First off, let me tell you all how hard it is to control and orchestrate five teenage girls (17, 17, 17, 18, 19) by corraling them together, sitting them down in front of a TV, and actually making them pay attention... Not easy at all, but I did it.

So, it was my friend's somewhat birthday party and we did the typical hanging out, laughing, joking, & making a mess of the house. But at the end, we were supposed to watch 2 movies that me and the host had had. Of course, mine was Purple Rain and Dayonna (the host) had the latest Kevin Hart's comedy show on DVD.

Now, my friends aren't at all fans of Prince because they think he's gay, weird, looks like a woman, wears heels, etc, and one friend, Sarah, didn't even know who he was. So they gave me a deal of watching only 30 minutes of it. So I started them off on the scene where Prince meets Apollonia at the mall and then on. I had to deal with them laughing and making fun of how he talked, how he walked, how he stood, how he looked, everything. Also, getting up to use restrooms, answer phone calls and texts, get something to snack on, everything.

But, the point where their attention finally got captured was when Prince made Apollonia get naked and jump into the lake and he teased to drive off. When they were like "Uh uh! That's dirty!" and the "Is he really gonna' leave her!", I smiled to myself, knowing their limited attention span was captured.

So I skipped to the scene where Apples shows up at First Ave. and Prince performs Beautiful Ones. They thought the song was sweet after I steadily told them to listen to the lyrics. And there, I lost their attention on my behalf cuz I motioned like Prince when he was pointing to himself and Apples during the performance and they started laughing. But, at the point where Prince takes her home, I had to correct Dayonna cuz she swore his license plate said Milwaukee... Debra, the most critical Prince hater, made up for the fact when she commented, "Prince is smooth, I give him that."

So, sex scene time. I kept my fingers crossed in my mind, hoping they wouldn't laugh out loud and make fun when Prince says his soft "Stop" and how he kisses. They didn't . Instead, Debra again said, "Prince has some sexy lips."To half my surprise, they were quiet as a mouse when Prince started caressing Apollonia on her spot. Eddrial, my sex-experienced friend, went shocked goo-goo eyes at the screen as Prince continued to rub over Apples' clitoris. "Dang, he can do that?!" I was like, "That's how a real man works." "Small people, in a big world," was what Dayonna had commented, making the group laugh which slightly took their attention away until I told her to shut up. She and Sarah, the only Caucasian friend out our group, were silently asking when it was going ot be over to save their virgin eyes, which they were being sarcastic. But I knew Sarah was turning red, lol. But it was soon over and Eddrial commented, "He do have some sexy lips."

Afterwords, they already had sense enough to know the present that Apples brought was the guitar and "awwed" when he opened it. What made me happy was when they gasped and said "DAMN!" and "Oh my gosh!" when Prince had slapped Apples, proof that their attention was being paid to movie . "Why did he hit her!" and "I would have slapped him back!".

Skipping over 'When Doves Cry' to save on my 30-minute time limit, we came to point where they were rooting on for Prince to "Whoop his daddy's ass!" and were disappointed when he didn't.

My time limit was up, but they still wanted to watch the movie! I had to stop myself from jumping up to the heavens in my proudness and success . So we continued, and we were then heavily interrupted when Dayonna's family came home from a troubled night out. Her cousin was crying, they brought babbling 6 year-olds, and the adults were yelling and cussing each other out. So Dayonna had to leave to calm everyone down while we had movie on pause, but rest of group wanted to continue. So I pressed play and sat through the end, from the attempted suicide to I Would Die 4 U. The supposed-to-be memorable, gripping part of the movie, which is the performance of Purple Rain, was tampered with because of talking background. So the gripping part was somewhat ruined. And Baby I'm a Star was cut off becuz Dayonna, who had came back, wanted to watch Kevin Hart b4 everyone had to leave. Coincidently, she couldn't even find DVD, so we cut off the movie early for nothing.

But in the end, it was great because they got to see something that I enjoyed and something new. Sarah was like "It was good, every scene wanted me make see what happens next." And Debra had said that, "It was a 'decent' movie. Where can I get this?" lol and I was like "Amazon!"

The point of showing the movie was not to make them fanatics like myself, but to expose them to something they've never seen before. A life before our time, which was a fun, exciting, and experimental one. A little conversion was in my mind, lol, but I was grateful they at least enjoyed the movie. Plus the little kids that watched got some exposure, so I did a little part there as well. We need to watch it again from the beginning without interruptions and me teliing them to sit down and shut it, but I know that won't happen for a long time, lol. But overall, it was a great night, and I'm glad I got my best friends to watch it.

