Pop This! Podcast Episode 284: Dreamgirls

Published: June 2, 2021, 4 p.m.

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Summary:
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"We\'re getting the band back together." This week we continue our tour of musicals and music films with the hit movie Dreamgirls. Also discussed: fire ants, Diana Ross in Mahogany, and the book How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell.
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Show notes:

Jennifer Holliday "And I\'m Telling You" 1982 Tony Awards (YouTube)

Mahogany (1975) | Romantic Drama Movie | Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams (YouTube)

The Real Dreamgirls - How Gils Groups Changed American Music (Smithsonian)

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Recommendations:

Andrea W.: City of Ghosts (TV, Netflix)

Andrea G.:\\xa0 The Underground Railroad (TV, Amazon)

Lisa: How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell (book)

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Music credits:

"Good Times" by Podington Bear
From Free Music Archive\\xa0
CC BY 3.0
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Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod

Intro bed: "OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst
Courtesy of Free Music Archive

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