It is the perfect example of the quality of people you are communicating with. Smark21 thinks what he said was cute, witty.
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he's 37, tall, dark and handsome, chased by many Supreme Fans
Well if you can get past all the requests for praising and meditation, the atrociously bad spelling, the macabre pictorial visits to Flo's grave and them referring to Flo's daughters as Nicole and Michelle "Chatman" on the Blondie-The Florence Ballard Story" facebook page you'll clearly read they are going for a cinema release. LMFAO see below:
Blondie: The Florence Ballard Story We @ Spirit of Life Films & Autumn Bailey Entertainment are truly honored and blessed to have the opportunity to bring this iconic woman's story to life! Stay tuned for the latest and SEE YOU AT THE CINEMA!!!!!
"Thank you everybody for joining the Fan page and spreading the word. This is going to be a epic film and we are grateful to everybody for their love and support. Keep the comments coming. This film is being made with love and passion! :)Flo on!
Perhaps I'll be less skeptical when a camera actually rolls and a movie studio or TV network gets behind it.
Now that's just wrong, how they're gonna misspell Florence's daughters' last name like that? LOL
Is the film even in pre-production yet though?
Here are a few status updates from the "Blondie" Faceboook page:
This Film is being done with love& passion and with the
Strength greater then the Cast&Crew who is working on it! It's above
and beyond that.
“God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Look to the lord when you need answers!
Is this a religious movie? I am not trying to knock anyone's faith [[I have my own), but I think maybe someone needs to seperate the Lord and the Florence Ballard story.
rob: Sorry for my delay in response. You asked a question and I shall answer:
It's not that I think this is a poor idea; I think it's a 'supreme' idea. But for me, there are so many signs [[many listed above) that point to disaster, that I am not about to get my hopes up. I am thrilled that Florence's story is going to be told, but I'm not of the opinion that this is the big cinematic release that will bury Diana Ross and Berry Gordy that so many others are hoping for.
I see that in addition to not seeming to know the names of the girls, they also do not know the difference between "then" and "than". The name thing is a bad sign.
Thanks Mary; common sense from you as usual; and I think you are right. Hope the other Mary is good.
What is with all the mispellings? They want to make some kind of movie about Florence Ballard and they can't even spell her name right and they mispell it several times; and then they mispell her children's last names. Strange.
Some Supremes fans are in shape; Rod is a bike class instructor; I am a Y instructor part time and teach lots of fitness classes. Wanna see a pic of my biceps? Or would you prefer something else? LOL.
I just wish some Flo fans weren't so fixated on the sad parts of her life as well as her death and her funeral. It seems they get off on viewing her a pathetic victim. I dont' have terribly high hopes for this movie, but judging by the religious content of many of the comments the team is leaving on the production's facebook page, it seems they want to make the story of Florence Ballard an inspirational story, something that will appeal to the Tyler Perry audience.
Smark, some people live unhappy; they want to hurt others and that uplifts them. They don't recognize their unhappiness and the wallowing. Perhaps there is an identification with people that were unsuccessful and couldn't cope. Perhaps they elevate themselves catcalling at the successful. It takes all kinds........
Some people like to hide the truth, but truth is the light. Now if the film sticks stritctly with the FACTS , then what is the problem? Oh the problem is that life and people are not always fair and good. Most ADULTS know that and accept that everything isn't a fairy tale............!
Yesterday marked the 47th Anniversary of the end of JFK's "Camelot". It ended in the murder of JFK! Not pretty, but it is a FACT. Non-fiction, for mature audiences only..........
I am SO happy that this movie is finally being made! I wonder who hurt Flo? Who would want to do that, when by all accounts she was a wonderful,generous, upbeat and somewhat sassy girl?
I wonder who lifted her up when she was down! Who or what took away her happiness? Why was she "unsuccessful" after starting the greatest girl group in history and helping them to make history? She had the goods, so what happened to cause her life to end so unsuccessfully, making it difficult for her to cope? If the film is able to answer these questions, then it will be a great film in my opinion.
Aren't they saying that one of Florence's granddaughters is named Florance, the other one is named Faith? Perhaps some know-it-for-a-fact Detroiter can set the record straight. Does Florence Ballard have a granddaughter named Florance?
If you really want to know why Florence was unsuccessful, you may want to read Maxine's book. The reasons, although not clearly illustrated, are there, but the reader must be prepared to dig deep. Florence's family, upbringing, and background didn't prepare her for success.
