Re: Type-Casting

["Allen Flanigan." <Allen.Flanigan@USPTO.GOV>]

OK, you barrier breaker, yes, they do perform Hamlet with African-American
actors playing Danes, but come on, Hollywood would never go for that kind of
"misrepresentation".  I wasn't trying to read your mind about "color"
consistency; the movie biz doesn't usually mix colors, particularly when the
"triumph of the underclass" is the main theme.  Did they have an
African-American portray Col. Shaw in "Glory"?  Of course not.  They would
miss an opportunity to show how "progressive" movies are becoming!  And they
would probably be inundated with protesters if they did what you suggest.

But feel free to dream.  In fact, Dr. Leo, whether you were portrayed by
Morgan Freeman or Morgan Fairchild, there's a good chance they would change
your character so much and rewrite the story so much that you would not
recognize yourself or your story.  You would probably run to Richard Parkany
for sympathy and cry on his shoulder.

Allen Flanigan


> -----Original Message-----
> From: LeoCasey@AOL.COM [SMTP:LeoCasey@AOL.COM]
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 4:16 PM
> To:   ARN-L@listsrva.cua.edu
> Subject:      Re: Type-Casting
>
> Allen wrote:
> << Geez, sorry for making an unwarranted assumption.  I thought I had
> ID'ed
> you as a person the NCREST conference asking Deb Meier questions during
> the
> presentation on Democracy.  Obviously, it was a case of mistaken identity.
>
> As the saying goes, when you "assume", you make an "ass" of "U" and "me"!
> >>
>
> I lost something here. Maybe it is because I have had too much free time
> today, and sent too many messages. I should just go home.
>
> You are not assuming that because I said that I wanted to be played by an
> African-American actor, that I am African-American, are you? No... I am
> just
> one of those folks that likes to break down all the categories of how we
> imagine ourselves, and I really like Morgan Freeman. I have to confess
> that
> when I won the American Teacher Award for Social Studies Teacher of the
> Year,
> he gave it to me, and I have a picture of the two of us on my wall in
> front
> of me. He was quite impressive in person.
>
> How did this get so serious? I thought it was a light thread. Let me out
> of
> my little office... I am off to bring the family to hear Toshi Reagon and
> Afro-Celtic music, one of my favorites, at Prospect park tonight.
>
> Leo Casey
> United Federation of Teachers
> 260 Park Avenue South
> New York, New York 10010-7272 (212-598-6869)
>
> Power concedes nothing without a demand.
> It never has, and it never will.
> If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
> Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation are men
> who
> want crops without plowing the ground. They want rain without thunder and
> lightening. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its waters.
> -- Frederick Douglass --
>
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