Cinderella (Wide World of Disney)

Rating:
Summary: Less wonderful
Review: I am seeing this again -- right now -- for the first time in a while. Atrocious acting. Some good singing but otherwise, horrors, what have they tried to DO to this show? I'm not talking about the multiracial casting, but the sheer lack of chemistry, or joy, or whatever it is making this seem forced and fake.

And whoever thought the Leslie Ann Miller version was atrocious, let me just say as a 60s teenage girl that the words "Impossible Things Are Happening Every Day" were taped across the top of my bedroom mirror for years. Thank you.

Rating:
Summary: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella - 1997
Review: As a young black girl, most if not all the images I saw on televison and movies of princesses were all white. While the shows were certainly entertaining, they gave me--and I'm sure, many other Americans--the sense that little black girls didn't really have a place in fairytales. I can't tell you what it means to me (and other ethnic groups) to see a major Hollywood production using multi-ethnic performers. And as a mother of Scottish-Jewish-African children, it's wonderful to see a musical in which color-blind casting is used. That, combined with pretty decent--I'd say stellar--production values and updated sets, costumes and performances, makes for a show that will certainly appeal to new generations--a wonderful example of diversity for everyone. Who knows--perhaps the kids of today will feel as strongly about this version as the adults do about the Julie Andrews production from decades ago.

Rating:
Summary: Pure Garbage
Review: You are all idiots, except for the editorial review. I am not going to waste more than a few sentences to say that the ONLY worthy version of this classic is the orignal 1957 version that is now available on DVD. Brandy has no business being anywhere near a stage/camera or anything that has to do with entertainment. The whole production is a disgrace and an insult to Rodgers and Hammerstein. This drek makes the movie version of "Annie" look like "Casablanca." The only reason I am giving it one star is the computer won't take anything less.

Rating:
Summary: 3.5 stars, Not the best but not the worst either
Review: I think the Julie Andrews version is the best but this is far better than the 1960's version which even as a kid I didn't like.
Brandy is sweet, but I like it more for Whoppi, Bernadette, Whitney and Victor Garber. Jason Alexander was annoying though and unapealing as the valet/butler.
Ricardo Montalban's son was also very sweet. Not a bad version like I said but Julie's is still the best one.