Awesome / Dreamgirls

• Awesome Music: Its big showstopping number, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going". Just watch this clip from the 1982 Tony Awards. And yes, that's a younger and thinner Loretta Devine playing Lorell.
  • And Sheryl Lee Ralph and Obba Babatundé. The show was packed with talent.
• "Steppin' To The Bad Side," the perfect song for anyone who's sick of getting pushed around.
• At the end of the show, Effie joins the Dreams and sings the Triumphant Reprise. This also doubles as a Heartwarming Moment in the movie, as Effie's daughter is watching her perform and fights back tears.
• After years of being forced to sing sappy ballads, Jimmy finally gets fed up and lays down a jam his way.
  "I can't do it no more! I can't sing no more sad songs!"
• Effie confronting and telling off Curtis while backstage at a Dreams concert, after his years of emotional abuse, and sabotaging her career by keeping her single off the charts through payola schemes.
  Effie: You never believed in me Curtis, You never believed in me!
  Well I belived in me, I went out and made it on my own,
  And now I've got the biggest break I've ever know,
  And you're not gonna take it away, this time I know what to do!
  And this is Mr. Morgan my lawyer, and he wants to talk to you!
  • Leading to Deena, who after overhearing everything, and reconciling with Effie, telling Curtis they're through, both professionally and romantically.
  • Immediately followed with Curtis, while introducing the Dreams for their final performance, making a public apology towards Effie, while also congratulating her on her massive success with her single version of "One Night Only."
• Lorrell giving Jimmy a huge dressing down in "Ain't No Party", for continually leading her on for seven years and refusing to leave his wife.

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