Watching *ROGERS AND HAMMERSTEINS: CINDERELLA* For The First Time In YEARS And Loving It..
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ธ.ค. 2024
- This movie is such a classic. Shoutout to Brandy and late great Whitney Houston. This movie doesn't get the credit it deserves. They slept on this.
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So, disney had literally no faith in this movie and gave a historically low budget so Whoppi Goldberg and Whitney Houston put nearly $4.3 million into the movie so they could pay the extras and have Brandy's dress done.
An unnamed executive also wanted to cast Jewel as Cinderella because he didn't think a black Cinderella was marketable. 🤷🏽♀️
It’s giving Lion King is gonna be a failure, let’s put all our money into Pocahontas
that's great of them!
@@nigerianprincess101 omg you're RIGHT!!
I mean Disney always does Black people super dirty. We can never be human for more than 20 minutes in a movie. We have to be frogs, crows, and spirit blobs 😭
He's not adopted lol. This movie is actually based off of the stage musical version where they often don't cast people based on race/looks, but rather ability. That's why this Filipino prince has a black mom and a white dad. When I was little this was one of my FAVORITE movies and I had no idea that that was odd XD
Right. As a kid I didn't even question it. It just made sense that those people who loved him soo much were his parents.
Lmao i swear i didnt even blink twice at the race difference when i was little 😂
Here's a bit of trivia. Rogers & Hammerstein specifically wrote this as a teleplay in 1957 starring Julie Andrews. It was mounted on stage a year later. There was another made for TV version in 1965.
I didn’t notice either as a kid! lol. I didn’t until I was an older teen and someone pointed it out and I was like Oh… Yeah. Oh well. Still the best Cinderella version out there!
I don't think most kids noticed 😭🤷🏾♀️ We were here for the story and not technicalities that are trivial to the plot lol
I'll never get over how everyone is wearing blue on the ball but Cinderella has powder blue and she stands out from the crowd(as she should💅)
Respectfully ✋🏾
It really just made her skin pop!!👏🏽👏🏽
@@BillyBinges #bingers Cape fear movie commentary
@@BillyBinges Did you not know my girl Whoopi could sing👀??? Yeaaa imma need you to watch sister act 1 and 2
@@yesyesiam9555 YES to Sister Act!!!!!
Whoopi is his mom and he’s his dad lol😂 He’s not adopted! It’s just Colorblind casting! We love to see it!!
When I was a kid it felt totally normal lol
@@hao9508 same
@@hao9508 same! never even questioned it!!!
I guess I was old enough to notice but figured he was adopted and since I knew kids who were adopted I didn't think it needed to be addressed
As a kid watching this I never cared or noticed.😂
The shoe is magic, it will only fit the person it was made for.
That makes sense !
And also, Cinderella's foot is only 2 inches.
That's right my sentiments exactly
@@nady1202 inches? Nah
I feel so airheaded for never even considering that. Thank you!
@@kory_misun No need to feel that way. Logically she couldn't possibly be the ONLY woman with that shoe size, so I had to guess that it was magic that kept it from fitting others
“Brandy’s voice…chefs kiss” YES!!!
Fun fact, Billy: Whitney handpicked Brandy to be Cinderella. She called her and said, “I want to make this movie but I’ll only do it if you’re my Cinderella.” ❤️
Extra fun fact: Brandy’s first concert was Whitney Houston’s when she was 7. I can’t remember off the top of my head if she ended up getting backstage-but she tried by telling people, “My name is Brandy. I’m gonna be famous.”
Extra Extra fun fact: Brandy only agreed to be Cinderella if Whitney would be her fairy godmother.
The behind the scenes for this movie is iconic, especially the recording of the soundtrack
@@ashante190 yes! hahah, “please do that!” “….why are you down there?!”
I also heard that Whitney was slated to do this as Cinderella years before but felt that she'd aged out of the role and that's when she called Brandy.
@@ambgwin that’s true! i knew i was missing an extra fact 🤣
Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II were a very famous musical theater writing duo. They wrote this musical as well as many others in the 20th century. This was on written for TV in the 50s and has been on the stage since. When they were making this movie, I believe they wanted Whitney to play Cinderella, but she wanted brandy to have that opportunity. They were going for a colorblind cast with this project to let the talent be the main focus. This is my favorite movie of all time and I'm so glad you're reacting to it!
