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Tell me something

It's about fairness, Curtis. It's about people paying their dues. Isn't that what you keep...

Dreamgirls • 2006

Effie Melody White:
Tell me something, Curtis. Do you think it's right to promote an amateur performer over a professional? Curtis Taylor Jr.:
I'm not sure what this is about... Effie Melody White:
It's about fairness, Curtis. It's about people paying their dues. Isn't that what you keep telling me? "Get in line, Effie. Wait your turn". So why am I sitting here without so much as a B-side on a 45, when an amateur like Martin Luther King Jr. gets his own freaking album? I mean, can he even sing?

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Do you think it's right to promote an amateur performer

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over a professional

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I don't know what this is about

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It's about fairness Curtis It's about people paying their dues

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Ain't that what you keep telling me Get in line Effie Wait your turn

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So why am I sitting here without so much as a B side on the 45

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when an amateur like Martin Luther King Jr

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gets his own freakin' album

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I mean can he even sing

Duration

30 seconds

Views

1,234

Timestamp in Movie

00:31:58

Uploaded

Nov 24, 2022

Genres

drama, music, musical

Production

DreamWorks Pictures,Paramount Pictures,Laurence Mark Productions

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Movie Summary

A trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.

Actors

Curtis Taylor Jr.

Reporter #2 (scenes Deleted)