Mike Epps has a pivotal role in the remake of the movie “Sparkle” due out this Friday. He plays Satin Struthers, a gangster in the original film, who’s been remade into a comedian this time. But this doesn’t mean Epps is any less menacing. His Struthers is a comic who’s become embittered by his lack of respect in his own community. Epps’ role isn’t the comic relief – he’s once again playing a dramatic role as he did in “Jumping the Broom.”
Struthers is still the catalyst of the downfall of a girl group, this time set in 1960’s Detroit. But just like the original movie, which starred Lonette McKee and Irene Cara when it came out in 1976, Jordin Sparks, Tika Sumpter and Carmen Ejogo plays sisters who form a girl group in spite of the watchful and disapproving eye of their mother, played by Whitney Houston in her last film role.
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(Source: Black America Web)