Having been around the musical scene growing up while in high school and even when I was little when my older siblings were in high school, Rogers and Hammerstein was very frequently chosen for the yearly musicals that we would perform with live musical orchestra (which is where I lead my talents on three different saxophones). The first time I saw this particular movie, I was waiting for the dance breaks specifically because that's when wind instruments like myself would have the most fun because it was lesser repeatative lol. I definitely picked up in common tempo and key signatures throughout all the R & H pieces I performed and have seen throughout the years.
Fun Fact: Whitney was originally going to play Cinderella but she had to fight to get a black Cinderella for so long that by the time it was finally greenlight she recognized she was a bit to old for the Cinderella role and thus selected Brandy instead. (There is a history of the production of this movie somewhere on TH-cam but I don't remember where it was)
The original is also on TH-cam! Julie Andrews was wonderful.
th-cam.com/video/C1F4YhBOA14/w-d-xo.html
@@DramaisFunny th-cam.com/video/NKQcnoPH2_c/w-d-xo.html Disney already did that in the 1970s
@@heidifedor Hi, I have never seen this version of Cinderella so thank you for bringing it to my watch list. However, I looked into its production and Cindy looks like it was made by Paramount. It also aired on ABC in 1978 but Disney didnt buy ABC till the 90s. So technically Brandy is still the first mainstream African American Cinderella in "tradition" format. And I think this is even further pushed as the first since Disney is known for its princess properties (even if most are heavily inspired by already existing stories).
lol he isnt adopted they purposefully casted actors of all races and never without an explanation about why the prince is Filipino or why her step sisters appear to not be related ALSO RIP Natalie Desselle
I didn’t even know she died 😭
Apparently when it first came out the adults noticed the race differences more than the children did - which I still think was a good sign
I can but the stepsisters because cinderella’s stepmom married her dad so it makes sense how one kid can be white and one kid can be black.
Anyways, the point is, it does not matter.
@@gabrielleduplessis7388 so in this Cinderella story the stepmom was married three times? It is not impossible.
@@s.b.907 i guess I got mixed up then. Ugh!
Cinderella is a European tale, so Cinderella is a diss nick name. Cinder means ash. Ella means girl. They call her Ash Girl. So, when she told the prince her name, he said, "excuse me?" for that reason. Common is short for commoner. She and her father were common, but he was wealthy as a successful businessman. The step mother is high born. AKA first class, she married him because she was broke.
How don't know how true it is, but I read once that Cinderella is a mistranlastion of the orginal french name Cendrillon. And apparenlty she was nickname that way because she was :'' Couverte de cendres et vêtue de haillons'' which translates She was cover with ashes (Cendre) and dressed with rag (haillons). So the combination of Cendre and haillons give Cendrillon in french. Bu I don't know if that's the true reason of her name of just a reason it was giving in a re-edition that tales.
@@SuperShiningDawn Actually, the first published story of "Cinderella" (discounting the ancient fables on the same theme) was Italian, where the name Cenerentola was derived off of cenere = ash. So while I wouldn't be surprised that Perrault added the haillons part in his French retelling, I'm not sure if the English versions necesarrilly took over from the French, the Italian or the Grimm's or completely elsewhere - it might've just been a creative translation of any of them :)
in the edition of perraults fairy tales I had (English translated that is) only one of the sisters called her cinderella, the other (the meaner of the two) called her 'cinder-slut'.
It's called "blind casting". Essentially, race doesn't exist in this world of Cinderella.
We need this everywhere in media. It was Hamiton-type casting before Hamilton
@@ambriaashley3383 meh...im indifferent but leaning towards the negative side.
A pro for it...it gives actors of color an opportunity to work and be seen in spaces they normally wouldn't be.
The ultimate con of it...its conceding that we as a species are too stupid to resolve the issues surrounding race so we'll just pretend race doesn't exist.
@@jwill6312 in general life it's an issue. in movies I think it's a good idea
@@ambriaashley3383 color conscious casting is definitely the best choice. Race isn’t irrelevant but also not the most important part of who I am
@@jwill6312 ...i don't think it's that deep lol movies are an escape and especially when it comes to fantasy/fairytales I think colorblind casting is amazing (when executed right of course) and shouldn't be looked that deeply into
This movie is my CHILDHOOD. We stan our first Filipino prince; he was awesome (obviously Brandi is a vision in this movie - apparently she was only 18 here 💀)
Yea it’s my childhood too. I was 7 when to came out
It's called color blind casting. Where people are casted based on their talent not what they look like. So not adopted.
