I went to see Dreamgirls tonight.  I went in hoping that it would be a great movie and wonderfully received and the like.  WRONG!

The song numbers were uninteresting and stereotypical, the character development was nigh non-existent, and the crowd was terrible.  Read my title, and if you want to continue, go for it.

I tend to be fairly non-racist.  I will make many racist remarks for humor, but I don't really hold these ideas to be true.  Tonight was one of the nights that push me that way.  In my dealings with African Americans, the only two emotions I observe are amusement and anger.  For example, in the movie, it's a particularly heart-breaking scene that had me slightly emotional.  However, because a black woman just told a black man off, the crowd erupted into laughter and applause.  After that wonderful scene of beautiful acting, the best the actors get is the rowdy guffaw of an overly zealous ethnocentric crowd?  I wanted for this movie to be the one to offer more than typical Black Movie fare (i.e. Soul Plane, etc.), but I was sorely disappointed.

So, coming from this movie as uninspired and disappointed in my fellow Memphians, I can't recommend it.  I'll try it again later on my own, but I'm not sure if it can save my hopes.