Mahogany
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Actor: Anthony Perkins, Diana Ross, FochBrand: ROSS,DIANA
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-01
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Mahogany
Movie Review: The Truth About Mahogany
Summary: 5 Stars
Somewhere between the adulations of Ross fans, and the glum remarks of *Mahogany* detractors, lies the truth about *Mahogany*. It is indeed ALL the things it has been called -- from wretched to glorious. But, then again, don't ALL Kweenie Klassix have elements of trash and treasure?
"And now, Mahogany presents...the Kabuki Finale!" This is the movie that made me want to be a fashion designer *and* a drag queen. Who else would be able to sit through this tripe? But if you're a designer *or* a drag queen, or at least play one on TV, this is *delectable* tripe. Just like in *Mommie Dearest* when you *know* you're looking into the heart of Joan Crawford, *Mahogany* makes you feel as if you're looking into the heart of Diana Ross. A vanity production to beat *all* vanity productions, Mr. Gordy showcases his star (who was also his lover, *and*, we now know, mother of his child) in her first non-singing film -- her only other previous film being *Lady Sings The Blues*. In this self-serving tale of the perils of stardom, Diana, as Tracy Chambers, scales the heights of the glamour and glitter of international high fashion and plummets directly into Bad-Movie-Hall-Of-Fame. Tracy is in school to be a fashion designer, and we know this because we see her riding the bus around town sketching big drag queen-y outfits. But one humiliating interview follows another (Diana *excels* in demonstrating humiliation - lots of teeth-gnashing and tossing her head), and life looks grim. She becomes involved with the local neighborhood activist (this *is* the Seventies), played by the devastatingly handsome, but not deeply talented Billy Dee Williams. He wants to make the world a *better* place, and *she* just wants to make it a *prettier* place. She goes off on her own but life has its campy highs and lows for Diana/Tracy - along the way she loses Tracy and becomes Mahogany and reaches the pinnacle of the fashion world, but it's not without its trade-offs. I have a particularly favorite scene where Ross is in her element - as the prima donna couturierre, she parades through her workroom, issuing demands and dictums, and eventually becomes entirely unglued, shrieking and cursing at her workers, who, not speaking English, have no idea what she's carrying on about. This scene seems to sum up Ross herself, as so many in this movie do, and she is utterly delightful - but *not* in a pleasant way. Of course, it's inevitable that Mahogany will chuck her entire career in the trash and go home to Mr. Right, having learned her lesson about the ugly business of beautiful clothes, and the viewer sighs a sigh of palpable relief that this movie, this monument to egotism, has finally come to an end. Writing credits go to John Byrum and Bob Merrill. I don't imagine that they put this movie on their resumes.
Summary of Mahogany
Ross stars as a Chicago secretary who becomes an internationally acclaimed model and fashion designer.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG
Release Date: 1-MAY-2007
Media Type: DVD
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