@adafhihj6439 That doesn't mean he couldn't be adopted silly🤣
“And from that moment he learned he likes himself some chocolate”
*spits water out Violet Parr style*
“Billy what the heck 😂”
“They had her spinning like a rotisserie chicken”
Yooooo 😂 I didn’t even think of that.
There is no soundtrack due to label issues between Whitney’s label and Brandy’s label. Brandy is hoping for the matter to eventually be settled though.
This makes me sad. I hope they sort it out.
That’s tragic. I feel like it’s been long enough that they should let us have it already!!
I got it off limewire like 15 years ago and it's still on my ipod
As long as the movie soundtrack is on youtube, the audio can be easily ripped. It's still unfortunate that licensing/record label issues are keeping some great soundtracks inaccessible to the general public :(
I’m stillll angry we don’t have the soundtrack!! Like I need the recording of this cast! (With all due respect to Leslie Ann Warren)
"They looked like they had some real chemistry". Fun fact, Paolo did actually have feelings for Brandi during this time. I THINK he asked her out too but Brandi turned him down.
awww at least he tried ddd. im available tho
Well you gotta give him respect for shooting his shot lol
Yeah. I distinctly remember Brandi's parents discouraging her from dating him because he's not black.
@@misspriss2482 thats dipressing
@@misspriss2482 well that's disappointing to hear
She has always been THE Cinderella for me. And Ten minutes ago is a BOPPPPO
yusss
My hot take: this movie is one of the best & most important ever especially for representation. I’m from Brandy’s hometown & am Filipino so growing up, this movie made such a HUGE impact on me as a little brown girl in a community of color. I love this movie & is hands down my favorite princess movie!
Period! I didn't even notice the mismatching of the families and casting. I grew up in diverse communities so it just made sense that everybody would look like my friends and family 😭🤷🏾♀️ My sister and I had such a crush on the prince because he didn't look generic and he was cute.
Loved this film as a kid! Wore out that VHS
Rodgers and Hammerstein were a composer/lyricist-dramatist duo that were an extremely popular and influential musical theater writing team. They were behind some of the most popular Broadway musicals, including their version of Cinderella (which, to answer your other question, yes, this has been adapted to the stage. The first version of the R&H Cinderella, however, was the 50s made-for-tv movie with Julie Andrews as Cinderella.) The songs and dialogue in R&H are completely different than Disney's version.
And also....#Bingers I completely echo what others are saying about reacting to Ever After. It's fantastic!
Edit: thank you to Hannah W for correcting me about the stage adaptation
Actually, the television version with Julie Andrews was the original production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. It was their only musical that was written for television. It was later adapted for the stage. Sorry, just a huge musical theatre nerd, lol
@@hannahw8817 oh cool! Good to know
@@TheInspirefly There is also a version with Leslie Ann Warren as Cinderella - that was the one I grew up with. All three of these are lovely for different reasons.
Here's the one with Julie Andrews: th-cam.com/video/C1F4YhBOA14/w-d-xo.html
And the one with Leslie Ann Warren: th-cam.com/video/4xkQjuwihYI/w-d-xo.html
Yes and yes I love ever after as well😁
@@charityheath1273 Oh, that means I'm allowed to throw in "The Slipper and the Rose"!
This is my favourite Cinderella adaptation. The prince coming through with that Filipino representation! And the music is such a bop.
Fun fact: Bernadette peter originally didn't want to do the part of the evil stepmother becuase she was cautious on how it would look of her "bullying" Brandy.
Amazing I didn't know that
She’s perfect in this. I’m glad she decided to do it
I thought that was Bette Midler who turned it down but Peters was fine with the role.
@@Gargess you're right. She had no problem accepting the role. Other actresses were worried about how they would look
Luckily one of the Stepsisters was black.
The cast is a ton of Broadway Vets and singing legends. Victor Garber, and Bernadette Peters are Broadway legends, Whoopi is Whoopi, sis is one of the few EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winners. Not including Whitney, Brandy and the rest of the cast. This entire cast is amazing.
