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From: elag <elag@cloud8.net>
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Subject: Re: Phallic Plate Heads for Oxford
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 22:54:27 -0400
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Paul Heslop wrote:
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> Parry wrote:
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> > Paul Heslop wrote:
> > >
> > > elag wrote:
> > >
> > > > Paul Heslop wrote:
> > [snips]
....
> > [snip]
> > > > > > Have you ever seen "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarves" (by Bob Clampett)?
> > > > > > It won't be shown on teevee but it's well worth watching.
> >
>
> :O)
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> >
> >
> > > > > Nope, but I'll keep an eye out for it. I'm kind of tolerant of stuff which was the way it was back
> > > > > then, though not of current stuff. Back then we could claim stupidity and ignorance, now we just know
> > > > > it's hatred.
> >
> > melodramas of black film of the time than it does the usual
> > it landing on tv playlists.
> >
> > -- Parry
>
> I don't know whether I'm more annoyed looking back at the blaxploitation flicks of the 70s etc than old stuff.
> with the afro, jump-suit, big floppy hat 'kiss my ass mofo' pimp-prostitute thing.
Yah, but I know that some of those films (like "Black Caesar" and
"Superfly") were and are treasured in their own community. They were
considered relevant because the black characters weren't shunted to
secondary roles. For all the exploitation value the films still opened
up a commercial niche for black cinema that was often lacking earlier.
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