Very interesting first hand account , Motown Maniac. You've made me think of an experience I had with a movie called CANT STOP THE MUSIC , a vehicle contrived solely to cash in on The Village People's popularity. I went to the premiere in San Francisco , not knowing what to expect ....certainly not GONE WITH THE WIND.... but also certainly not the disaster it was.
It was a purposeless waste of time .... I found myself hoping to find a side door to exit because there were no words I could find to be complementary for the reception crowd waiting in the lobby. As it turned out , they already seemed to be dreading what the response would be while having to greet people, and from listening to others and noticing the quick dispersal of the after crowd , it was clear that my reaction was universal ,everybody seemed to be red-faced about the entire thing. Lol!
I guess I was hopeful that this would be disco's masterpiece on film , or at worst some off beat campy fun like ROCKY HORROR, not sure why I would hope for any of that after already experiencing the horrendous THANK GOD ITS FRIDAY, and not much better SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER , a movie I almost walked out of midway. I guess I thought surely they'd learned something and it could only go up from there- lol!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqeQWYwVFo0
do the milk 'shake'.....:rolleyes:!!
can't stop the music?? this just might [[ maybe it did?) !!! lol!
added : no I'm not in any way comparing this to The Wiz.....which I think had the best of intentions ...