Fun fact: the stepmother can actually fit the shoe, she had to pretend it didn’t fit.
Also go watch Todrick Hall’s Cinderella medley. You will NOT be disappointed. Brandy is in it
Billy: “Where your husband at?”
Movie: ummm, her husband was Cinderella’s dad 😂
I ain’t even know 😂
This movie was in the works for quite awhile since Whitney Houston was first approached to play Cinderella but by the time they got everything in order to start, she felt she was too old to play the role and wanted Brandy to be Cinderella! Also the casting for this movie was completely color blind. There’s a documentary on here about the behind the scenes of creating this movie and it’s really interesting!!
The soundtrack remains unreleased because at the time in 1997, Brandy's team thought it wasn't on brand (lol) for her to continue her popularity. Whitney said in an interview that not releasing the soundtrack was one of her biggest regrets, BUT IT WAS RECORDED. I was really hoping they would release it along with the anniversary and when it was added to Disney plus!! No one asked, but I love the history of the making of this movie, so......Jason Alexander took the part of Lionel, but said that he didn't want to be a copy of George Constanza, so they changed the script. Whoopi was dissatisfied with the jewels they offered, so she personally asked Harry Winston to lend the production some. An executive at Disney really wanted Jewel to play Cinderella and just have a black fairy godmother. Production couldn't afford extras on the last day of shooting and the same Disney executive didn't support it, so Whoopi sent cash in an envelope with a note that said "here is my contribution to the extras." The history of this project fighting an uphill battle and all these actors coming together to see it through really speaks to me and here is an in depth oral history of the film: www.shondaland.com/inspire/a13138172/brandy-whitney-houston-oral-history-cinderella/
"He clearly danced with a black girl, so why are they putting this slipper on white feet?"
Because any version of Cinderella's prince has notoriously bad facial recognition skills.
J/k. I chalk it up to the 🧚♀️fairy magic. It made it so her family couldn't recognize her, but also had that effect on the Prince. Remember, Cinderella doesn't go to the ball looking to fall in love with the prince. She just wants to have a fun night. The prince thing just kinda happened.
Maybe this is just a 17 year blowing smoke but what if he just saw a beautiful girl and was so entranced by her he didn't remember what she looked like or focus on her race. Remember the stepmother and her daughters didn't even recognize her. The prince didn't recognize that it was the same girl he had met not too long ago.
Yes, that is Whoopi's own voice, she is a very good singer!
The fact that in the disney cartoon the prince didn't even go himself but the duke did😭
@giovanmorabonilla6400 Well, in the Disney prince's defense, it wasn't his idea. I gave it a rewatch and the prince had nothing to do with the "try the slipper on every maiden in the kingdom" idea. He just told the Grand Duke he "would marry none but the girl who fits this slipper," and when the Duke repeated that to the king, in a fit of malicious compliance, HE ordered the Duke to try it on every maiden with the intention of still forcing the prince to marry whoever it was. He didn't really care if it was the same girl or not, as long as the prince got married.
Grand Duke: Sire, this slipper may fit any number of girls!
King: That's his problem. He's given his word; we'll hold him to it.
Grand Duke: No, no, Your Highness. I'll have nothing to do with it. (pouts)
King: You'll try this on every maid in my kingdom, and if the shoe fits.... (brings the sword to the Grand Duke's nose, with the slipper hanging off the tip) bring her in!
Grand Duke: Y-y-yes, Your Majesty.
@@kateiannacone2698 EXACTLY! Like in Cinderella lll, Charming's face FELL when he saw Anastasia and knew imidiatly that he was definatly NOT dancing with her
Whitney and Brandy were so perfect for this. RIP Whitney 😭
Brandy was about 17 or 18 when she did this movie. Also, this is actually a remake. Rodgers and Hammerstein refers to the duo of Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein. They were a very successful musical theatre writing team. Some of their well known Broadway shows include Oklahoma!, The King and I, and The Sound of Music. As well as the 1965 Cinderella starring Leslie Ann Warren in the title role, which is just as awesome as this one. At least, in my opinion.
I saw the one with Leslie Ann first and watched it religiously lol 😂 then with this one I was so proud of the color blind cast 😍😍😍 Oklahoma and The Sound Of Music are my favorite musicals ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
@@deanahicks6744is the Leslie Ann version the one with the original “Impossible “ song?
