Ep. 62: "Glitter," 2001

Broadway Babies: A Musical Theatre Podcast

Now for something that is supposed to be similar to “A Star Is Born”, but is completely different:

Your two favorite shit-talkers are never too far from going off the deep-end, but this episode might send Daisha over the edge. The Broadway Babies venture through over-charted territory in another attempt at the artist’s journey film: Mariah Carey’s star vehicle crash "Glitter." Alex and Daisha try to make sense of the plot while also chatting about the D R A M A surrounding this period in Mariah’s life.

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Distributed by 20th Century Fox

Songs:

• “Loverboy” performed by Mariah Carey ft. Cameo
• “Didn’t Mean to Turn You On” by Mariah Carey*
• “Reflections (Care Enough)," by Mariah Carey**
• “Never Too Far," by Mariah Carey

Music by Mariah Carey, James Harris III and Terry Lewis, Philippe Pierre, and Larry Blackmon and Thomas Jenkins

Distributed by Virgin Records

Show Notes:

• The riff we kept talking about (starts at :59)
• If ya want a lil analysis of the riff
• In case you want to learn how to sing the LTW riff
• Mariah talking about Jennifer “I don’t know her” Lopez and then playing “Does! She! Know! Her!?” on WWHL because Andy Cohen is a messy bicth who loves drama
• Now let’s talk about her acting…
• Mariah’s 1991 SNL rehearsal of Vanishing
• How Mariah’s Lambily made #JusticeforGlitter happen:
• An interview from 2001 about Glitter
• Pre-order Mariah’s memoir out in September…she’s gonna talk about “Glitter”