History Film / LetItShine

* MistakenIdentity: Roxie comes to believe that Kris is Truth, when it's actually Cyrus.

The film stars a young busboy named Cyrus who dreams of being a hip-hop rapper, but the words of his peers and his pastor father make it seem as though he would never succeed. Under the name "Truth", he enters a contest sponsored by the same music label that once hired a childhood friend of his (named "Roxy" Andrews). However, due to a mistake when looking at the photograph Cyrus sent in, it is his best friend Kris that ends up with the glory. At first, Cyrus accepts staying in the background and helping Kris try to win Roxy's heart, but he eventually gains some self-respect, learns to stand up for himself, convinces his father that hip-hop can be a positive thing, and succeeds at his dream.

!!This film features the following Tropes:

%% * ExiledToTheCouch: Cyrus's father's punishment for what he did to Roxy at the church.
* ExtremeDoormat: Cyrus is too much of a NiceGuy for his own good. He actually lets Kris claim his contest entry as his own just so that Kris can have a chance with Roxy, even though he has a crush on her himself.

* MistakenIdentity: Roxy comes to believe that Kris is Truth, when it's actually Cyrus.

%% * PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Inverted with Roxy's manager, who truly believes that the fashions she wants Roxy to wear are trendy.
* ShrinkingViolet: Cyrus at the beginning of the movie. He's even in the background compared to Kris in the picture of the two of them that he mails to Roxy. No wonder she thought Kris was the contestant.

%% * WellDoneSonGuy: Cyrus.

* BattleRapping: The final scene has Cyrus rapping against Lord of Da Bling, the former prevailing in the process after revealing the latter's secret as a taxi cab driver.

* BattleRapping: The final scene has Cyrus doing this against Lord of Da Bling, the former prevailing in the process after revealing the latter's secret as a taxi cab driver.
* DuelingMovies: With ''[[{{Creator/Nickelodeon}} Rags]]''. Beat ''Rags'' by a decent margin actually.
* ExiledToTheCouch: Cyrus's father's punishment for what he did to Roxy at the church.

* PreachersKid: Cyrus, which is part of the reason why his dream seems almost unreachable.
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Inverted with Roxy's manager, who truly believes that the fashions she wants Roxy to wear are trendy.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Cyrus.

* DuelingMovies: With ''[[{{Nickelodeon}} Rags]]''. Beat ''Rags'' by a decent margin actually.

'''Let It Shine''' is a 2012 Creator/DisneyChannel musical. Based on the classic play {{Theatre/Cyrano De Bergerac}}, it's notable in that all the main characters are black.

'''Let It Shine''' is a 2012 DisneyChannel musical. Based on the classic play {{Theatre/Cyrano De Bergerac}}, it's notable in that all the main characters are black.

* ShrinkingViolet: Cyrus at the beginning of the movie. He's even in the background compared to Kris in the picture of the two of them that he submits to Roxy. No wonder she thought Kris was the contestant.

* ExiledToTheCouch: Cyrus' father's punishment for what he did to Roxy at the church.

* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: inverted with Roxy's manager, who truly believes that the fashions she wants Roxy to wear are trendy.

* MythologyGag: A deleted scene from the extended edition (advertised in trailers on Disney Channel), shows Cyrus facing off against Bling in a rap battle and utterly schooling him, which is capped off by Cyrus saying "That's ten better disses than you, I beat myself, something you couldn't do." This is no doubt a modern take on the famous scene in Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac where Cyrano berates a passer-by for failing to insult him in a creative enough fashion.

* MythologyGag: A deleted scene from the extended edition (advertised in trailers on Disney Channel), shows Cyrus facing off against Bling in a rap battle and utterly schooling him, which is capped off by Cyrus saying "That's ten better disses than you, I beat myself, something you couldn't do." This is no doubt a modern take on the famous scene in Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac where Cyrano berates a passer buy for failing to insult him in a creative enough fashion.

* MythologyGag: A deleted scene from the extended edition (advertised in trailers on Disney Channel), shows Cyrus facing off against Bling in a rap battle and utterly schooling him, which is capped off by Cyrus saying "That's ten better disses than you, I beat myself, something you couldn't do." This is no doubt a modern take on the famous scene in {{Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac}} where Cyrano berates a passer buy for failing to insult him in a creative enough fashion.

* DuelingMovies: With ''[[{{Nickelodeon}} Rags]]''. Beat ''Rags'' by decent margin actually.

'''Let It Shine''' is a 2012 DisneyChannel musical. Based on the classic play {{Theatre/Cyrano De Bergerac}}, it's notable in that it features an all-black main cast.

'''Let It Shine''' is a 2012 DisneyChannel musical. Based on the classic play {{Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac}}, the film stars a young busboy named Cyrus who dreams of being a hip-hop rapper, but the words of his peers and his pastor father make it seem as though he would never succeed. Under the name "Truth", he enters a contest sponsored by the same music label that once hired a childhood friend of his (named "Roxy" Andrews). However, due to a mistake when looking at the photograph Cyrus sent in, it is his best friend Kris that ends up with the glory. At first, Cyrus accepts staying in the background and helping Kris try to win Roxy's heart, but he eventually gains some self-respect, learns to stand up for himself, convinces his father that hip-hop can be a positive thing, and succeeds at his dream.

* PreachersKid: Cyrus, which is part of the reason why his dream seems almost unreachable.