[78-L] covers

[Taylor Bowie]

> Probably the same idiots who'll condemn Show Boat without ever having seen 
> it
> and want to make sure you never do either. I feel a major rant coming on..
>
> dl



I have the same urge...another group are those who condemn the TV version of 
Amos 'n' Andy without ever having seen the brilliant cast of top-flight 
black actors and actresses.  As in all classic sit-coms,  the focus is on 
the goofiest characters in the show (Andy and Kingfish) who are surrounded 
by normal types,  including both black and white professionals.  I have seen 
about eighty episodes and not once did I see any white character even make a 
reference to race in dealing with any other character.  The wonderful 
character actor Roy Glenn got repeated chances on Amos 'n' Andy  to play 
various figures of authority,  including a newspaper publisher,  president 
of a real estate company,  head coach of a large school,  a famous actor on 
the legit stage,  etc.  In the movies,  he usually ended up as a butler or 
some such...but also as Poitier's dad in Guess Who's Coming To Dinner.

I have also heard of people who assume that the word "niggardly" has some 
racial connotation,  which it does not.

With so much real racism and causes for probable alarm,  it seems a shame 
for so many to focus on erroneous assumptions about things they don't even 
know about.

Taylor