2008 Woodie Awards
Inspiring Movie On Musical Legend
Jamie Foxx Puts Himself On Actor 'A' List Permanently in His Role as Ray Charles
Kadijah Basir
Issue date: 11/18/04 Section: Arts and Entertainment
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A legend in the music industry and an inspiring icon in the world around, Ray Charles Robinson stands out.
His music has stood the test of time and continues to make a name for itself. The soulful sound of this classic singer helped change the look and feel of music forever.
In honor of his great life, a film was directed by Taylor Hackford to celebrate and reflect his unique story. It is easy to simply tell a tale, but it is another thing to recreate a life. The film Ray portrayed Charles' life to a superb extent. The preparation and research was quite evident within the characters:
Jamie Foxx played the lead role of Charles; it cannot be stressed enough how riveting Foxx's performance was.
He took the on the role and made it better than anyone could have imagined him doing. We have always known Foxx as a great comedian, capable of creating captivating characters to their realest forms.
Foxx has memorable roles including Wonda on the In Living Color show and Willie Beadan in Any Given Sunday; they have all been great performances.
Foxx has such a dynamic background in the performing arts that it is no wonder he was perfect for this role. He is classically trained on the piano and an amazing singer whose talent is finally being recognized.
Ray features many other talented names in the industry that give the movie such intensity. Lorenz Tate played the young energetic musician Quincy Jones and Regina King played the one of the voluptuous Raylets.
The film didn't use the traditional form of cutting together a movie with the beginning, middle and end, but instead was able to cut back and forth between particular parts of his childhood to help the audience understand who he is. It is widely known that Charles struggled with demons in his life and the root of them was made clear.
The movie showed how he was capable of achieving so much in his life that most people would find quite difficult to do. At the age of seven, Charles experienced more turmoil in his Georgian home than most do in a lifetime.
His music has stood the test of time and continues to make a name for itself. The soulful sound of this classic singer helped change the look and feel of music forever.
In honor of his great life, a film was directed by Taylor Hackford to celebrate and reflect his unique story. It is easy to simply tell a tale, but it is another thing to recreate a life. The film Ray portrayed Charles' life to a superb extent. The preparation and research was quite evident within the characters:
Jamie Foxx played the lead role of Charles; it cannot be stressed enough how riveting Foxx's performance was.
He took the on the role and made it better than anyone could have imagined him doing. We have always known Foxx as a great comedian, capable of creating captivating characters to their realest forms.
Foxx has memorable roles including Wonda on the In Living Color show and Willie Beadan in Any Given Sunday; they have all been great performances.
Foxx has such a dynamic background in the performing arts that it is no wonder he was perfect for this role. He is classically trained on the piano and an amazing singer whose talent is finally being recognized.
Ray features many other talented names in the industry that give the movie such intensity. Lorenz Tate played the young energetic musician Quincy Jones and Regina King played the one of the voluptuous Raylets.
The film didn't use the traditional form of cutting together a movie with the beginning, middle and end, but instead was able to cut back and forth between particular parts of his childhood to help the audience understand who he is. It is widely known that Charles struggled with demons in his life and the root of them was made clear.
The movie showed how he was capable of achieving so much in his life that most people would find quite difficult to do. At the age of seven, Charles experienced more turmoil in his Georgian home than most do in a lifetime.