Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nah, I'm thinking of a long article in The New Yorker or The New York Review of Books. I can't imagine where else it would have been. It might have been a book review (in either place) if a book came out about the minstrel-era or Stepin Fetchit himself or something along those lines. I'll have to research it. On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> wrote: > Vince Passaro wrote: > There was a fascinating article (either in The New Yorker or, less likely > but possible, The New York Reivew of Books, somewhere in the last decaide, > on Steppin Fetchit, his career, political implications, the whole milieu of > black entertainers and african americans in hollywood in the 30s and 40s. > ======================================================= > > Vince, you may be thinking of a recent play based on the (real life) > friendship between Stepin Fetchit and Mohammed Ali, reviewed in the NYT > last > month: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/theater/reviews/19fetch.html?8dpc > <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/theater/reviews/19fetch.html?8dpc> > > -- > Phil Swango > 307 Aliso Dr SE > Albuquerque, NM 87108 > 505-262-4085 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >