Being a fan of Whitney Houston's music (particularly the 4 to the floor disco bangers) but knowing almost nothing about her personal life, this film was for me. I learned a lot, and the fact that it was a true story made it all the more tragic.
If only she'd stuck to her guns over wearing comfortable clothes, stuck to the weed instead of coke and stuck to her loving relationship with Robyn Crawford instead of her toxic relationship with Bobby Brown, she might still be making music today. Of course, her toxic religion convinced her that a lesbian relationship would mean that she would go to Hell after she died, and this lie ultimately lead to her downfall of leaving Robyn for Bobby, taking harder and massively more addictive drugs because she was unhappy, and overdosing as a result of these. So ultimately, *spoiler alert*, she was killed by a particularly homophobic reading of Christianity. Like I say, all the more tragic because it was true.
If only she'd stuck to her guns over wearing comfortable clothes, stuck to the weed instead of coke and stuck to her loving relationship with Robyn Crawford instead of her toxic relationship with Bobby Brown, she might still be making music today. Of course, her toxic religion convinced her that a lesbian relationship would mean that she would go to Hell after she died, and this lie ultimately lead to her downfall of leaving Robyn for Bobby, taking harder and massively more addictive drugs because she was unhappy, and overdosing as a result of these. So ultimately, *spoiler alert*, she was killed by a particularly homophobic reading of Christianity. Like I say, all the more tragic because it was true.