21 thoughts on “WCW: Queen Latifah

  1. I say, without any exaggeration or hyperbole, that Queen Latifah singing “When You’re Good to Mama,” was (and still is) the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.

  2. Jennifer Hudson isn’t one of the Boatwright sisters in The Secret Life of Bees, she plays Rosaleen Daise. The third sister is played by Sophie Okonedo.

    1. Is it she? I will check out this movie, as Okonedo was thrilling in The Hollow Crown! Both she and Queen Latifah have such presence.

  3. The “When You’re Good to Mama” dress has more of a 1910s look to it, but it’s gorgeous! And when we saw her in it, my late father (great Blues fan)’s comment was, “Very Bessie Smith!” and thought she would be terrific as Bessie! I didn’t realise she has played her!

    1. She’s amazeballs. I still need to see Bessie, but my favourites are Chicago’s Matron Mama Morton and Motorola Mabel in Hairspray. She’s an actress that goes from strength to strength and I wish Hattie McDaniels in Hollywood had more screen time. Better yet a miniseries ir movie on her.

    2. True NuitsdeYoung, her dress does remind me a bit of Mae West style.
      Chicago is probably my favorite QL film too and now that I have read this post I have a whole slew of new films to check out with her in them. Thank you again FF!

  4. Her music is in a genre that doesn’t speak to me, but I have adored her in every role I’ve seen her in. I admire her as an actress and a human being.

  5. Also adore When you’re good to Mamma. I wish there was more of it though, it’s so fab. Actually I adore the Queen all around. Even in inferior movies, she is worth seeing. Such personality.

  6. It’s not a frock flick, but her rom-com “Just Wright” that she starred in with Common is one of my poppy-fields movies (the ones where you’re scrolling through the channel guide looking for anything remotely interesting, and when you see it you click on it and watch it to the end, no matter how many times you’ve already seen it).

  7. Queen Latifah was amazing in Bessie. And the he costumes are just as fantastic. So while I’ve definitely liked/loved her in other productions, Bessie is hands down my favorite. Her versatility is always a treat to see.

  8. I’ve LOVED Queen Latifah ever since her hip hop debut in the late 80s (?). Even as a very young proto-feminist, I totally resonated with her battle against misogyny in hip hop with “Who you callin’ a bitch?” in U.N.I.T.Y. She is always, always a treat–as someone else said even if she’s in a not-stellar project. As for Frock Flicks, my fave is Chicago, although I have a lot more to see on this list. Non-Frock Flick: I just watched the first episode of her brand-new re-booted version of The Equalizer and it was….awesome!!! Long live the Queen!!

  9. Those double-takes she did as Ifill! Speaking of Gwen Ifill, there’s a woman who deserves a movie, or at least an “American Masters” program.

    1. I second that idea, M.E.Lawrence! Gwen Ifill’s calm demeanor and integrity have been sorely missed in the media landscape and in American civil discourse. PBS news coverage continues to be excellent, but it just isn’t the same without her.

  10. I love love love Hairspray. Even John Travolta’s weird facial prosthetics. There’s a little flourish in the lovely duet between Christopher Walken and John Travolta when Christopher does this thing with his hand over his head that makes me swoon every time.

    Plus the way that talented actress who plays Ines Stubbs works the handrails on the schoolbus. Magic.

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