Originally Posted by
carlo
All good points made here. I look at legendary ladies like Tina and Cher, both of whom were/are managed by Roger Davies [Cher has been under his management since 1999]. Dolly Parton seems to have teamed up with an amazing manager for quite some time now, who has given her a career renaissance [multiple specials, movies, products at Walmart, etc]. Same goes for Patti LaBelle, who has had a second career with her cook books, her cooking show, her Walmart branded foods, etc. Dionne has received a lot of press with her very authentic and honest Tweets, which was a great strategy [her son has had a lot to do with that, along with her niece].
I think Diana could have had a similar trajectory as her cohorts during the past 20 years, if she had been willing to give the reins over to someone else, in terms of managing her career. However, I think she wants far too much control in every area of her career, for that to have ever been fathomable. I would also suspect that everyone in the music industry knows this about her, which would negatively impact the number of opportunities coming her way. No one is going to want to help you if they know that you don't want the help and you're not agreeable to most things. Tyler Perry was begging her to return his calls, but she isn't interested in being any co-star. Even Barbra Streisand took a lesser role when she did more recent movies like "Meet the Fockers". Diana would never. It is my understanding that Berry told her not to do RTL, but she didn't listen. She wants to do her own thing, for better or worse. As The Supremes sang, "It's all been said before..."
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