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�� ...I'm too young to let you know
Just where I'm coming from ♪ ...which should have ignited the career
of star Lonette McKee and been more than a footnote
for Irene Cara and Philip Michael Thomas. Sparkle was
screenwriter Joel Schumacher's follow-up to Car Wash, and he wrote it to hypnotize audiences
and direct himself. It ended up dazzling
the handful who saw it but not with Schumacher behind the camera. Like the potential crowd-pleaser The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars
& Motor Kings, this story of the Negro Leagues also functioned as a metaphor
for the amount of effort Blacks had to put
into entertaining audiences. The players had to give a show
on the way to the stadium and still played nine innings of baseball. I loved it. I really wanted to do Bingo 'cause Bingo was a really fun
kind of character
Just where I'm coming from ♪ ...which should have ignited the career
of star Lonette McKee and been more than a footnote
for Irene Cara and Philip Michael Thomas. Sparkle was
screenwriter Joel Schumacher's follow-up to Car Wash, and he wrote it to hypnotize audiences
and direct himself. It ended up dazzling
the handful who saw it but not with Schumacher behind the camera. Like the potential crowd-pleaser The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars
& Motor Kings, this story of the Negro Leagues also functioned as a metaphor
for the amount of effort Blacks had to put
into entertaining audiences. The players had to give a show
on the way to the stadium and still played nine innings of baseball. I loved it. I really wanted to do Bingo 'cause Bingo was a really fun
kind of character
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♪ ...I'm too young to let you know
Just where I'm coming from ♪
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...which should have ignited the career
of star Lonette McKee
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and been more than a footnote
for Irene Cara and Philip Michael Thomas.
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Sparkle was
screenwriter Joel Schumacher's follow-up
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to Car Wash,
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and he wrote it to hypnotize audiences
and direct himself.
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It ended up dazzling
the handful who saw it
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but not with Schumacher behind the camera.
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Like the potential crowd-pleaser
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The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars
& Motor Kings,
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this story of the Negro Leagues
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also functioned as a metaphor
for the amount of effort
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Blacks had to put
into entertaining audiences.
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The players had to give a show
on the way to the stadium
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and still played nine innings of baseball.
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I loved it. I really wanted to do Bingo
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'cause Bingo was a really fun
kind of character.
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Movie Summary
Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.
