Line #10 Film/Respect2021


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[TagLine The Queen arrives.]]]]
3	''Respect'' is a 2021 {{musical}} {{biopic}} about the life of Music/ArethaFranklin, with an ensemble cast, headed by Music/JenniferHudson, Creator/ForestWhitaker, Creator/MarlonWayans, Creator/AudraMcDonald, and Creator/TitussBurgess.
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5	Aretha Franklin (Hudson) sings in her father, C.L. Franklin's (Whitaker) church choir as a child and grows up to become an international musical superstar and legend.
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7	The film is directed by Liesl Tommy from a screenplay by Tracey Scott Wilson, and produced by [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]]. It was released on August 13, 2021, after having been [[ReleaseDateChange delayed]] by the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.
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9	!!Tropes in the film include:
10	* TheSixties: Also perfectly represented by the hairstyles and clothes.
11	* TheSeventies: Perfectly represented by the hairstyles and clothes.
12	* AgeCut: We see Aretha singing in her father's church as a young girl. The camera revolves around the room to reveal an early-20's Aretha.
13	* BerserkButton: Aretha at one point tries to honor Dinah as a guest by singing one of her songs, which [[FlippingTheTable royally pisses Dinah off]] for Aretha "stealing" one of her songs.
14	* ChildProdigy: Aretha is seen as this by not only her parents, but the others around her.
15	* CostumePorn: TheSixties and TheSeventies (with the tail end of TheFifties thrown in) are perfectly represented by the numerous gorgeous hairstyles and outfits.
16	* CrazyJealousGuy: Ted's temper has been evident before, but he slaps Aretha for the first time over the fact that one of her backup musicians put his arm around her. From then on, he flips out anytime anyone even talks to her, even if it's strictly in a platonic/familial/professional sense.
17	* DaddysGirl: Aretha used to be this to her dad until they got older and he became more demanding.
18	* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Aretha starts dating a man her father hates. However, her dad ends up being right about him.
19	* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Aretha's mother was a loving mother until she passed away.
20	* DomesticAbuse: Aretha's first husband Ted frequently does this, until she finally gets fed up and throws him out. We also see Aretha's father slapping her at one point and a conversation with her sisters reveals that he was abusive to their mother and has continued to be so to subsequent girlfriends.
21	* GoryDiscretionShot: Aretha and her husband enter an elevator after a mild disagreement about their plans for the next day. The next day she shows up at a meeting wearing sunglasses. Oddly enough, she ''isn't'' sporting any bruises as one would assume, even though a {{Flashback}} confirms that he did in fact hit her once the elevator door closed.
22	* HairTriggerTemper: Ted has one to the point of taking everything anyone says or does as a racist insult.
23	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Martin Luther King is a friend of Aretha's father and they know Music/DukeEllington, Music/EllaFitzgerald, and Music/DinahWashington well enough for her to refer to them as "Aunt" and "Uncle".
24	* {{Hypocrite}}: Aretha's father, a minister, engages in some decidedly unholy behavior. It's not seen, but implied. Dinah says as much to Arethra, that the pious are often the most secretly depraved. She says Billie got the best sex she ever had on the gospel circuit.
25	* HypocriteHasAPoint: Aretha's father is just as controlling as her husband Ted, but he's right in warning her about him.
26	* {{Irony}}: Aretha marries Ted to get away from her father's control, and ends being controlled just as much by him.
27	* AMinorKidroduction: The first ten minutes of the film depict the pre-teen Aretha's life.
28	* MissingMom: Aretha's parents are divorced, but she still frequently spends time with her until she's killed in a car accident.
29	* ParentsAsPeople: Aretha's father loved his daughter, but he had issues with raising her. While he supported Aretha's musical endeavors, he was too demanding and controlling. He was also emotionally neglectful when Aretha had issues getting over her mother's death.
30	* PreachersKid: Aretha and her sisters.
31	* RapeDiscretionShot: A unnamed man comes into 10-year old Aretha's bedroom and offers to be her "boyfriend". The next scene is of her sitting in the kitchen, looking very troubled, but refusing to tell anyone what's bothering her. A flashback shows her ''pregnant'' as a child (in RealLife, she gave birth at 12 and at 14, but never revealed the name of the father or the circumstances of their conception. The scene was created out of pure speculation, but given her age, she could only possibly have been the victim of child molestation/statutory rape).
32	* RevisitingTheRoots: Aretha's most successful album was a collection of gospel songs (she got started singing in her father's church) which she made after years of contemporary hits.
33	* SignatureSong: In universe. Both trailers naturally feature the titular song, which Franklin famous cover of catapulted her to stardom in the 1960s.
34	* SpellingSong: "Respect".
35	-->R-E-S-P-E-C-T
36	-->Find out what it means to me!
37	* StageDad: Aretha’s father becomes this to her when she gets older.
38	* TraumaButton: Aretha's gets pressed when her husband, snuggling her from behind in bed, refers to her as a "little girl" in a comforting tone, which causes her to reflexively try to push him off, striking him in the nose on accident. She apologizes profusely when she sees what she's done.
39	* TheUnreveal: Neither onscreen nor in RealLife does Aretha ever identify the father of her two oldest sons.

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