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* FirstKiss / TestKiss: Sparkle gets hers in the first 5 minutes of the film.
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* FirstKiss / TestKiss: FirstKiss: Sparkle gets hers in the first 5 minutes of the film.
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* BoomerangBigot / UncleTomfoolery: Satin. He even makes it clear that he does it for the money, [[ButNotTooBlack although judging by his small circle of friends]] it may be his actual attitude towards his own people.
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* BoomerangBigot / UncleTomfoolery: BoomerangBigot: Satin. He even makes it clear that he does it for the money, [[ButNotTooBlack although judging by his small circle of friends]] it may be his actual attitude towards his own people.
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* FreezeFrameBonus[=/=]Foreshadowing: There's a scene where Sparkle is at a Record Store, in her listening booth there's a record sleeve with "COLUMBIA" labeled across the top. Later on in the film, the girls are discovered by an executive from Creator/ColumbiaRecords.
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* FreezeFrameBonus[=/=]Foreshadowing: FreezeFrameBonus: There's a scene where Sparkle is at a Record Store, in her listening booth there's a record sleeve with "COLUMBIA" labeled across the top. Later on in the film, the girls are discovered by an executive from Creator/ColumbiaRecords.
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* IronicEcho: "Snip-snip, hussy!"
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Satin.
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* SycophanticServant: Satin's male friend, "Ham".
* TheChurch: Well, they are churchgoers...
* TheChurch: Well, they are churchgoers...
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* PlayingAgainstType: Funny man, Mike Epps, does play a comedian, but his character Satin, is a self-hating black man who got rich by telling jokes that insulting black people, and he's an abusive husband to Sister.
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* DomesticAbuser: Satin to Tammy. PlayedForDrama as there's one scene where they leave Baker's after a failed show, and Satin chases her through the house (in slow motion, no less) and continues to chastise her with a belt.
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* DomesticAbuser: DomesticAbuse: Satin to Tammy. PlayedForDrama as there's one scene where they leave Baker's after a failed show, and Satin chases her through the house (in slow motion, no less) and continues to chastise her with a belt.
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* MarilynMonroe: The reason why Sister straightens her hair. "You'll never see a kink on Marilyn 'S. for Sexy' Monroe!"
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* MarilynMonroe: The reason why Sister straightens her hair. "You'll never see a kink on Marilyn [[WithACapitalT 'S. for Sexy']] Monroe!"
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* MarilynMonroe: The reason why Sister straightens her hair. "You'll never see a kink on Marilyn [[WithACapitalT 'S. for Sexy']] Sexy' Monroe!"
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-->'''Tammy:''' Cliff Bells? Come on, I won't embarrass myself- didn't MarvinGaye get booed out of there?
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-->'''Tammy:''' Cliff Bells? Come on, I won't embarrass myself- didn't MarvinGaye Music/MarvinGaye get booed out of there?
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kem_(singer) Kem]] makes two appearances as the MC at Cliff Bells, and The Fillmore.
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'''''Sparkle''''' is a film originally made in 1976 starring Irene Cara, Lonette [=McKee=], and Dwan Smith that follows a singing trio of sisters and their turbulent rise in Harlem. It was [[TheRemake remade]] in 2012 starring Jordin Sparks, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, Music/WhitneyHouston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, and Music/CeeLoGreen.
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* CaughtOnTape: The Sisters' performance opening for Aretha Franklin turns out to be live on local television, cue Emma waking from her slumber.
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* PrimeTime / CaughtOnTape: The Sisters' performance opening for Aretha Franklin turns out to be live on local television, cue Emma waking from her slumber.
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* NewYorkCity: Harlem, to be exact.
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* ChristmasCake: Tammy/Sister; it's mentioned quite a few times in the film that she's nearing 30 and not yet married.
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* DomesticAbuser: Satin to Tammy.
** PlayedForDrama: There'sTammy. PlayedForDrama as there's one scene where they leave Baker's after a failed show, and Satin chases her through the house (in slow motion, no less) and continues to chastise her with a belt.
** PlayedForDrama: There's
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* [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname OldMaid: Tammy/Sister; it's mentioned quite a few times in the film that she's nearing 30 and not yet married.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Only Known By HerNickname]]: Nickname. Tammy's actual name is said very few times in the entire film, and she's often referred to as "Sister".
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Only Known By Her
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Sister falls for Satin and rejects [[NiceGuy Levi]] who she was dating previously.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Funny man, Mike Epps, does play a comedian, but his character Satin, is a self-hating black man who got rich by telling jokes that insulting black people, and he's an abusive husband to Sister.
