Dreamgirls

Ladies and gentlemen,

the Detroit Theatre

continues our legendary talent contest

with the indefatigable Stepp Sisters!

I'm lookin' for something, baby

Something that'll give me a rise

I'm lookin' for something, baby

Like a real nice surprise

I'm lookin' for something, baby

Something that you have got

I'm lookin' for something, baby

And it's gonna be real hot

Ladies, you can't go.

What about Jimmy?

What about the show?

Marty, you know I can talk.

Now watch me walk.

Sugar, Jimmy was just being Jimmy.

You know he's crazy about you.

Just crazy.

Oh, really?

Well, give the crazy man

a message from me.

Tell him I got his number.

His phone number.

Now, baby...

At home, where he lives, with his wife.

Come on, Joann.

We don't have to put up with this sh*t.

Sh*t.

I'm lookin' for something, baby

I'm lookin' for something now

I'm lookin' for something, baby

I'm lookin' for something now

The unstoppable Stepp Sisters!

Let's hear it!

All right now. Won't be long now, y'all.

Coming your way is the wildest man

in show business, Detroit's own

James "Thunder" Early

will be kicking off

his national tour right here

on stage tonight.

Mercy. Mercy, mercy. Ladies? Ladies?

I've got the break of your lives.

The great Jimmy Early is looking

for some backup help tonight...

Now I want you to turn it on

for Little Albert and the Tru-Tones!

Me and my baby goin' downtown

Me and my baby gettin' down tonight

- I'm so sorry, Mr...

- Taylor. Curtis Taylor, Jr.

Look, I know we're late, but my mama

don't like me going out on weeknights.

So I had to wait for her to go to bed.

She's a grade-school teacher.

Who are you?

Deena Jones!

I'm one of The Dreamettes.

You were supposed to go on second.

I know, but my mama wouldn't

go to bed, so I couldn't go out.

Hey, tough luck, kid. The show's over.

Let me lay something on you

right quick, brother.

Check it out, man.

Look, I know you're a great man

and you're the boss with all the ladies,

so I don't want you

coming up weak in here,

but low-rating people, that's not

why you're in this business, right?

No!

That's good, so why don't we

give these girls a break tonight?

Okay, I'll put you on last.

- Right after Tiny Joe Dixon.

- Thank you.

Excuse me, which one is Tiny?

We're going downtown

Check out the sights

Okay, we're going to get down and dirty

with my man, Mr Tiny Joe Dixon!

Baby, I'm takin' the long way home

'Cause my baby don't live there no more

I got the music to the drummer.

C.C., we're on next.

- Where is Effie?

- I'm right here.

God, I need to rest.

Where's our dressing room?

Effie, there's no time for that.

We go on in two minutes.

- What?

- Come on, let's warm up.

Move, move...

We're ruined unless

we can find new wigs.

Why do we need wigs in the first place?

Because we need a look.

- I got it! Turn the wigs around.

- What?

No, really.

Come on, turn the wigs around.

Oh, Deena, it's so different.

It's sophisticated looking. Come on!

Frontways or backways,

store-bought hair ain't natural.

And what about these dresses?

I mean, this dress does nothing

for my body.

- You got the same wig I got?

- Yeah.

- You got the same dress I got?

- Yeah.

Then shut up.

Say, Miss?

I think you look just great.

She left with all her clothes

Her bedroom in a mess

I don't know why she went away

'cause I gave her all my best

Baby, I'm takin' the long way home

'Cause my baby don't live there no more

- What's the name of your group again?

- The Dreamettes.

Nice, baby.

Yeah.

Let's hear it for Mr Tiny Joe Dixon!

And now for our final act of the evening,

the courageous, the curvaceous,

Creamettes!

It's The Dreamettes! The Dreamettes!

Move, move

Move right out of my life

Move, move

Move right out of my life

You better move

You're steppin' on my heart

I said, move

You're tearin' it apart

Please move

Oh, what am I gonna do?

My heart

Is breakin', breakin' up over you

You've got such magnetic power

That just keeps holding me down

I feel just like a flower

That you're keeping stuck

in the ground, ground, ground

Move right out of my life

Move it, move it

Out of my life

Move right out of my life

Move it, move it

Out of my life

Move, move

Move right out of my life

You are so horribly satanic

The way you lead me around

I feel just like the Titanic

I'm always going down

Move, move

You're steppin' on my style

You're steppin' on my style

Yes, you are

I said, move, move

I want to breathe for a while

Hey, baby

Get out of my life

There's too much pain and strife

So why don't you pack it up

and move it?

Take the cat, kit and caboodle

Take your broken-down car

Your smelly cigar

And just move right out of my

Move right out of my life

Come on! Come on! You can do better!

Let's hear it for the delectable,

defiant Dreamettes!

Hey, Mister. Five dimes

say The Dreamettes don't win.

You got it.

They weren't going to win anyway.

Now remember,

the winner of this year's contest gets

a week's paid engagement right here

at the famous Detroit Theatre.

All right now.

And that very lucky,

very talented star of tomorrow is

Mr Tiny Joe Dixon!

Does this mean

we're not going to be famous now?

Well, not tonight.

Come on, let's go home.

Why?

Because I'm tired

and I got to get up early for work.

I mean, what's the point?

Lorrell, how old were we

when we first started singing together?

Twelve.

And C.C., how many dances

you got dreamed up for us?

How many songs written there

in your notebook?

I don't know. Maybe a hundred.

And, Effie, have you ever met anyone

who could sing as crazy as you?

No.

And still we get nowhere?

So I'm asking you, what's the point?

The point is you don't need

an amateur contest,

because there's nothing

amateur about you.

What you need is a break,

and I'm here to give it to you.

Thirty bucks each

to sing behind Mr Jimmy Early tonight.

Jimmy Early?

And a guaranteed 10-week

engagement on the road

starting tomorrow morning

at $400 a week.

- $400?

- Yes.

- You swear?

- If I'm lying, I'm dying.

By the way, Mr Early said

he'd hire my Aunt Ethel

to watch after you gals

while you're away from home.

Mama's going to love that!

Effie, do you hear this?

We're singing behind

Jimmy Early tonight!

- I don't do backup.

- Come on, girl.

All we got to do is just sing

a few "oohs" and "aahs."

I don't do "oohs" and "aahs."

Now, you look, Effie.

- This could be our big break.

- Singing backup is a trap.

Now, I'm sorry, Mister,

but we cannot accept your offer.

All right, all right, all right.

Look, I know you're good.

And you know you're good, too.

And very talented.

And not only that,

you are a stone cold fox.

But that ain't enough.

A girl like you can get hurt out there

if you ain't got somebody protecting you.

Now, I'm here to do that for you, baby.

But you got to believe me.

You got to trust in me.

I ain't gonna disappoint you.

- Come on, Effie? What do you say?

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