Shut up & Sing~ Dixie Chicks documentary

[Arduinna]

Who saw it? Who is planning on seeing it? yes it came out in November but we don't go out to the theater much.

It's a documentary on the Dixie Chicks after the Bush comments.

[Traci mom23boys]

Is it out on DVD? I will go put it in my Netflix Q. I LOVE the Dixie Chicks!

Thanks for the reminder!

[mamaverdi]

I was just gonna ask if it was on Netflix yet. :

[mamaverdi]

And it is. Added to my queue.

[nicole lisa]

I've seen it and loved it. But by the end I was sobbing. It's really hard to see how much Natalie feels responsible for the group's decline in sales and how much the other two girls just wish they could take that burden off her shoulders. One scene near the end, while they're working on the latest album, and either Martie or Emily is being interviewed she starts crying while she talks about wishing she could convince Natalie they're OK with a smaller career now and they don't regret anything. I just lost it during that scene. To think there are huge male vocalists out there who have accused George Bush of mass murder, in every interview they've given, and nothing happens to them, but a woman mentions she's ashamed he comes from Texas and she gets death threats and almost loses her career. Argh! I could go on forever. Watching it brought up all the times in high school and university that I was silenced over certain issues simply because I was a woman. It's beyond infuriating.

[Arduinna]

Yeah I should be watching it by Wednesday, I saw the preview for it on another socumentary I was watching and immediately added it to the top of my Netflix queue.

I was watching The US vs John Lennon about a week ago and it reminded me that when Lennon made his We are more popular than Jesus statement they got the same reaction that Natalie got (and by the same people, conservative Christians) from her statement.

[simple living mama]

Me. I'm not into country music but I'm way into their politics.

[Arduinna]

I watched it last night. Wow, it was great. I was actually surprised I wasn't more annoyed because I expected more footage of the stupid people that protested their free speech rights. I think they did a great job of keeping the movie positive.

[Arduinna]

Did anyone see this? NBC refused to air commericals for the movie

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/27/...rtisement-nbc/

[Cranberry]

I am planning on seeing it. I love the Chicks.

[mountainskymama]

Originally Posted by simple living mama

Me. I'm not into country music but I'm way into their politics.

Neither Dh nor I were/are fans of their music, but a friend encouraged us to watch the documentary, and I am soooooo glad we did! I was appalled at the level of utter stupidity (and I am not one to call others "stupid", but honestly I can't come up with a word more apprpriate than that) surrounding the whole thing. I was also glad to see that these women didn't do what many musicians may have done in their position, which is make some sort of public apology and kiss the a**es of the country music scene people in order to save their careers. They stood up for themselves and each other with grace and strength, as well as for their own beliefs.

Originally Posted by nicole lisa;

and either Martie or Emily is being interviewed she starts crying while she talks about wishing she could convince Natalie they're OK with a smaller career now and they don't regret anything. I just lost it during that scene.

I also lost it during that scene! It really came through that not only do these women work together, but they are sisters - not just blood sisters (in the case of Martie and Emily - but part of that universal sisterhood.

After the movie was over, Dh and I both wanted to write to them (I'm sure we'd be one of the many) to tell them that we beleive in what they did, that we support them and are inspired by their strength and humility. We also wanted to go and buy their latest album, not because we like the music, but to show our support. (Although I do like that song that Natalie sings about the whole ordeal - don't know the name of it but it has the lyrics "...I'm not ready to play nice, I'm not ready to back down, I'm still mad as hell and I don't have time to go round and round and round...")

Thank goodness our children have positive role models like these talented young women who stand up for their rights and beliefs and show strength in the face of challenge to offset some of the other not-so-positive role models that are in the spotlight these days.