[Edited 2/12/11 20:44pm]

ecstasy said:

First off, let me tell you all how hard it is to control and orchestrate five teenage girls (17, 17, 17, 18, 19) by corraling them together, sitting them down in front of a TV, and actually making them pay attention... Not easy at all, but I did it.

So, it was my friend's somewhat birthday party and we did the typical hanging out, laughing, joking, & making a mess of the house. But at the end, we were supposed to watch 2 movies that me and the host had had. Of course, mine was Purple Rain and Dayonna (the host) had the latest Kevin Hart's comedy show on DVD.

Now, my friends aren't at all fans of Prince because they think he's gay, weird, looks like a woman, wears heels, etc, and one friend, Sarah, didn't even know who he was. So they gave me a deal of watching only 30 minutes of it. So I started them off on the scene where Prince meets Apollonia at the mall and then on. I had to deal with them laughing and making fun of how he talked, how he walked, how he stood, how he looked, everything. Also, getting up to use restrooms, answer phone calls and texts, get something to snack on, everything.

But, the point where their attention finally got captured was when Prince made Apollonia get naked and jump into the lake and he teased to drive off. When they were like "Uh uh! That's dirty!" and the "Is he really gonna' leave her!", I smiled to myself, knowing their limited attention span was captured.

So I skipped to the scene where Apples shows up at First Ave. and Prince performs Beautiful Ones. They thought the song was sweet after I steadily told them to listen to the lyrics. And there, I lost their attention on my behalf cuz I motioned like Prince when he was pointing to himself and Apples during the performance and they started laughing. But, at the point where Prince takes her home, I had to correct Dayonna cuz she swore his license plate said Milwaukee... Debra, the most critical Prince hater, made up for the fact when she commented, "Prince is smooth, I give him that."

So, sex scene time. I kept my fingers crossed in my mind, hoping they wouldn't laugh out loud and make fun when Prince says his soft "Stop" and how he kisses. They didn't . Instead, Debra again said, "Prince has some sexy lips."To half my surprise, they were quiet as a mouse when Prince started caressing Apollonia on her spot. Eddrial, my sex-experienced friend, went shocked goo-goo eyes at the screen as Prince continued to rub over Apples' clitoris. "Dang, he can do that?!" I was like, "That's how a real man works." "Small people, in a big world," was what Dayonna had commented, making the group laugh which slightly took their attention away until I told her to shut up. She and Sarah, the only Caucasian friend out our group, were silently asking when it was going ot be over to save their virgin eyes, which they were being sarcastic. But I knew Sarah was turning red, lol. But it was soon over and Eddrial commented, "He do have some sexy lips."

Afterwords, they already had sense enough to know the present that Apples brought was the guitar and "awwed" when he opened it. What made me happy was when they gasped and said "DAMN!" and "Oh my gosh!" when Prince had slapped Apples, proof that their attention was being paid to movie . "Why did he hit her!" and "I would have slapped him back!".

Skipping over 'When Doves Cry' to save on my 30-minute time limit, we came to point where they were rooting on for Prince to "Whoop his daddy's ass!" and were disappointed when he didn't.

My time limit was up, but they still wanted to watch the movie! I had to stop myself from jumping up to the heavens in my proudness and success . So we continued, and we were then heavily interrupted when Dayonna's family came home from a troubled night out. Her cousin was crying, they brought babbling 6 year-olds, and the adults were yelling and cussing each other out. So Dayonna had to leave to calm everyone down while we had movie on pause, but rest of group wanted to continue. So I pressed play and sat through the end, from the attempted suicide to I Would Die 4 U. The supposed-to-be memorable, gripping part of the movie, which is the performance of Purple Rain, was tampered with because of talking background. So the gripping part was somewhat ruined. And Baby I'm a Star was cut off becuz Dayonna, who had came back, wanted to watch Kevin Hart b4 everyone had to leave. Coincidently, she couldn't even find DVD, so we cut off the movie early for nothing.

But in the end, it was great because they got to see something that I enjoyed and something new. Sarah was like "It was good, every scene wanted me make see what happens next." And Debra had said that, "It was a 'decent' movie. Where can I get this?" lol and I was like "Amazon!"

The point of showing the movie was not to make them fanatics like myself, but to expose them to something they've never seen before. A life before our time, which was a fun, exciting, and experimental one. A little conversion was in my mind, lol, but I was grateful they at least enjoyed the movie. Plus the little kids that watched got some exposure, so I did a little part there as well. We need to watch it again from the beginning without interruptions and me teliing them to sit down and shut it, but I know that won't happen for a long time, lol. But overall, it was a great night, and I'm glad I got my best friends to watch it.

[Edited 2/12/11 20:44pm]

um..Happy Conversion?

I've never seen the whole movie before. I wish i was one of your friends.