Playing Whitney Houston is “daunting.” That was the word that Yaya DeCosta chose to describe her latest part, playing a young the seven-time Grammy winner in the eponymous Lifetime biopic, directed by Angela Bassett. Rather than tackle the entirety of Houston’s life, which came to an abrupt end in early 2012, the film focuses on the high points of her career and her marriage with R and B star Bobby Brown, played by Arlen Escapeta. In fact, there’s no mention of Houston’s death in either the movie or in the postscript.