Brandy and Whitney knew the assignment😌🔥💅🏾👑
Most definitely ❤️
Whoopi Goldberg was actually singing she’s actually an EGOT winner!
Her Grammy is from a comedy album though 🤗
@@NeeneeH it's a shame it wasn't for The Color Purple. That entire cast deserved all the awards.
He needs to watch Sister Act. That's some amazing singing.
She also starred on Broadway in a revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical *A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,* taking the leading role originally played by Zero Mostel.
This is my favorite Cinderella remake and it meant so much to me growing up as a black girl!
100% understandable !
I LOVE the ballroom scene. The song is incredible and I adore the costuming, mainly because of the symbolism behind it. For most people when they see that scene, they’re very confused that almost everyone is wearing blue. So what makes Cinderella stand out from the crowd? Nothing but her amazing personality and beautiful smile. We see the step sisters wearing bright and bold colors to try and catch the prince’s attention, but looking past the crazy colors and even the hundreds of other people wearing blue, the prince was able to find his true love in the crowd. It’s so romantic it makes me tear up! 😍😭
#bingers Sister Act and Ever After. One for Whoopi and one for another Cinderella movie to watch.
Heck yeah, Sister Act is one of my favorites that I used to watch with my Mom growing up.
Ever after is the ONLY competition for cinderella role.
Yo, cinderella is brandy and drew barrymore.
Fuck maybe she is my fav princess
For sure!
#bingers Yes please do Sister Act 1 & 2. Also Ever After. Love these movies.
Sister Act II with Lauren (the icon) Hill 🙏🏾
The reason the stepmother and stepsisters didn’t recognize her at the ball, is because the fairy godmother put a spell on her that changed her appearance to everyone but the Prince. :)
wasn't that in the Camilla version of Cinderella?
This one and Ever After are my favorite Cinderella stories. Brandy's version made me believe in magic but Drew Barrymore version made me believe in miracles. If you haven't watched it. Pleaseeeee react to Ever After #Bingers
omg I love ever after
I second everything you said, and I love your profile name!😊
Ouuu yes yes
Ever after is the best Cinderella for sure.
I like this one because of the songs and the little jokes they have but bot ever after is so really and her skinny step sister made me wanna hit someone but i can't pick a favorite they both equally good
I’m cheesed how there are people out there being like “Cinderella 2015 is so original because they had Cinderella and the prince meet and have a bond long before the ball”.
Meanwhile, this Rodgers and Hammerstein version (which has been around since 1997 and is my favourite version of Cinderella) is standing in the back like “Am I a joke to you?”
They also meet before the ball in the 1964 version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's *Cinderella* starring Lesley Ann Warren, and share a moment of touching dialogue that is repeated later and helps the Prince to recognize her at the end, just as in the 1997 version.
Will always be one of my top Cinderella renditions along with Ever After which I highly suggest !
Gonna do it at some point
@@BillyBinges Then I will patiently wait !!
This is my favorite production of *Cinderella* because of the diversity. Also, because my soror and line sister Natalie Desselle-Reid, was one of the evil stepsisters (obviously the Black one). I miss her so much. She passed away recently and I still can't accept it. Natalie was so incredibly talented and she was my favorite acting partner when we were at Grambling State University. Thanks for reacting to this film, Billy! You touched my heart with this one. 🤗🥰
I remember this first came on Wonderful World of Disney on ABC. They hyped this movie so hard and it was well deserved.
The main reason why this version is better than the others is the far better singing. The multi-color cast isn't only beautiful, but also more interesting to watch. I also love the black Annie version more than the others. Whitney paved the way for many people and made sure every kid could relate to this Cinderella. Never get tired of this Cinderella and any anything else Whitney did!
RIP dear Whitney.❤
I love this movie and how The prince can have a black mother and white father be Asian and nobody really questioned it because they played it so well
Tbh when I was a kid I was convinced that that was how Asians were born... Now I just feel dumb because my mother is black, my father is white and I'm not Asian
😮 You're right even though it does look like the prince has been adopted by the parents
I questioned it but I watched it in 2021 so there’s that 😂 but it was a good movie nonetheless
@@BillyBinges I think he was adopted Billy.
