Originally Posted by
carlo
I think Diana generally does not view her history with The Supremes in a positive light. In previous accounts, she has alluded to how it was a lot of hard work, she was not eating, she was under a tremendous amount of stress, how the other girls were 'talking about her behind her back, when her back was not even turned', etc., etc. She's put out these little tidbits over the years in her book, interviews, etc., but then the majority of the time, she tends to gloss it all over with a lot of fluffy language and generally says it was a wonderful period in her life. I think she talks like this to allow the public to continue to have their own positive memories of the group and their music, without continuing to further hash out the drama, like Mary did in her books. They were on such a whirlwind schedule throughout the 60's, that she would likely not remember a lot, other than being in and out of studios [much of the time without Mary, Flo, or Cindy], endless rehearsals, jet-setting to another country, or doing yet another show. Even Mary herself had to see a hypnotist to aid her with recalling her memories of the 1960's. I know Diana appreciates the genius and talent of HDH and The Supremes' hit songs [she inducted HDH into the Rock Hall], but then that's where it stops. It's clear that Diana never appeared to accept any awards for The Supremes, nor wanted to participate in any Supremes projects, because it would have meant having to be in the same room as Mary. After 1986, that was just not going to happen on Diana's watch.
To some extent, she also views herself as being bigger than the group itself, otherwise RTL would have never happened.
I will give a rating of 3.
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