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Posted by Howard Brazee on 07/04/06 13:17
On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 07:28:41 -0500, Brian Epstein <Brian@departed.com>
wrote:
>The problem is, one movie depicts African Americans in a role they
>actually LIVED. It is historical. The African Americans in Gone With
>The Wind aren't seen dancing and singing artificial "shuck and jive" the
>way they are in "Song Of The South." I imagine if Disney ever did
>re-release the film, the NAACP and other human rights groups would raise
>quite a stink.
So musicals of that era should only have white folk in them? _Meet
Me In St. Louis_ showed Saint Louis accurately (that neighborhood is
now black)?
Why has the musical _Flower Drum Song_ mostly disappeared? Because
it isn't about white folk?
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