Originally Posted by
RanRan79
I'm not sure that would've made any difference, unless she was sold on the move being a springboard into a solo career. While I do agree that there is definitely moves that could've been made to ease the tensions and anxiety within some of the lineups, one thing to keep in mind about Mary is that by 1977 she had been doing the Supremes [[and Primettes) since she was 13/14 years old, and at the time of her exit, she was 33. That's a long time for an adult to be in the "same" position. And like a lot of us, expecting us to remain where we were as a teenager or have the same goals we did at that age, I think is unrealistic. Like Sup said, there's nothing wrong with being in a group vs solo, as far as one being superior over the other. But knowing human behavior, a group can be stifling in a way that being a solo artist is not. I've always said that Diana left the Supremes at the right time. Had she remained for even another year or two, that magic would've been stifled. She needed to branch out and stretch her wings, if it was only to satisfy her own need to see if she could indeed make it on her own. That's not a feeling I would've begrudged any other Supreme, including Flo and Mary. Now could the argument have been made that after flopping as a solo that Mary should've called up other willing Supremes to reform the group? I don't think I would argue in favor of that, but I think it would be fun to discuss what that might look like.
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