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[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> 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.
>
Well...if nothing else, the TV version was MUCH less "racist" than were the
radio and record versions...which used a pair of white artists "speaking 
black-
face" as well as repeating countless racist cliches...?!

Steven C. Barr