A Diva's Christmas Carol (2000): VANESSA WILLIAMS

In this episode, Angie and Steffi are going back to the movies in honor of the holiday season. To kick off our Diva Holiday Movies month, we are discussing the VH1 TV movie classic “A Diva’s Christmas Carol (2000) starring our diva of the week: Vanessa Williams. We review the movie and also talk about the “A Diva’s Christmas Carol” era in Vanessa Williams’ career.

For this episode, we combined what would normally be two parts of an episode into one episode because that’s what we used to do when covering movies. However, this will probably change in future episodes. But the first part of this episode is reviewing the movie via various scene discussions, while the second part of this episode is us talking about this project in relation to Vanessa Williams’ career. 

During our review, we discuss all the funny moments including Ebony’s lack of concert during a literal earthquake. We then stan faux fictional girl group Desire and their bops! Plus, a discussion on the meta-ness quality of this Vh1 classic and our fictional diva bracket.

Then, during our era breakdown, we talk about Vanessa Williams’ onscreen persona as the “diva bitch” and the projects that helped cultivate this persona. We also discuss the lack of music programming today and how that came to be. Also, we play a fun game called “IMDB’s Best Four Known For” that we will be doing in all of our movie episodes. ‘Tis the season!

LOGLINE: A Diva's Christmas Carol is a 2000 VH1-original Christmas television film starring Vanessa L. Williams, Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, Brian McNamara and Kathy Griffin. The film is based on Charles Dickens' classic, A Christmas Carol (1843), and features an ego-driven popular singer who gets a reality check by three Christmas spirits. The film premiered on December 13, 2000.

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TIME STAMPS:

- Housekeeping (01:06)

- Listener Feedback (02:39)

- Opening Discussions: Movie Intro (05:31)

- Opening Discussions: Our First Viewing Experience & Initial Impressions (07:04)

Part 1: Movie Review

- Scene Breakdowns (15:29)

- Oscar Clip (59:44)

- Letterboxd Rating (61:34)

Part 2: Era Breakdown

- Pop Corn & Pop Stars (65:02)

- Spill the Technicolor Tea (80:34)

- Game! (92:24)

- But We Need the Audience to Buy the Album (97:02)

- Tinseltown Showdown (99:29)

- Show Me the Receipts (101:43)

- Impact/ Closing Thoughts (104:39)

- Previewing Next Week’s Episode (108:12)