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    ‘The Color Purple’ review: First-class performers. So why does the musical version feel less authentic than the first film, even?

    Like Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film version, the new screen edition of “The Color Purple” feels like a musical, the difference being the new one is a musical. It’s based on the 2005 Broadway hit, which spun off various tours and a 2015 revival that, like the first Broadway staging, handed its female lead a Tony Award — LaChanze first, Cynthia Erivo second. This new movie stars the powerhouse ...
    by Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune Dec 22, 2023 3 minutes
    From left, Taraji P. Henson, Fantasia Barrino and Danielle Brooks in “The Color Purple.”

    Like Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film version, the new screen edition of “The Color Purple” feels like a musical, the difference being the new one is a musical.

    It’s based on the 2005 Broadway hit, which spun off various tours and a 2015 revival that, like the first Broadway staging, handed its female lead a Tony Award — LaChanze first, Cynthia Erivo second. This new movie stars the powerhouse Fantasia Barrino, who replaced LaChanze as Celie in the original Broadway run.

    Barrino portrays

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