Comments on: Be a Character Actor (Dec, 1933)

By: fluffy

fluffy — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:11:10 +0000

Torgo, you must be new here. Why not read some of the site’s archives?

By: Torgo

Torgo — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:07:41 +0000

And this is modern and mechanical in what way exactly?

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:26:05 +0000

As bad as the blackface is… that guy on the lower right is freaking me out a little.

By: Toronto

Toronto — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:41:02 +0000

In the 1970s, a farming magazine my grandfather subscribed to had two kids in blackface on the cover. The Apple Blossom parade was coming up, and Grampa wanted my sister and I to make up like that and ride his haywagon.

Fortunately, Dad stepped in and said “No way.”

Stan: Excellent line. You too, Jerry.

By: John M. Hanna

John M. Hanna — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:17:34 +0000

How proud this guys grandchildren must be.

By: Rick Auricchio

Rick Auricchio — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:04:07 +0000

Stan, that’s a wonderful observation.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:20:37 +0000

This reminds me of a line the black comedian Dick Gregory used on white audiences in the 1960s:

“Wouldn’t be a shame if this was just burnt cork and y’all were being tolerant for nothing?”

By: StanFlouride

StanFlouride — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:51:19 +0000

75 years before this African-Americans could be property.
75 years after this African-Americans could be President.

By: fluffy

fluffy — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:49:07 +0000

Yet another article that’s completely relevant to today as well! I can’t wait to try this!

By: Eamon

Eamon — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:30:23 +0000

I see he plays both blacks and Irish. Classy. I’d say he was getting ready for the Klan’s Halloween party except that he does hillbilly too.