Originally Posted by
RanRan79
I still consider Mary's two books to be the authority on all things Supremes, even with inaccuracies. Indeed, she was there and I'll take her word for most of it. It sucks that we don't have an autobio from Florence, nor do we have one with much useful information from Diana Ross.
That being said, any movie based on the first book would, IMO, have to focus and center on Mary. Any script that is going to be non-partisan could certainly use Mary's book as a source, but would have to be sourced by everything ever written [[Mary's books, Diana's book...for what that's worth, the book on Flo, JRT's books, and others) in order to give each lady her "true" story, as opposed to one lady's POV.
If a movie were made specifically about Mary and based on her books, I would thumbs down the idea of titling it Dreamgirl. The movie has blurred the lines of fact and fiction with the Supremes and it's best to create some distance. Perhaps naming the movie after the second book, Supreme Faith, would be the better idea.
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