Daily Archives: April 29, 2023

Book Review: Sammy Davis Jr. and “The Long Civil Rights Era” — “Dancing Down the Barricades”

The image might be the way most of us remember that consummate showman, the entertainer’s entertainer, Sammy Davis Jr. He’s laughing, often as not surrounded by white actors, singers, comics or politicians — some of them his peers — most … Continue reading

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Movie Review: The Lumbering Charms of “Big George Foreman”

“Big George Foreman” is a movie that mimics its title character to a T. Like the fighter himself, it’s big and bloated and ungainly on its feet, but with a gentle charm that made this boxing legend, owner of the … Continue reading

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