Whoopi Goldberg Reunited the Sister Act 2 Student Cast and the Millennials Need a Moment
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Have you checked in on your millennial friends today? Because Whoopi Goldberg just reunited with the Sister Act 2 student cast and every 30-something in America just got kicked right in the teeth by the nostalgia. Thirty years after Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit premiered, Goldberg assembled many of the (now pushing middle age) former child actors who made up the student choir for an emotional segment on The View.
Dressed in her iconic nun’s habit, Goldberg led the group in renditions of “Oh Happy Day” and “Joyful Joyful,” which reduced Goldberg to tears. Same, girl. Before you ask, Lauryn Hill, who played the choir’s rebellious star singer Rita Wilson, was not one of the cast members at the reunion. Instead, her part was sung by Tanya Trotter, per Variety. But some of Goldberg’s adult costars, including Kathy Najimy and Sheryl Lee Ralph, did make the reunion special, as did Ryan Toby, who played Ahmal and sang lead once again for “Oh Happy Day.”
In addition to the former cast, current students from New York City’s LaGuardia High School of Music & Art joined in the performance. With or without Hill, the reunion of Sister Act 2’s student cast with their fictional choir director left the millennials unwell.
“I don’t think y’all understand what this movie means to me. I think I spent all of 2nd/3rd grade watching this movie every single day after school,” wrote one such millennial on X. Another person posted, “Well damn. This brought me back and now I need a moment.” A TikTok creator posted a video of themselves dancing and singing, adding the comment, “Millennials watching Sister Act 2 reunion,” to which one person commented, “Went on a rollercoaster of emotions watching this!!! Happiness, nostalgia, then I cried when Whoopi cried!!!” Meanwhile, on Instagram, commenters wrote, “Oh my god just watched in my kitchen and my body suddenly remembered the whole dance routine,” and, “Hands down the best show you have had in many years. Congratulations on making magic and reviving many great memories.”
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a classic ’90s movie to go rewatch.
Originally Appeared on Glamour