As a child I never questioned the race of the prince. When I entered college, my (white) roommate and I were debating about the best version of Cinderella. Her choice was Ever After with Drew Barrymore and mines was R&H with Brandy (obviously). One of her points was how it was improbable for a black woman and a white man have an Asian child. It was on that day I realized that he was Asian. It blew my mind. I still think it was the best cast. This is my second favorite movie right after RENT.
Childhood nostalgia feeling here! Ever since this movie was put it on Disney+, I've watched it idk how many times! #bingers Ever After
Rogers and Hammerstein’s most famous musical would probably be considered The Sound of Music. They wrote so many great ones!
(not disputing) Oklahoma is also well known, at least by name and a single song, even if people don't know the rest.
@@Skittl1321 I think The King and I is also known at least by some of the songs; "Getting to Know You" shows up in so many movies and TV shows. However, The Sound of Music and this Cinderella were my childhood ❤️
Decades later and I STILL can't (refuse to) say "impossible" normally lmao
Me, when something crazy happens: Were four white mice just easily turned to horses?
Lol I say it in my head 😂
Absolutely love this movie ! I had the brandy doll and everything. As a black girl, I'm glad it was the first Cinderella I watched and it's still my fav.
#bingers
Love and Basketball
Deliver us from Eva
Two can play that game
Yes, please do Love and Basketball.
I had the Brandy Cinderella too
I'm white and I remember my sister and I had to have the Brandy doll after this aired on tv. We were obsessed with this Cinderella version as kids.
You should watch Ever After: A Cinderella Story; its a slightly more realistic retelling with Drew Barrymore as Cinderella and Anjelica Huston as the Evil Stepmother.
What a fantastic movie! So, so good.
'Falling in Love with Love' and 'The Music's in You' were from two different shows originally - but you can't have Bernadette Peters and Whitney Houston in a show and not give them a solo
"Falling in Love with Love" was written by Richard Rodgers with his previous songwriting partner Lorenz Hart for *The Boys From Syracuse* (1938), based on Shakespeare's *The Comedy of Errors.* The opening song, "The Sweetest Sounds" had both music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers, and was originally written for his pioneering musical *No Strings* (1962), about the romance between a white man and a black woman (originally played by Diahann Carroll). The final song, "There's Music In You," was written by Rodgers & Hammerstein for the film *From Main Street to Broadway* (1953).
The midnight deadline was probably based on the “witching hour”. It’s supposed to be when the veil between magic and mundane is thinnest. So theoretically, Cinderella’s magical items would have been wearing off.
Brandy was 18 when she starred in this! What a queen.
(And "zany" is much less insulting than "crazy." ;) Zany is more how you'd describe Dr Seuss characters.)
I do love Brandy in this, but I think we all need to appreciate Paolo Montalban's incredible vocals as Prince Christopher!! Love them together in this movie! Also R.I.P to the magnificent legend Whitney Houston and may she never be forgotten! 💜💜
5:28 "Did they ever do a musical for this?" Billy, you're killing me.
Exteriors were mostly shot on the Universal Studios backlot, in “Little Europe” (also used as The Good Place, among other locations) and interiors were primarily shot at Sony Studios in Culver City. :)
Just a couple of animated films that aren’t Disney. There is Thumbelina, The Swan Princess, Anastasia, Balto, All Dogs Go to Heaven, FernGully, Cats Don’t Dance. All great animated films outside of the Disney franchise. Would be pretty cool if you reacted to some of these!
#Bingers 👆
#Bingers
Fun fact: whitney Houston casted this movie based off of actor/actress ability which is why a black woman and a white man made an asian son lol
I feel like the shoe was a magical shoe made only for Cinderella, so it would only fit on Cinderella’s foot no matter who they tried it on.. just my theory lol
And the son is not adopted 😂 In the reunion, the cast and creators definitely addressed the funny situation of having a black mom, a white dad and a non-adopted Asian son or trying the slipper on everybody in the kingdom despite their color… They said that they just decided to do a “diverse casting” and to not look at color and I think that that’s super refreshing… they were progressive af for the time ..This is such a timeless classic in my book.
This is a musical this is best on the one that starred Julie Andrews, then it was on Broadway with
Laura Osnes.
And the version that at starred Leslie Ann Warren.
