opportunity cost is high, and the more you go, the less valuable it is. Famous, can attract more funds for further development. After this period, there may be no chance to turn over again, especially for Lorrell, she is the weakest in appearance and singing ability in the team, while Deena looks better, but her singing ability is mediocre. Effie is difficult to grow, and her figure is speechless. Only her singing ability is her advantage. Make such an assumption, if CURTIS TAYLOR sees that there is a market for a black female singing group, then he can find three black females on his own. The method is similar to the Taiwan F4 group. Everyone is from a different place, and they did not know each other. Does Dreams have a future story?
2. They do not abide by the rules of the game and trample on the spirit of the contract.
The first is Effie. In the early days, because of her outstanding singing skills, and only performing in a small range of talent shows, she covered up her own lack of image. After the intervention of CURTIS TAYLOR, for the better development of the team, Effie was replaced by DEENA as the lead singer, but Effie could not accept it. Let’s analyze whether it’s fair or not. In the early stage, Effie won the lead singer’s seat by relying on his singing skills, but in the later stage, in order to develop to a greater extent, the external image has become the key to the survival and development of the team, so why can’t DEENA be obtained with the advantage of appearance The lead singer's seat.
Effie's later behavior (being excluded from the group, has not forgotten hatred for many years, especially the harm to children is too good, that sentence is full of resentment: ** (the little girl's name) has no father, the little girl's head is instantly lowered.. . . ) It also reflects that she did not have a mature mentality to face failures and setbacks. She blamed others, did not adjust herself, and hated society,
which also reflected the mentality of a considerable number of black people at that time.
As for Effie's love for CURTIS TAYLOR, I am very sorry to say that no one has the right to interfere in other people's private lives. There is no right or wrong in love, only love and no love. So Effie has no right to accuse CURTIS TAYLOR and DEENA. Of course, it is not appropriate for CURTIS TAYLOR to use Effie's love for him to maintain the stability of the group, but what can I say, when it comes to love, everything will become unpredictable and cruel.
Lorrell, who actually benefited the most in the team, did not compete for the strength of the lead singer, but she was the safest and most profitable. But she knew that James Early was married and still fell in love with James Early foolishly, so it was doomed to be a tragedy from the beginning.
DEENA. Is it a vase? There seems to be nothing to say other than this.
CC went from a nobody to a well-known songwriter in the industry, and CURTIS TAYLOR's support was inseparable, but later, he couldn't tolerate CURTIS TAYLOR tampering with his style, and he couldn't stand his ruthlessness towards James Early (including his ruthlessness towards Effie). ) ran away angrily, and joined Marty to stab him in the back, what can I say, where did Yuhi's kindness go? The key point is that as an industry insider who signed a contract with a brokerage company, it is not a reasonable thing to be afraid of leaving unilaterally.
Let's look at CURTIS TAYLOR:
1. A scout who can observe and understand people's hearts and take advantage of human weaknesses. From his alley watching Marty (James Early's former agent) trying to keep the two actresses, he discovered one of James Early's weaknesses: lust. He observed the Dream combination, provided opportunities at the right time, and became the manager of the Dream combination at the lowest cost. At the same time, he may have discovered that there is a very important member behind the combination, that is, the independent composer, composer and performance director CC .
2. After the Dream group gained popularity and performance opportunities as the backing vocalist of James Early, he put forward a timely proposal to repackage the group.
3. Win the duel with Marty and get James Early's brokerage rights. Marty's thinking is limited to the black area, and he does not dare to expand his career, or he has no ability to expand, and CURTIS TAYLOR provides the best development opportunity. Although James Early died of drug overdose at an early age, it was not the fault of CURTIS TAYLOR. As an investor, he was more interested in the ability to continue to make profits. But James Early couldn't come out of the glorious aperture of the sunset, and with the emergence of rookies, the original style was no longer popular with the public. It may be the best way to retreat bravely in a timely manner, with face and funds. Unfortunately, he couldn't let it go, and it ended tragically.
4. In order for the group to get out of the black area, he made a lot of sacrifices. It can also be said that he made up his entire net worth. He emptied the new Cadillac in exchange for cash, gambling, underground black boxing, etc., while taking disgraceful means for commercial bribery. Come to hype the Dreams combination.
5. How much love does the love between CURTIS TAYLOR and DEENA
have? It's hard to say. But one thing can be seen, DEENA's love for CURTIS TAYLOR is deeper. DEENA can play the Cleopatra role he doesn't like. But CURTIS TAYLOR has someone else by his side immediately after breaking up with DEENA.
5. Friends, love or business
CURTIS TAYLOR chose the latter, so he eventually lost friends and lost love.
I don't agree with many things that CURTIS TAYLOR did, such as taking advantage of Effie's love for her, such as making money from other abnormal channels, such as measuring the value of people with money, impersonal, and later arrogance. Everything has advantages and disadvantages, so choose one of the two.
It is really hard to say who is right and who is wrong, who is honorable and who is despicable.
Good movie, worth watching.
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