| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 05/10/2010 : 07:26:03
Seminal singer and black rights activist who graced our screens.
Her Clouds Rolled By
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| MguyX |
Posted - 05/11/2010 : 19:26:37
Rest in peace, Lena. |
| randall |
Posted - 05/11/2010 : 19:07:04
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
quote:
Originally posted by randall
Horne goes silent.
She always put me in mind of Lenny Bruce's great taunt to racists: "You can sleep with a white, white woman or a black, black woman: which will it be?" Pause. "The white woman is Kate Smith, and the black woman is Lena Horne!"
And, he said putting the same query to women: The white white man is Charles Laughton, and the black black man is Harry Belafonte!
I've never heard the reverse angle before. |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 05/10/2010 : 15:48:25
quote:
Originally posted by randall
Horne goes silent.
She always put me in mind of Lenny Bruce's great taunt to racists: "You can sleep with a white, white woman or a black, black woman: which will it be?" Pause. "The white woman is Kate Smith, and the black woman is Lena Horne!"
And, he said putting the same query to women: The white white man is Charles Laughton, and the black black man is Harry Belafonte!
Or, as Shakespeare put it - oh what fools we mortals be 
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| randall |
Posted - 05/10/2010 : 14:03:23
Horne goes silent.
She always put me in mind of Lenny Bruce's great taunt to racists: "You can sleep with a white, white woman or a black, black woman: which will it be?" Pause. "The white woman is Kate Smith, and the black woman is Lena Horne!" |
| lemmycaution |
Posted - 05/10/2010 : 12:43:55
Gabriel blows for Horne. |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 05/10/2010 : 10:03:16
Unlucky Woman |
