[78-L] Obama quotes Dorothy Fields (not OT, the song was on 78)

[Martha]

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> I've seen the movie 20 times.   I meant your remark about Jolson movies.
> Could you explain?
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>> For those who knew that Fred & Ginger sang & danced the song, yes
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>>> Is that supposed to be funny?
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 I am guessing that if Jolson has been known only as "a Jewish man who got 
rich by making fun of Blacks", which is the PC definition his career, that 
I'd expect him to be completely forbidden for at least the next 4 years.  I 
haven't seen a positive thing written about Jolson in the mainstream press 
for a while.  It'll be enlightening to see if Turner schedules any movies 
with blackface scenes, as they've bravely (or foolishly) done for the past 
few years.    Everything today sounded like it was about race race race - if 
we're so unconcerned about 'Color", why keep dwelling on it??  When it's no 
big deal and not worth mentioning, THEN something will have been 
accomplished.

  Yes yes, we all know that Blackface is supposed to be 'bad' and 
'disrespectful',  but if you pay attention to Jolson's performances, he did 
not make fun at all - his most heart-rending (over the top, if you will) 
performances were about love for Mother, love for Home, love for a simple 
life.  Nothing negative, that I can recall. A little research will reveal 
that Al was well respected in the Black community of his time - he was no 
racist.