I mean DAMN girl.
No but really, I thought it was good. The acting was good, the script was decent, the costumes were AMAZING. I'm about 99% sure that T-Boz and Chilli had some input in making it, so nothing could be terribly inaccurate or came off as stupid (I'm looking at you, created of the Diana biopic.) Overall, I would give it a B+. It's a tv movie, there's gotta be some wiggle room.
Anyway, I have a lot of feelings about TLC. When people ask me what my guilty pleasures are, I like to say "TLC, both the channel and the girl group." I LOVED them as a child. They were my Spicegirls. And not to bash on the Spicegirls or anything, but I think TLC holds way more talent and charisma. The only reason they had more success was because they had a catchphrase little girls could scream everywhere (GIRLPOWER! GIRLPOWER! GIRLPOWER!). I feel like TLC had a stronger message to share than the Spicegirls. I mean they had a music video where they wore condoms on their clothes.
I wasn't kidding.
I admire that they were sting promoters of safe sex, I mean that's certainly something you don't see a lot of in music. The interesting thing is that it's a message that doesn't feel forced. It feels like its something genuine, something they care about. Makes sense too considering that Chilli had some things going on beforehand (I don't wanna say it at the risk of making people angry.)
They have so many good songs: Creep, Waterfalls, What About Your Friends, No Scrubs, and Unpretty are just a few of them. I still listen to them often, to be honest.
To everyone who just watched the movie and are angry about Pebbles cheating them out of their money back in the day, I just wanna say this: That happened years ago, and everything worked out. I think the movie should be looked at as a celebration of what they did as a group, and remember Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes the way she would want to be remembered. That's how I look at it anyway.
Either way, I'm glad I watched it, and if you haven't you definitely should.
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