* PlayingAgainstType: Funny man, Mike Epps, does play a comedian, but his character Satin, is a self-hating black man who got rich by telling jokes that insulting black people, and he's an abusive husband to Sister.
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'''''Sparkle''''' is a film originally made in 1976 starring Irene Cara, Lonette [=McKee=], and Dwan Smith that follows a trio of Sisters and their turbulent rise in Harlem. It was [[TheRemake remade]] in 2012 starring Jordin Sparks, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, Music/WhitneyHouston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, and Music/CeeLoGreen.
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'''''Sparkle''''' is a film originally made in 1976 starring Irene Cara, Lonette [=McKee=], and Dwan Smith that follows a singing trio of Sisters sisters and their turbulent rise in Harlem. It was [[TheRemake remade]] in 2012 starring Jordin Sparks, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, Music/WhitneyHouston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, and Music/CeeLoGreen.
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Sparkle is a film originally starring Irene Cara, Lonette [=McKee=], and Dwan Smith in 1976 that follows a trio of Sisters and their turbulent rise in Harlem. It has been later remade starring Jordin Sparks, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, Music/WhitneyHouston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, and Featuring Cee Lo Green.
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Sparkle is a film originally starring Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, and Dwan Smith in 1976 that follows a trio of Sisters and their turbulent rise in Harlem. It has been later remade starring Jordin Sparks, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, and Featuring Cee Lo Green.
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Sparkle is a film originally starring Irene Cara, Lonette McKee, [=McKee=], and Dwan Smith in 1976 that follows a trio of Sisters and their turbulent rise in Harlem. It has been later remade starring Jordin Sparks, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, Whitney Houston, Music/WhitneyHouston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, and Featuring Cee Lo Green.
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* FreezeFrameBonus / Foreshadowing: There's a scene where Sparkle is at a Record Store, in her listening booth there's a record sleeve with "COLUMBIA" labeled across the top. Later on in the film, the girls are discovered by an executive from Columbia Records.
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* FreezeFrameBonus / Foreshadowing: FreezeFrameBonus[=/=]Foreshadowing: There's a scene where Sparkle is at a Record Store, in her listening booth there's a record sleeve with "COLUMBIA" labeled across the top. Later on in the film, the girls are discovered by an executive from Columbia Records.Creator/ColumbiaRecords.
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* UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}: Where the film takes place as part of the SettingUpdate.
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* MotorCity: Where the film takes place as part of the SettingUpdate
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* NoNameGiven: Satin's male friend in his posse, his name's [[UnfortunateNames "Ham"]].
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* TimeToMove: Sparkle does this once Delores is en route to Tennessee, and Sister has been locked up. Emma becomes especially strict with Sparkle since the other two are gone, and Sparkle decides to get her own place with her own rules. Emma's doesn't perceive it too well.
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* DrugsAreBad: Sister gets hooked on cocaine and dies of an overdose.
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* AcceptableTargets: Black People to Satin. He uses them as the butt of his jokes to please his White audience; then he tries it as an attempt to crossover to Black audiences...[[ForegoneConclusion I'm sure you can guess how it tuned out.]]
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*AcceptableTargets: Black People to Satin. He uses them as the butt of his jokes to please his White audience; then he tries it as an attempt to crossover to Black audiences...[[ForegoneConclusion I'm sure you can guess how it tuned out.]]
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* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Her Barkeep]]: Tammy's actual name is said very few times in the entire film, and she's often referred to as "Sister".
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*NoNameGiven: Satin's male friend in his posse, his name's [[UnfortunateNames "Ham"]].
*[[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Only Known By Her Nickname]]: Tammy's actual name is said very few times in the entire film, and she's often referred to as "Sister".
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* Hypocrite: Delores reprimands Sister for straightening her hair because "it's not natural"...but Delores does the same.
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* Retraux: The film takes place in 1958, but the actual film was produced in 1976. Though the overall look is very Fifties, there's a great dissonance in the musical aspect of the film since it uses heavy go-go beats from TheSixties, and funky percussion of TheSeventies in a lot of the songs.
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* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Sister is this way.
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*SerenadeYourLover: This version's "Hooked on Your Love" is this way. In the original, she sings the song then meets Satin after the show.
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*BeastlyBloodsports: We get a cock fight scene that Levi attends, we're also introduced to Satin in this scene.
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*MsFanservice: Sister fullstop. It really shows in the [[TalentContest "Jump" scene]].
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*Retraux: The film takes place in 1958, but the actual film was produced in 1976. Though the overall look is very Fifties, there's a great dissonance in the musical aspect of the film since it uses heavy go-go beats from TheSixties, and funky percussion of TheSeventies in a lot of the songs.
