The life lessons Fantasia brought to 'The Color Purple'; plus, Personal Style 101

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🗓️ 12 January 2024

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Summary

Fantasia Barrino-Taylor is picking up awards buzz for her portrayal of Celie in The Color Purple, and Brittany is sitting down with the former American Idol winner to look at the path she took from high school dropout to potential Oscar nominee. Brittany and Fantasia explore how her journey in life has made her come to love the character she plays, and even heal some old wounds along the way.

Then, after living through the fast churn of microtrends, social media influencers are embracing the trendiest anti-trend in fashion: "personal style." And while personal style is the it-girl, other fashion trends may be around the corner. Will 2024 be the most conservative fashion year yet? We turn to Washington Post fashion writer Rachel Tashjian to talk about personal style, why it's trending, and what to look for in 2024.

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0:16.0	Hello hello. I'm Brittany Loose and you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR, a show about
0:25.2	what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident. I am so excited for you all to meet my guest today. She needs no introduction because she's an idol, an American Idol.
0:47.0	The winner of American Idol 2004 is Fantantasia Burrino.
0:56.3	If you don't know her, you had to be sleeping in 2004
1:00.6	when Fantasia Burrino won the third season of American Idol. And with a voice like that, it's no wonder she had the phone lines tied up with
1:19.3	people voting for her. Since then she has become a Grammy winning R&B artist and a celebrated Broadway
1:26.6	actress. A 23 years old she made her Broadway debut in the musical The Color Purple. She played Seely, a poor southern woman
1:35.0	who triumphs over a life of abuse
1:37.0	and finds inner peace. Now she's reprising her role in the film adaptation of the musical.
1:50.0	Fantasia's performance has earned her a Golden Globe nomination and there have been
1:54.8	some loud whispers about an Oscar nod as well.
1:58.1	And for good reason.
1:59.4	At almost 40, Fantasia has a wizened perspective on life that comes through in each scene and song.
2:06.2	But look, I said look, are you looking? We are looking honey. Look who's wearing the paints now?
2:20.0	Fantasia joined us remotely from Los Angeles to talk about the
2:26.5	lesson she's learning from putting on Miss Celie's pants one more time
2:30.9	15 years later.
2:34.8	Miss Fantasia, welcome to it's been a minute.
2:37.4	Thank you for having.
2:39.0	Thank you, thank you.
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