LADY SINGS THE BLUES

I agree, plus since Billie Holiday and Fantasia are both singers/performers there shouldn't be any surprise that they both would be on the stage (performing) in a dress (girls wear dresses) and there is nothing wrong with women wearing a flower in their hair.

In other words, they can possibly look the same but they are totally different. Now, if they had fantasia up there singing one of Billie Holiday's songs then yeah, it would look like they were copying, however, Fantasia was singing one of her own songs.

Obviously at least two people were thinking it....myself and the marketing department.
When is the last time you saw the cover art for Lady Sings The Blues?
Who cares if LSTB was done 34 years ago...does that mean that after a certain period of time you shouldn't attempt to be original instead of a knock-off?
No, it's not that I think they sat around the table deciding to steal an art concept, I think that that image has become "Iconic" and unfortunately overused.
It's so Dramarama. So....70's and 80's.

And some people like original thinking.

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I didn't say I was offended...I didn't say she wasn't an incredible singer....
I said that the way she is presented is not very original....which is too her detriment - not mine.... thngs that are original, not rehashes, tend to stay in people's minds. Of course, if you're stricken with tunnel-vision, have had little exposure to culture, it's completely understandable.
You all need to get a life.
The same people repeatedly posting and obsessing over a movie. Yawn. I'm surprised you people aren't noting how many sequins are in her dress, how many minutes the movie is, which hairstyle makes her sing better, and dare I say, argue as to who will direct the sequel. No doubt you all will be posting maniacally(as fast as your little fingers can type) during the commercial breaks.
Keep repeating..."It's only a movie...it's only a movie..." Then tell yourselves, that if you were out getting a life and doing something interesting and meaningful, they might make a movie of your lives.....
But trust me, Lifetime [like they know anything about making movies other than those about people with drinking problems who have been abused while recovering from drug addiction while looking for a long lost parent/child while dying in a hospital.......]is not rushing to make a movie about people who have nothing better to do than obsess on the IMDB board about the same movie over and over and over and over.......

Sad, or not, it doesn't make the comment any less valid.