20 Feet From Stardom Sparknotes
Hidden Talent Talented, remarkable, persistent, and hardworking would be the words to describe background singers. More often than not, you listen to your favorite song and you hear all the sounds and vocals, yet, we have not stopped to think who was making those sounds and noises. The film, “20 Feet from Stardom” is about many different background singers with many different dreams and many different struggles. It talks about the sacrifices that background singers make and, on the other hand, the film demonstrates some of the great experiences that background singers are involved in. Throughout the film, there were some elements that I thought the movie did an amazing job with, however, there were also some things that I feel like the film
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For instance, Lisa Fischer was the only once that loved being a background singer and did not want anything more nor less. In order to really broaden the perspective and lose some of the bias view, I feel that is necessary to of had more background singers that wanted to stay background singers in the film. The film made a point to include those that wanted to drift away from background and be the star but did not highlight those who liked to be on the sidelines. Furthermore, I did not like that the movie was predominantly about black background singers. The film, mentioned very little about the history of white background singers. The film says, white women were sweet and innocent and read the lyrics like they were. However, it does not establish the change that occurred for white women in the industry. I think the movie should have been well rounded and shine more light on other ethnicities that were background singers and their path. Furthermore, I believe the intended audience for the film would be anyone aspiring to be in the music business. The movie seemed like a warning after finishing it. I did not feel motivated to become a background singer, if anything, I felt discouraged with a hint of hope. The film put a lot of emphasis on the struggles to become a star, the process, the sacrifices, the “evil” industry, and there wasn’t very much on these women who became well known. I feel like there should have been a big caution sign in the beginning of the
For instance, Lisa Fischer was the only once that loved being a background singer and did not want anything more nor less. In order to really broaden the perspective and lose some of the bias view, I feel that is necessary to of had more background singers that wanted to stay background singers in the film. The film made a point to include those that wanted to drift away from background and be the star but did not highlight those who liked to be on the sidelines. Furthermore, I did not like that the movie was predominantly about black background singers. The film, mentioned very little about the history of white background singers. The film says, white women were sweet and innocent and read the lyrics like they were. However, it does not establish the change that occurred for white women in the industry. I think the movie should have been well rounded and shine more light on other ethnicities that were background singers and their path. Furthermore, I believe the intended audience for the film would be anyone aspiring to be in the music business. The movie seemed like a warning after finishing it. I did not feel motivated to become a background singer, if anything, I felt discouraged with a hint of hope. The film put a lot of emphasis on the struggles to become a star, the process, the sacrifices, the “evil” industry, and there wasn’t very much on these women who became well known. I feel like there should have been a big caution sign in the beginning of the