This made-for-TV film, ostensibly about Whitney Houston, appears to exist for the sole purpose of exculpating Bobby Brown of all wrongdoing in his former wife's eventual downfall. According to this version of the story, Whitney did drugs before Bobby did. In fact, she corrupted him, not vice versa. In this version of the story, Whitney's mother professes about her future son-in-law: "You can take the man out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of the man." Pretty harsh.
Whitney is depicted here as a woman with a great voice but a lot of insecurity and no real artistic talent. Significantly, she is contrasted to Bobby Brown, who is portrayed as a song writer and musician who is held back by his marriage to Whitney, particularly after their child is born.
Before watching this movie, I was under the opposite impression. The reigning narrative seems to be that Bobby Brown was a bad boy (just like Whitney's mom warned in this film--but which reflected poorly not upon the son-in-law, but on the mother!). I do not believe that I was alone in believing that Bobby got Whitney tangled up in drugs, cheated on her, and perhaps even beat her, and that he was ultimately the cause of her downfall.
My best guess is that Bobby Brown was one of the producers of this biopic. Or perhaps there was someone else now dear to him and hoping to clean up his tarnished reputation.
Whitney is depicted here as a woman with a great voice but a lot of insecurity and no real artistic talent. Significantly, she is contrasted to Bobby Brown, who is portrayed as a song writer and musician who is held back by his marriage to Whitney, particularly after their child is born.
Before watching this movie, I was under the opposite impression. The reigning narrative seems to be that Bobby Brown was a bad boy (just like Whitney's mom warned in this film--but which reflected poorly not upon the son-in-law, but on the mother!). I do not believe that I was alone in believing that Bobby got Whitney tangled up in drugs, cheated on her, and perhaps even beat her, and that he was ultimately the cause of her downfall.
My best guess is that Bobby Brown was one of the producers of this biopic. Or perhaps there was someone else now dear to him and hoping to clean up his tarnished reputation.