19-year-old Beyonce floated on each song and proved she could hold her own in rap. Of course, the rest of the movie did its best to convince us the seductress was wholesome but like Maya Angelou taught us, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”ģ. “And I got a mind, too / I wouldn’t bless you / if your first name was ‘Ha-choo’ / on a Sunday singing gospel,” she sings while pushing up on an engaged man standing directly next to his woman.īefore the scene’s end, Carmen is arrested for fighting with another woman over a man she doesn’t even want but couldn’t resist teasing. Carmen ( Beyoncé’s character) is an undeniable siren! This is most exemplified when she walks into a bar and epically disses Lieutenant Miller (Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def) and his sidekick Nathaniel (Sam Sarpong) to flirt with an obviously taken man at the movie’s start. That fact may have flown over our heads at the time but it is clear as day now. Let’s end the speculation: Carmen “my looks are killin’ you” Brown was a homewrecker! Androgyny is not new but this particular look shall not be repeated (we beg of you).Ģ. It wasn’t necessarily her most memorable moment but it was certainly a fashion statement. Da Brat narrated the whole thing wearing a rhinestone-studded durag and an extremely baggy two-piece jean set.ĭa Brat led the intro and the outro of the movie. Here are 11 facts we all forgot about Beyoncé’s acting debut film, Carmen: A Hip Hopera.ġ. Note: Spoilers are not a thing when the movie is old enough to have its own McDonalds money. The theatrics were aplenty, plot twists astounding and green screens cheesy, but the film was full of drama and entertainment. Now that the movie has reached its year of legal maturity, it’s only right that we take a step back and discuss it from an adult perspective. Marketed as a “t imeless story told through rhyme,” this Hollyhood favorite, written by Michael Elliot and produced by MTV, premiered on the network May 8, 2001, before becoming the first widely-released musical of its genre. The modern interpretation of the film was loosely based off of the 1954 drama and romance film, starring Hollywood icons Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte. With a star-studded cast, now embarrassing 2000 fashion trends and music straight out of a Spanish-to-English musical telenovela, it stole the hearts of young Black millennials. Infusing R&B and rap, the TV-to-DVD film was directed by Robert Townsend, known for cult classics such as B.A.P.S. The 2001 made-for-tv romance starred the Destiny’s Child frontwoman alongside Mekhi Phifer ( Paid In Full, Soul Food). The world’s first successful hip-hop and R&B musical shall never be forgotten.Ģ019 marks the 18th anniversary of the oft-forgotten musical special, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, which the world has to thank for Beyoncé Knowles’ major acting debut and her first performance in a film.
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