Whitney Houston, Whoopi Goldberg, and motherflipping BRANDY are in this movie. Honestly I don’t need to know more myself, but you can read the rest of this post if you want.

In 1997, a Cinderella movie premiered on ABC that trumps all Cinderella movies. (Sorry, Lily James.)

The Wonderful World of Disney and music legend Whitney Houston present Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, a made-for-TV movie musical starring BRANDY as the titular put-upon orphan and Houston as her fairy godmother.

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Yes, Brandy Norwood, smoky-voiced star of the sitcom Moesha and teen queen of the '90s, is our Cinderella.

Cinderella may have her every move scrutinized by the hateful stepmother who forces the young woman to be her maid, but her main problem is finding The One. CLASSIC patriarchal smoke screen: distracting you from oppression by making you think your real problem is being single. I feel you, Cinderella.

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Happily, the prince, played by Paolo Montalban, is just as love-hungry as Cinderella.

They walk around a town square singing about how single they are.

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By happenstance these two lovesick singles meet because Cinderella is an incompetent pedestrian.

Did you know that carriages are actually never traveling very fast and also make a terrible racket? Neither does Cinderella!

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