Dream Girls

In dream girls a movie about three amateur singers in a group who make it big a realistic example of issues with body image and society is strongly addressed.  In the movie the main singer is Jennifer Hudson’s character a thick and curvy young woman with two slender backup singers played by Beyoncé Knowles and Anika Rose. The group gets a chance to make it big but first they had to perfect their image for the media. Their producer right off the bat suggest that Beyoncé become the lead singer instead of Jennifer who had the better voice which was obviously due to the fact that Beyoncé had a more athletic body with curves that were very subtle. Beyoncé becomes the lead and “It” girl of the group while Jennifer is left in her shadow being constantly criticized about her weight. This movie touches the topic of body image and Society’s stance on the topic. People only want to see a certain look slender women with flowing hair and a specific size waist when in reality that’s not how all women look. The movie shows how the average women or women that don’t have the “It” image can be put on the sidelines.

~Alexis