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Respect's Jennifer Hudson on Aretha as an Activist and an LGBTQ+ Icon

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Respect where Jennifer Hudson’s Aretha Franklin takes control in the studio, putting her artistic vision on her sister Carolyn Franklin’s tune “Ain’t No Way.” To that point, in the film at least, Aretha has navigated her rise to stardom, beginning on the gospel circuit, with the help of and despite some imposing male figures in her life — her father, the Reverend C.L.

Franklin (Forest Whitaker), and her controlling husband/manager, Ted White (Marlon Wayans).Seated at the piano, Hudson, preordained to play the Queen of Soul after Aretha saw her Oscar-winning Dreamgirls turn, gently amps up Aretha’s confidence to take control of the song’s direction.

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