![]() She is able to use her brains and not her beauty to get ahead in life. Sister embodies Emma’s bad girl side and is tempted into the wrong relationships with men such as comedian Satin (Mike Epps).ĭolores represents what could have been for Emma. And like Sparkle, Emma still desires to live her life in a righteous way, but finds it hard to balance that with her secular dreams.Įmma was once the bad girl, getting pregnant as a teenager and dealing with the demons of alcohol and other narcotics. She aspired to be a musician like Sparkle. Each daughter represents a facet of Emma’s personality at one time or another. They coax middle sister Dolores (Tika Sumpter) into the group called Sister and Her Sisters, but she makes it clear that she is only in the group until she gets accepted into medical school.Įmma’s three children represent the complexity of human beings and the different personality traits that their off springs can inherit from them. However, he believes that it would be easier for them to make it in the industry as a trio like the Supremes. Stix is smitten by Sparkle’s beauty and believes in her talent, but believes more so in the talent of Sister. Throughout the Sparkle film, the two sisters are forced to sneak out of their mother’s house to perform in talent contests, where Sparkle grabs the attention of an aspiring music impresario by the name of Stix (Derek Luke). Sister has a great voice, but even greater sex appeal and she uses it to sell the songs that Sparkle writes for her. However, what she lacks in confidence her older sister Tammy better known as Sister makes up for. She actually, eventually, looks like a young Alicia Keys singing effortlessly while stroking the piano keys. Sparkle is a gifted songwriter, pianist and singer but does not have the confidence to tackle the stage on her own. This is extremely difficult for Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) who discovers a song in every aspect of her daily life. She insists that they go to church and Bible study and forbids them from even thinking about a career in the music business. She became pregnant with her first child nicknamed “Sister” (Carmen Ejogo) at 16 years old and her daughters do not know who their fathers are.Įxtremely talented, Emma tried her hand at a singing career but fell victim to the same evil temptations that many entertainers succumb to and she is determined to not let her children follow in her footsteps. Furthermore she succeeded in bringing this classic to a younger generation and in showing fans what might have been in store for her in future movie roles.Įmma, played by Houston, is the single mother of three beautiful, talented and intelligent daughters. It has been said that Whitney Houston always wanted to remake the Sparkle film, and she succeeded before her untimely death. The good thing about remaking a classic is that it exposes great work to a generation too young to remember the original. ![]() ![]() People will always compare it to the original and often will disapprove any changes made the second time around. Remaking a classic is always a dangerous undertaking. Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston shine in the new Sparkle film (Photo courtesy of Hollywood Reporter).
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