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Dixie Chicks - Shut Up & Sing
After seeing the undeserved fallout that the Dixie Chicks experienced following the comment by band member Natalie Maines, (she told a London crowd that she was embarrassed that President Bush came from their home state, Texas) it was nice to see a documentary that defends freedom of speech and one that really opened my eyes to a band I had never really cared about. It was nice to see a musical group that didn’t sell out no matter what the consequences were and even more so, it was nice to see a group of people that turned negative energy directed towards them into positive energy.
DVD Review: Dixie Chicks - Shut Up & Sing
If the fact that every girl likes this band hasn’t forced you already, Shut Up & Sing will have you downloading Dixie Chicks songs just so you can look cool at Cocktail Parties when other girls talk about them.
But again, this movie is about so much more. The film not only shows us the bands ups and downs during a turning point in their own career, it fittingly mirrors the transition and change the United States was going through as a whole and it reminds us that we too have a voice.
Whether or not you ever had any desire to listen to this band (I had not), this movie will compel you to have some new found respect for the greatest selling female band of all time. That is of course unless you are Bill O’Reilly’s kids.
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