Aretha Franklin, her cinematic legacy and "Sparkle"
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With the death of Aretha Franklin, I looked back at her contribution to the cinema world. Her finest film moment was being married to Matt "Guitar" Murphy in The Blues Brothers (1980). Chewing out her cinema husband ("You better think about what you're saying. You better think about the consequences of your actions.") and his "white hoodlum friends." Plus The Queen of Soul curses! All this and then bursting into a fun version of her song "Think," complete with dancing ladies and dancing Jake and Elwood.
Aretha Franklin, her cinematic legacy and "Sparkle"
Aretha Franklin, her cinematic legacy and…
Aretha Franklin, her cinematic legacy and "Sparkle"
With the death of Aretha Franklin, I looked back at her contribution to the cinema world. Her finest film moment was being married to Matt "Guitar" Murphy in The Blues Brothers (1980). Chewing out her cinema husband ("You better think about what you're saying. You better think about the consequences of your actions.") and his "white hoodlum friends." Plus The Queen of Soul curses! All this and then bursting into a fun version of her song "Think," complete with dancing ladies and dancing Jake and Elwood.