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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 11:40:04 GMT
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elag wrote:
> Paul Heslop wrote:
> >
> > Parry wrote:
> >
> > > 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)
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > > > 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.
>
> --
I watched them avidly back then... Cleopatra Jones and Shaft of course. Looking back they seem very crude, but it's
better than Strasky and Hutch :O)
--
Paul.
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