Dreamgirls Research Paper

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Three young women from the projects of Detroit chase their dreams of becoming singing stars. As the Dreams strive for greatness they catch breaks that lead to success, but also face many challenges between themselves and their management, along with unequal treatment in the industry because of race and gender.
Dreamgirls portrays many sides of the music industry during the early 1960’s, and 70’s. When rock n roll music was emerging as one of the most popular genres for the younger generations in America, it became popular with the young white population in part by white artists singing black artist’s original rock n roll songs. This is shown in dream girls when Jimmy Early’s Cadillac song is used by a young white musician and it becomes a

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