I was a *HUGE* fan of Brandy as a ten-year-old and I demanded to watch this on our big TV the first time it aired on Wonderful World of Disney. It’s been my favorite version of Cinderella ever since, followed by the Lily James version.
This movie will forever be top notch.
This movie inspired me to name my daughter after the vocal bible. I had the Brandy doll and everything when I was little...but remember when they had the video tape case for this Cinderella back in the day. Video tape cases was lit back in the day.
This movie, Ever After, and Ella Enchanted are my three favorite Cinderella-ish movies!
I'm with you; this is my favorite version of Cinderella! That end song always makes me cry, especially when Whitney hits that run on "You won't try"
This will always be my favorite musical adaptation of Cinderella. I loved it as a child and I still love it today. I fangirled like a motherfu**er when Brandy and Toddrick Hall came out with their video to mark the movie’s arrival on Disney Plus.
The BEST version of Cinderella. This movie is so important to me because I have a Black cousin and she's the only Black person in our family. I still remember the look on her face when she saw Brandy as Cinderella. It was beautiful ♥ I was so excited to see you'd uploaded this!
Is that Whoopi singing?
Yes that is EGOT Whoopi! She's in a really exclusive club of people with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar AND a Tony. She is hella talented.
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella was the first of the three versions of the musical to be shot on film. Principal photography began on June 23, 1997 and was completed over a 28-day period, primarily on stages 22 and 26 at Sony Picture Studios in Culver City, California, which had been the location of MGM Studios during what is now revered as "the golden age of the movie musical." With a then-unprecedented production budget of $12 million, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella is one of the most expensive television films ever made; some media publications dubbed the program "the most expensive two hours ever produced for television."
If you haven't watched it already, maybe Jim Henson's Labyrinth. #bingers
There really isn't a Cinderella version I don't like. I love them all except a 2000 movie version because Cinderella's father was horrible but this version and Drew Barrymore's are my top favorites. I love how this one is so diverse with the casting and I love how Ever After depicts Cinderella (Danielle in the movie) as a strong, independent woman who can stick up for herself. The costumes in both are gorgeous. Also side note, I have to disagree that Brandy overpowers the duet between her and Paolo (the Prince). I think they both compliment each other beautifully with their vocals.
Ever After is amazing! I don't hear enough people talking about what a masterpiece that movie it 😭🥰
The 2000 movie one you mentioned, was that the German TV movie? The father's neglectful of her in that one, always turning a blind eye to his new wife and daughter's treatment of his actual daughter because they suck up to him
@@agenttheater5 I think so. Kathleen Turner plays the stepmother and David Warner plays the father.
@@michaela_the_creative9412 Yup! Love that movie!
You need a Queen Latifah marathon
#bingers
Beauty Shop
Last Holiday
Bringing Down the House
Add Just Wright to that
And the movie Taxi
And Chicago, her Oscar-nominated performance!
This was my favorite version of Cinderella when I was younger! The music was FANTASTIC!!! ✨ impossible ✨
Thanks Billie. I love this rendition of Cinderella too.
It’s really good!
“Too bad her night’s about to end in 5 minutes player” *looks at watch*
TOOK ME OUT ahahahahah 😂😂 it was just so casual I had to pause and go back 😂
I remember watching this when I was a young and loving it. I always wondered what happened to this movie and so glad it's now streaming. This one and Ever After are my favorite Cinderella movies.
I agree with you about this being the first black Disney princess. This from 1997 is my all time favourite Cinderella movie! Brandy as cinders and Whitney as fairy g! Epic! This movie is so underrated and in the U.K. relatively unknown so a head of its time and great casting queen whoopi is just mwah! And impossible/it’s possible so good! So glad it’s back out and on Disney + is anyone hasn’t watched this movie you need to see this film it’s amazing
This movie has always been well praised for having an interracial cast. So no one is adopted....and the evil stepsisters have the same dad.
Yes, Whoopi is singing in this. She was also in Sister Act and Sister Act II. If you haven’t seen them yet, they’d be good for Billy Binges. #bingers
When I was little this was my favorite Cinderella. I appreciate that in this version the Prince actually went out to look for her. With Disney's animated version I could just picture the Prince throwing a tantrum and his dad has to step in and send his advisor to look for her or he actually doesn't care about her and his dad just wants him to marry. #bingers Ever After , my second favorite Cinderella movie.