True, Marv... I was watching the John Lennon American Masters docu last night on PBS, and that certainly didn't end as a fairy tale, either. Rob, I suppose there are some people who get enjoyment from bringing others down, but most of it is speaking out against injustice. Being a lawyer, you should know this. Does it bother you if people think you became a lawyer just for the money, and had no desire to help people who have been injured by others, either physically or financially? Think about that for a hot minute. It's not as if Supremes fans WANT to lift one up and bring the other down, it's just their way way of dealing with injustice that was handed out because of greediness and selfishness of Barry and Diana. In cases where group members didn't get screwed over, you don't see all this argument and dissention, such as the fan bases of the Fifth Dimension and Tony Orlando And Dawn, and even the BEATLES, to some extent. Each one of them had solo success, so you didn't have one wearing Bob Mackie gowns and jet setting around the world while the other was on welfare eating hamburger helper. Diana and Berry USED Flo, and then threw her away like a bloody tampon. There were smatterings of help because of a guilty conscience, but if Flo had been getting her just royalties, she wouldn't have NEEDED that help in the first place. I know many want to pretend that Diana Ross is this shimmering light on a mountain, but you have to face it, she's not. Some people are selfish, and she is one of them. But that doesn't mean her motives were out of malice, nobody ever said that. But that doens't mean you shouldn't enjoy her music. If you enjoy it, don't let anyone tell you that you shouldn't.
No, I want to hear and SEE it from Florence's point of view. She lived it, Maxine did not! This film is based on Peter Benjaminson's recorded inteviews with Florence Ballard [[the subject of the film) in 1975 which culminated in the book "The Lost Supreme". Thank you.
Marv
What exactly did Diana Ross and Berry Gordy do to Flo? LMAO! Wouldn't let her sing leads; told her she was fat; crush an earring; put Diana Ross out front? What did they do to her? And further to the point, what did they do to Florence that they didn't do to Mary? I've read all the books, and I am still trying to discern what awful terrible thing they did to her.
Yes dear, but again, if you are interested in learning why Florence was not successful, it is all there in Maxine's book, and by this, I don't mean it was Maxine's opinion, but if a reader has the capability of reading between the lines, the reason Florence was unsuccessful had to do with coming up within an environment that didn't prepare her for success. And possibly, there were also some mental health issues and alcoholism. Have you read Peter's book? Is the information you seek found in Peter's book; or will only a cinematic rendering satisfy your lust to know why Florence was unsuccessful? If you haven't read it, I would encourage you to do so.
I don't buy that because what you are or rather Maxine is saying is that if you grow up poor, in the ghetto, you are in an environment that does not prepare you for success, hence we still have poor people living in ghettos in this country perpetually. To me that makes no sense. To me that is racist!
From "Blondie: The Florence Ballard Story" Alexis and Darryl, Florence grand kids,Faith and Florance two daughters visiting her grave today!
Well according the movie's facebook page, Florence's grandchildren are called Alexis and Darryl
I'm assuming their mother is Florance Chatman.
Based on today's facebook page I don't think you'll get the death, funeral and burial scenes you are hoping for Marv.
This movie may end up on the "Praise the Lord" or "Trinity" network.
Blondie: The Florence Ballard Story Happy Tuesday Facebook Fans: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and don't lean on your own understanding. In all things acknowledge him, and he shall direct your way. [Proverbs 3:5, 6]” Sending you all love on this great Tuesday:)
Nobody took Florence Ballard's royalties away ~ just like nobody took Mary Wells royalties away. Both of them signed them away quite freely ~ and even with legal advice. The real problem is that they needed the money and they didn't think anyone would care about My Guy and Where Did Our Love Go in a few years.
They reached the stage where the estate has to go begging to the Harry Weinger types who then have to go to the powers that be to plead for some money on some kind of moral basis, where there is no legal entitlement. And generally, those big companies will respond only to their shareholders and to legalities.
Ironically, now, the royalties are truly worth very little because sales have slipped so much and their royalty rates were so low.
Mary Wilson may have been jealous at times and may have acted it out from time to time but she wasn't stupid; she clearly understood she did not want to end up like Flo, didn't have a commercial voice and needed to do what she could to market "Supremes" and she did.
Flo Ballard was raped, robbed, used and abused. Realize that Flo was not treated well.
Will somebody tell the story of who's ass got wiped with a $5 bill and who did the wiping?
Maxine's was one Motown journal/book that I did not get.
Surprised to hear Stevie Wonder is a polygamist from Ribowsky.
Maxine "Precious" Ballard-Jenkins felt the need to "share" with her readers that her father once wiped his ass with a $5 bill and then proceeded to discuss her heavy monthly menstrual flow in great detail. And charged $65 a pop for including those charming little tidbits in her autobiography. LMFAO
I was sent the book by a friend and frankly it isn't worth 65 cents IMHO
One of Stevie's girlfriends lived right down the street from my Mom. When his lady friend got sick and died in 1991, Stevie sang at her funeral. He didn't try to hide his love for that woman, so Ribowsky's stories have no power. Besides what does that [[Stevie is a polygamist....) have to do with the Florence Ballard movie. Talk about getting off track, geez!
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Blondie: The Florence Ballard Story. We shall be posting casting info in the coming months.