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March 15, 2006

correction on "Good Times For Pimps"

Root-striker Bob’s Kaercher was more than a bit chagrined today to open his e-mail inbox and find a message from S-T-R reader Tom Osborne regarding Bob’s piece “Good Times For Pimps,” posted on today’s edition of Strike-the-Root:

“Hattie McDaniel's character in ‘Gone With the Wind’ wasn't the one who uttered the classic line ‘I don't know nothin' about birthin' babies’--that was uttered by Butterfly McQueen, who played a little girl in the film. Mammy, on the other hand, was wise and compassionate, and essentially the moral fiber of the O'Hara family (despite being a slave).”

Bob said he realized that Mr. Osborne was correct as soon as he saw Butterfly McQueen’s name, and feels especially embarrassed considering that he is himself an actor and admitted “film buff.” He would like to thank Mr. Osborne for pointing out this mistake, and vows to be much more careful with the factual details of his articles in the future.

However, Bob says he still stands by the point he was trying to illustrate, which was this: “Black Americans who at that time (circa 1939-40), as a matter of either local law or company policy, were forced to sit in the rear of movie theaters were not somehow liberated from racial bigotry by virtue of a black actress winning an Oscar. The premise of George Clooney's praising the Academy for awarding McDaniel smacks of the same racial collectivism that we're supposed to believe Hollywood liberals oppose. Clooney’s apparent obliviousness to this created the condescending tone of his acceptance speech.”

Bob says the next time he references a classic American movie in one of his pieces, he’ll be sure to make a quick trip to the video store to refresh his memory first.

Posted by Rob at March 15, 2006 03:28 PM

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