"Sophie Tucker will spit I know, to see her name get billed below… Roxie Hart." That's what the censored subtitles say about this famous song lyric. So who is Sophie Tucker? She was a popular Vaudevillian in Chicago, famous for the song "Some of These Days," which Roxie's song "Nowadays" is reminiscent of.
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Mama might call Velma "common" but she's just as classy—or unclassy—as Velma is. The movie's most vulgar song was cut from the final edit. It's ironically called "Class" and features some lyrics that push the boundaries of PG-13. You can't spell "Class" without… well, you get the point. Needless to say: language warning, kiddos.
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Renée Zellweger was too nervous to perform live, so Queen Latifah filled in for Roxie when singing "I Move On" at the Academy Awards (where this song was nominated for Best Song). Bravo to Catherine Zeta-Jones for singing even though her pregnant belly was on the verge of bursting, and kudos to John Travolta for (almost) getting the ladies' names right in his introduction.
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