Respect-Jennifer Hudson

Hey Everyone! It's September Whoo-Hoo! It is J-Hud's birthday soon September 12th! I have been a fan of hers since I was seven years old ever since I saw her on American Idol. 

 I have been following her. She is an outstanding woman, Incredible singer and Actress. I have decided to write about the movie Respect starring Jennifer Hudson, Marlon Wayans, Forest Whitaker, Mary J Blige, Audra McDonald,Skye Dakota Turner, Hailey Kilgore,Sayon Sengbloh.  

It is the movie based off of Mrs.Aretha Franklin, She was an Incredible woman and Person, she lived an amazing life she loved her family, her friends and her grandchildren, she also loved to sing you could hear how much she loved to sing in her voice the way she would project when she would sing her songs, and do different shows and other outings. 

With everything that she went through in her life, she never gave up she still kept her faith in God and kept the faith within herself and came out a strong and wonderful lady she didn't let anything keep her down. 

She wanted to make a movie about herself telling her life story, she wanted everyone to see what her life was like and all the things that she went through as a child and young adult, she was looking for someone to play her, she wanted it to be someone good and strong, that could portray her in the movie how she would want to be portrayed and looked like, and someone that had a strong and incredible singing voice like her's Is. 

 One evening she had a concert tribute and different celebrities honored her by singing a few of her songs, Miss. J-Hud was at the tribute concert and the concert was like her audition for the role of playing Aretha in the movie.

Aretha was really enjoying and loving J-Hud's performances of her songs that she has done in her lifetime. After J-Hud finished her section of the performance Aretha nodded her head in approval and J-Hud knew from then on that she would be playing Mrs.Aretha Franklin. I believe Aretha said she knew she made the right choice when she chose J-Hud to portray her in the movie because she knew that she would make her proud and do her justice. Aretha only wanted J-Hud to play her.

Aretha loved J-Hud and J-Hud loved Aretha they have supported and encouraged each other the whole time they have known each other and were blessed to be in each other's lives. I believe if Aretha was alive she would be so proud of Jennifer and say Amazing Job I am very proud of you and give her a big smile and hug!

The Movie Respect Starts out with Aretha as a little girl, her family is having a party at her house, and Aretha is getting ready for bed,  she is ten years old, she lives with her father who is a pastor of Detroit's largest Baptist church, she also has siblings named Cecil, Erma and Carolyn. 

Aretha's father loved to hear her sing and would often have her sing for the parties at their home to entertain the guests, her mother and father were separated she liked Aretha to have her independence.

 A little incident happens with Aretha and a family friend while Aretha is dealing with that situation she has another one come along the unfortunate death of her mother Barbara passing away traumatizes her and she is silent for weeks it frustrates her father to the point of he demands her to sing at church. 

Later we see her as a young adult and as a mother of two teen boys she doesn't want to say who their daddy is, she is touring as a gospel singer with Dr.Martin Luther King Jr,  Later she meets a local producer named Teddy White her dad has a feeling about him and warns him to stay away from Aretha.

 Her dad surprises her with a meeting at Columbia Records with an executive named John Hammond. She accepts the contract to Jazz record Standards,Including Ac-Cent-Tchu-ate the positive. 

 She has produced four albums so far, she doesn't have a signature hit yet, she is singing at a club she wants to honor a family friend named Dinah Washington by singing one of her songs she is furious she gives advice to Aretha telling her to sing songs that move her.

 She is having a hard time with the influence of her dad being on her all the time, She begins a relationship with Ted White when they are really serious she brings him home to meet her family it causes a ruckus and her dad almost shoots him.

Aretha announces to her dad and her sisters that Ted is her manager, that makes her dad very upset and disappointed you will see what happens in the movie when he finds out about Ted being her manager!  A couple of years go by they are married and they have a cute little child.

Aretha is making and selling albums she has 9 albums out now isn't that something? Unfortunately with having 9 albums out she isn't very successful I know it's a bummer, the record company that she was with Columbia drops her.

 Her Husband Ted makes a deal with a veteran producer named Jerry Weller of Atlantic Records he introduces her to a group of white musicians in Muscle Shoals in 1967, Aretha records a song called I never loved a Man the Way I love you! 

Shortly after that things take a turn for the worse with Ted and her, he is a very jealous man because of his jealousy he becomes very violent with her and hits her a lot. She goes back home to Detroit with something you won't believe a black eye I couldn't believe it.

I felt so bad for her it made me want to protect her and fight him for hurting her, You don't treat a woman like that, your supposed to treat them with respect and honor. 

He obviously didn't do that, so she leaves him for a little bit and she decides to take her career into her own hands and makes her sisters her backup singers. 

Despite what her sisters and her dad says she reunites with Ted, Aretha and Carolyn come up with an Idea they are inspired to rearrange a song by Otis Redding Respect the version they did becomes a number one single Yay! That launches Aretha to stardom by her 25th Birthday. 

She has another event in Detroit which Dr.King honors her for her support of the women's civil rights movement proclaiming February 16 Aretha Franklin Day! 

Guess what she has another signature hit the song You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman, her career is also complicated on the other hand because of Ted' s Volatile behavior. 

She has a European tour in 1968 that she is embarking on, she is confronted with a Time magazine cover story about Ted's abuse and what he has been doing to her. 

By the goodness of God and her Incredible Knowledge she finally casts him out of her life I was happy when she did that I couldn't stand seeing her hurt. 

You will the love the rest of the movie, you will see what she overcomes and goes through in her journey of life, and see all of the albums that she has successfully made and sold out to people all around the world. 

The rest of the movie is outstanding, wonderful and amazing! It will show what Aretha has overcome in her life and how strong she is! And How God was always in her corner protecting her and guiding her every step of the way!

I decided to write about this movie because I have always loved Aretha Franklin and her music it always makes me want to sing and dance!

 I love J-Hud I think that she has a beautiful singing voice it sounds so strong and bold! 

J-Hud has gone through a lot in her life too she lost a lot of family members she still has a smile on her face and joy in her heart and still pressing on in the midst of everything! She is an EGOT Winner Emmy, Grammy,Oscar, Tony. She has come a long way since American Idol Season 3. J-HUD and I also have something in common we both love the color purple it means royalty. 

Even when Simon told her that she wouldn't make it and he didn't think she was good! She proved him wrong, she did make it and won an award for her performance In Dream Girls! Simon is very proud of her and happy for her he has seen all the remarkable steps she has made in her life. 

She did an outstanding performance in Cats I love when she sings Memory in the movie it is such a heart-felt performance she puts her all into that song!

 She also does an amazing job in the Hairspray Live Movie where she plays Motor-Mouth MayBelle. She sings I don't know where I've been outstandingly. When she sang that song it gave me a warm feeling in my heart. 

She is the wonderful Host of the Jennifer Hudson Show she is doing a spectacular Job, she makes everyone smile and brightens their day! I love her theme song for her show Happy Place! It makes me happy every time I hear the song, she makes all her guests feel right at home!

My favorite scene from the movie is when she sings Respect with her sisters at the piano and then it shows her singing the song live she really gets into the song then it makes me want to sing along with her when I see that scene in the movie! 

 I also like when she sings think, she does an outstanding performance with that song as well! She really channeled Aretha and brought her to life throughout the whole movie I believe she did her proud!

 I recommend this movie to anyone who loves Aretha Franklin and J-Hud! It is a good movie that the whole family can enjoy and sing along to!