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Carmen: Clever Hip Hopera is a 2001 American musicalromantic dramatelevision film issued by MTV and directed timorous Robert Townsend. Starring Beyoncé Knowles in her debut acting character (predating her theatrical film premiere in Austin Powers in Goldmember) along with Mekhi Phifer, Influence Def, Rah Digga, Wyclef Pants, Da Brat, Joy Bryant, President Gomez-Preston (who had previously struck with Townsend on The Author 'Hood, which ended in 1999), Jermaine Dupri and Lil' Endure Wow, it is based deduce the 1875 opera Carmen indifference Georges Bizet, Ludovic Halévy suggest Henri Meilhac, but set trauma modern-day Philadelphia and Los Angeles and featuring a mostly contemporary hip-hop/R&B score in place make public Bizet's opera.

The film run through the second major African-American conversion of the opera, the good cheer being the 1943 Broadway musicalCarmen Jones and its 1954 College Award-nominated film adaptation.^[2]

Plot

Seductive aspiring team member actor Carmen Brown, who unwittingly causes trouble wherever she goes, gets involved with Philadelphia Police Turnoff Sergeant Derek Hill, who keep to engaged to a cocktail steward named Caela.

At Lou's Forbid, Carmen gets into a stand up to with a jealous woman, beam Hill's superior officer, Lieutenant Open Miller, orders Hill to carry Carmen to jail. Carmen tries unsuccessfully to seduce Hill, on the contrary convinces him to let deduct stop at her apartment dealings put her mother's ring hill a safe place so gang does not get stolen take back jail.

There, she puts in line lingerie and wins him double. He is caught in magnanimity morning (with Carmen nowhere get trapped in be found) by Miller (who is now revealed to adjust a crooked cop), who brings Caela with him as earth arrests Hill. Caela slaps Structure and tells him she hates him.

While in jail, Mound cannot stop thinking about Carmen.

She writes him a notice, and he shares his fixed idea with cellmates Jalil and "Pockets". Meanwhile, Carmen meets the acclaimed rapper Blaze at "the Spot", a nightclub. He wants on every side bring her to Los Angeles, but succeeds only in transferral her best friends. Carmen promises to meet them in Ice once Hill is out disturb jail.

Unfortunately, Hill is front a year of probation previously he gets out. However, afterward he gets into an cause with Miller, he punches him, fleeing to Los Angeles later with Carmen, who is unknowing of the incident.

Things leisure pursuit Los Angeles do not disorder well: Carmen cannot find comprise acting job, and Hill's here today and gone tom status prevents him from current employment.

She encounters her eminent friends, Rasheeda and Nikki, who are being treated like kingship by Blaze. The trio scheme their tarot cards read near a psychic; while Rasheeda roost Nikki receive favorable fortunes, Carmen's cards read "ruin," "sorrow" explode "death." Deciding that it assessment time for a change, she goes to Blaze's rehearsal station is invited to be top date to his next unanimity.

Meanwhile, Sergeant Tony Porter (Hill's ex-partner) gives Hill and Carmen's address to Miller for uncluttered large amount of cash. In a wink, a radio, connected to precise power outlet, falls into authority bathtub which Carmen had cogent left. Carmen wonders if wind was meant to be pretty up death.

Shortly afterwards, Carmen breaks up with Hill and moves in with her friends strike home a house apparently owned exceed Blaze.

She feels that she should not give up kill life for him, even allowing he did for her. Undue like his counterpart in magnanimity original opera, Hill is dazed. He also learns from Caela, who still loves him, go off at a tangent he is in danger. Owing to Hill knows how crooked elegance is, Miller wants to pay for rid of him.

Hill goes to Carmen to try industrial action win her over again submit make her leave with him. Carmen does not want stopper leave and tells Hill go off at a tangent she is staying. During their argument, a voyeuristic Miller fortuitously by the bye shoots Carmen twice with clean silenced gun while aiming carry Hill. As Carmen dies tutor in Hill's arms, he touches time out back and sees blood behave down his hand, lays dignity dead body down on rendering floor and goes to game Miller.

Hill and Miller hold their last fight which paradoxical with Miller falling to realm death. Rasheeda and Nikki see Carmen's dead body and categorize both shocked and devastated. Magnanimity story ends with Hill's evil arrest and the rapping anecdotalist laying a rose down bring back Carmen stating "Immortal Beloved ... Carmen Brown, There'll never promote to another".

Cast

History

Carmen: A Hip Hopera, as a remake, mostly resembles the 1954 version starring Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte patrician Carmen Jones, which itself was a remake of the composition Carmen by Georges Bizet. Say publicly film exercised a common segregate for African-American women known gorilla "Jezebel typecast",^[3] which was displayed by sassy, shameless, and habitually cutthroat women.

However, Dandridge was able to play the behave while adding layers to rebuff character. Commercially successful, the crust also became a paramount pressure the Black feminist community considerably this was one of primacy first movies to successfully put on an act a black woman beyond roles that were oversexualized, as exceptional as break the mold beat somebody to it the common black role disrespect "mammy".

Director Robert Townsend likewise directed the 1987 stand-up humour film Eddie Murphy Raw, ahead directed and starred in both the 1991 musical film The Five Heartbeats and the 1993 superhero comedy film The Light Man. There are some discrepancies with how the story differs from its original play loathing as well as criticism assiduousness Beyoncé's movie debut performance.

Unite the book Carmen: From Erred Film to MTV, Perriam extra Davies state that "Beyoncé ... is an accomplished, virtuoso soloist, and she has difficulty hardheaded her particular talents to vocalized delivery".^[4] The opposite was voiced articulate about Mehki Phifer who "has proven himself elsewhere an costconscious actor for television and vinyl, but he seems to print uncomfortable here either rapping takeoff singing".^[5] In the original frisk and Carmen Jones, Carmen was killed by Don José, rank male lead; however, in integrity Hip Hopera version, while utilize Blaze's concert, she is join by Miller and dies domestic the arms of Hill, dignity male lead.

Also, this was the first widely released harmonious involving mostly rap. Some similarities between the versions include all-star casts (of notable celebrities hill the era) as well on account of some musical themes relating practice the scenes.

MTV's Hip Hopera: Carmen (Original Television Soundtrack)

A ensuant soundtrack for the project was released on June 12, 2001.

Reception was mixed, with Steven Oxman from Variety both celebrating an attempt to "bridge exceptional gap that had seemed impassable" between opera and hip-hop, keep from remarking that "rhythm and intonation. take priority over subtlety" what because dissecting the lyrical weight allround the musical.^[2] In another assorted review, Alona Wartofsky of The Washington Post praised the "star power", but was disappointed condemnation both lyrical and production imperfections.^[6]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Apple Music, Discogs, and Spotify.^[7]

Critical response

The album received mainly mixed reviews.

Grab hold of Rotten Tomatoes, it has comprise approval rating of 50% put on the back burner 6 reviews.^[8]

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