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Emmys: ‘The New Edition Story’ Writer Abdul Williams on Telling the Group’s Epic Story, Warts and All
“The New Edition Story” writer Abdul Williams takes us inside his process of making the new benchmark for music biopics with BET.
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‘The New Edition Story’ Perfectly Recreates Classic Music Videos
On The New Edition Story, we were continually offered ’80s and ’90s eye candy with some gorgeous outfits, and in Part 3 we were dazzled by the perfect remake of several music videos, including the New Edition’s “If It Isn’t Love.” This video has the New Edition rehearsing their dance moves and their instructor, Brooke Payne, making sure everything is perfect. The series went onto recreate Bobby Brown’s hit, “Every Little Step I Take,” complete with suspenders and leather bike shorts. It’s poss
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‘The New Edition Story’ EP Jesse Collins on Why the Group Decided to Share Its History, Warts and All
New Edition fans, if you’re planning on tuning in to BET’s three-night miniseries about the R&B group, premiering Jan. 24, be prepared to see a movie that has a lot more in common with recent musical biographies like Straight Outta Compton and the History of the Eagles documentary. Like those fine flicks, The New Edition Story focuses on the music, and, in this instance, uses it to plot a timeline of the group’s history. From their beginnings as preteens in Boston’s Orchard Park projects and e
