Whoopi - Back to Broadway (The 20th Anniversary Show)
by Marty Callner, Thomas Schlamme
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Actor: Whoopi GoldbergDirector: Marty Callner, Thomas Schlamme
Brand: HBO HOME VIDEO
Producer: Whoopi Goldberg
Writer: Whoopi Goldberg
Producer: Marty Callner
Editor: John Fortenberry
Editor: Michael Schultz
Producer: Carol Axler Turner
Producer: Cherie Fortis
Producer: Heidi Kelso
Producer: Randall Gladstein
Producer: Tom Leonardis
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-01
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Home Box Office (HBO)
Movie Reviews of Whoopi - Back to Broadway (The 20th Anniversary Show)
Movie Review: GREAT DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
The first time I saw Whoopi do stand up it was on HBO and she was doing Fontaine. That was the funniest s*#! and I never forgot it. I was looking high and low, but couldn't find it on VHS or DVD. I finally found it on cd, but wanted it on DVD, and I GOT IT!!! If you truly like comedy you will buy this dvd and LOVE IT.
Summary of Whoopi - Back to Broadway (The 20th Anniversary Show)
Smart, savvy and sassy, Whoopi Goldberg exploded onto the show-biz scene in 1985, when her one-woman Broadway show wowed live audiences and, later, HBO subscribers. One of the worlds most beloved and honored acting and comedy stars -- the multiple award-winning Goldberg performs in her first solo HBO special in over 13 years. Taped before a live audience at the Lyceum Theatre in New York City (the same venue for her historic 1985 inaugural HBO special). The 20th anniversary features a refreshing mix of familiar and new Goldberg creations.Whoopi Goldberg, star of Ghost and The Color Purple, made her first splash off-Broadway with a one-woman show of vivid characters called The Spook Show--a title dropped when the show transferred to Broadway proper, which was then turned into a TV special called Direct From Broadway in 1985. Twenty years later she revisits some of these characters in Back to Broadway, such as the sharp-tongued junkie Fontaine--who sounds off on a whole spectrum of contemporary political issues, making this as much a stand-up comedy routine as a character monologue. Whoopi: Back to Broadway also includes Direct From Broadway and the contrast between Whoopi's young, hungry self and the supremely confident self of 2005 is fascinating, as are the two different versions she presents of a character called only the Cripple--a physically disabled woman who finds herself resisting the affections of a man who falls in love with her. The differences are not as simple as youthful dynamism vs. emotional maturity; the early performances focus on the characters, while in the 2005 show the characters are more of a channel through which Whoopi projects herself. Her appeal lies not so much in the originality of her observations--little she says will surprise anyone of a liberal persuasion--but in her emotional conviction. She speaks what she believes to be the Truth-with-a-capital-T, yet never seems preachy or didactic. That--combined with her comic timing and sheer charisma--makes for two rich, rewarding evenings. --Bret Fetzer
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