Dreamgirls Page #9

gonna have to stop calling me "baby."

I'm a woman now.

Did you see the man

Curtis was sitting with?

Did you hear what I said, Deena?

I am a woman now.

- Lorrell, I know.

- What do you mean, you know?

- Has Jimmy talked?

- He didn't have to.

How could you?

Come on, you're just a baby, Lorrell.

I am not, Deena. I'm a woman now.

I'm 18, so I'm a woman.

Yeah, she's a mature woman, like me,

and she loves Jimmy

just as much as I love Curtis.

- It's not wrong when you love someone.

- Is that all you two can think about?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Well, there's no doubt

my mama brought me up fit.

- Deena, you're just jealous.

- Let yourself go just once.

It's so wonderful

to have somebody to love.

- You ladies decent?

- Well, I am.

- I can't speak for these two.

- Hey, babe.

Curtis, how did it go

with American Bandstand?

Timing's not right.

Well, maybe they'll be more

interested after we play the Copa.

- Y'all ain't playing the Copa.

- What?

I'm breaking you and Jimmy up.

I know what you're doing, Curtis!

You're breaking us up 'cause

you don't want me with Jimmy.

None of you do!

Because you're all jealous!

Well, nothing's breaking me

and Jimmy up! Nothing!

I'm breaking you up because

Jimmy is going back out on the road,

while you stay here

and open your own act.

Did you say our own act?

Finally, Curtis! This is what

I've been waiting for. I love you.

Oh, well, honey, I'm fine with that.

I mean, I love me some Jimmy,

but I don't want to be singing

behind him the rest of my life.

Ladies and gentlemen,

presenting The Dreams.

The Dreamettes were little girls.

You're women now.

- You see, Deena, I told you!

- We open in a week,

so we got a lot of work to do.

We're gonna have a lot of changes.

I'm bringing on Jolly Jenkins

to stage a whole new show.

He's done movies, Broadway,

clubs acts, you name it.

New wigs, the expensive kind.

Brand-new costumes

to appeal to a younger crowd.

And...

Effie?

- Deena's going to sing lead.

- Deena's doing what?

- Lead.

- What do you mean?

- I always sing lead. Tell him, C.C.

- We're trying something new, Effie.

- You knew about this?

- Curtis and I talked it over.

He said it's only temporary.

We finally get the chance

to have our own act

and Deena's doing lead?

She can't sing like I can.

She's right, Curtis. I can't.

I don't want to.

Now, y'all gonna do what I tell you to do.

This is a new sound with a new look.

New look?

Nobody can see her on a record!

The only way we'll be able to change

things is by appealing to kids,

and kids today watch television.

So Deena's going to sing in the lead

'cause you like the way she looks?

Am I ugly to you, Curtis?

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