This is one of my favorite childhood movies!! As soon as they added it to Disney+ I watched it twice in a row 😂
Now you have to react to The Bodyguard and The Preacher's Wife #BINGERS
I've always loved this movie. I'd rather watch it than the original Disney Cinderella. This one and enchanted, even though it technically isn't a Cinderella movie, are my favorites
Same! The animated Cinderella was cute but even as a kid I was never as invested in that version as I was with this one; maybe part of it was the songs, Disney's songs didn't really drive the plot like they did in their later movies and I would get a bit bored during them (and I was basically a musical geek from birth!), while with this Cinderella, I memorized pretty much every song because they were so interesting and told stories!
Rogers and Hammerstein are two pioneers of modern musicals. They made sound of music, carousel, state fair, Cinderella (Julie andrews was the original Cinderella) brandy is the prefect choice for the remaster. Also I’m missing a ton more musicals, but yea that’s the basics yoooooo
Ps, it was also played on the stage! That’s where Julie played it! All of their musicals were stage productions at some point.
@@jtd1349 No, Julie only played it on TV (in 1957), though to a huge audience that exceeded that of many long-running stage productions. It was done a year later on stage in London in a production tailored for Tommy Steele, but didn't reach Broadway until 2013. In the intervening years there was a stage version of it based on the original TV script available for production by regional and amateur companies, which presumably was produced many times.
Fun fact: This is the second Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. The first one was made in 1957 and Julie Andrews played Cinderella. It was a musical back then but for this movie they had to change some lyrics to fit a black Cinderella mostly for the song with the stepsister and added in the stepmother song because of Bernadette Peters musical background.
Nope, it's the third. The second was in 1964 starring Lesley Ann Warren (as others have also mentioned). The cringiest lyric change was in the stepsisters' song, where they sing "Her neck is no longer than a swan's." The original lyric was, "Her neck is no whiter than a swan's."
Ommg this is my movie. Ive seen this so many times. I love this cinderella so much also CHEMISTRY BETWEEN MAIN Leads?? Dynamics between the other characters? Top tier
Yes yes yes 💯
The slipper possibly fitting another girl was brought up in the animated version and the king literally said "That's his problem" 😂
That fact that whoppi donated her own money and called Harry Winston to get millions of dollars worth of diamonds. She and Whitney really believed in this.
Rogers and Hammerstein were a musical-writing power duo in the middle of the 20th century. Some of their other works include Oklahoma, The King and I, The Sound of Music, Carousel, South Pacific, and State Fair.
This Cinderella is tied for 1st with Ever After for me.
This movie was my favorite childhood movie. I have the whole thing memorized still to this day. It means everything to me! Glad you're enjoying it!
i loved that they casted this based on abilities not skin color
Like little mermaid
This is the most diverse, splendiferous cast I've ever seen in a film. I was lucky enough to find a DVD of this Cinderella the last time I went to Walmart, a week ago. I only have the VHS left after all this time, so I snatched it right up. I'll be looping it forever because this will always be my favorite version of Cinderella.
All that food in that the prince is giving a ball number and wasn’t nobody eating at that ball 😂. I was promised cream puffs, sir.
This Cinderella and the 1950's cartoon were my childhood! I wish they did the Little Mermaid like this; based off the broadway play & blind casting. Think there would have been a whole lot less hate & people upset towards the Little Mermaid
Roger's and Hammerstein,have written some of the greatest musicals. Such as Oklahoma/The King and I...
I love this movie as a kid it was so amazing seeing her hair braided and i always wore braids. I absolutely love whoever the casting director was and the costume department
And music
Also because when I saw Brandi I was like there's a princess who looks like me
In the original story of Cinderella, her name is actually Ella and they give her the nickname “Cinderella” to taunt her for sleeping by the fireplace and being covered in cinders. That’s why she was talking about the fireplace and her name 😛
My face literally LIT UP when I got the notification for this video! This was my favorite movie growing up & I still sing the songs all the time! Thanks for reacting to this, Billy!
RIP Natalie Desselle-Reid ❤️ She played one of the step sisters & starred in many other movie classics.
Still my favorite Cinderella.
This soundtrack lives in my head rent free.
I was obsessed with this movie growing up
So much loll
Step-sisters' Lament is just so fun to sing😭