European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse What is Man As or. Joe Bob Briggs goes to the drive in just found out that the London production of Carousel has a Black Man As or Snow. Or. Snow is the Gruff herring Fisherman that the second Lead ingenue Falls in love with and marries. How do i remember this stuff he does no to have much to do in the musical but he is definitely a died in the Wool old school new England Fisherman from a new England fishing Village now lets look at this for a minute. I done to think the producers of Carousel Are saying a look its about time we recognized All the Black new England fishermen who never got the attention they de a 1 done to think they re pulling one of those Kevin Costner Robert Redford a a let a do the real Story deals full of authentic indians and Blacks and hispanics. And the reason i done to think they re doing this is that there weren to any Black people ving up there in new England in Little turn of the Century fishing towns. None. Nada. Zip. And there certainly weren to any that were making big Bucks. Fishing for herring and marrying the local White girls in other words the producer just said a hell lets put a Black person in Here. Maybe nobody will no in be noticed a lot of this stuff lately. I went to that pulitzer prize win Nin play the Kentucky Cycle and there was a Black Indian. I guess they re saying that there were a lot of Black indians Back in the 18th Century we just did no to give Mem any recognition until now. And what really seems cockeyed about this trend is that the people who Are doing what they Call a Ocolor Blind casting Are the same people who will refuse to cast somebody because a Well that a just not the Way l visualized the character. She a too blonde for that part. He a too tall. He a too fat. His voice is just a Little deep for in other words spend hours talking about trivia but then take an obviously White character and say a ooh he a perfect for it. He a Black but maybe nobody will and you know what really bums my Bacon they Only do this with roles that a a done to matter anyway f can hear Mem talking about it now. A Well the role of or. Snow is so Small. Its just a supporting part. Why done to we give it to a Black person a who a the racist in this picture you know what in a saying Why am i the Only person who notices these things speaking of lost american Art forms remember those movies from the late �?T60s and Early 70s that just had no ending they would just Peter out and. A a when somebody would bum the american Flag As the cast drove Down a Highway. I done to know How it happened exactly but endings became very uncool for hippie thank god for Troma films of new York City because they recently unearthed the Granddaddy of All act Rubeard hippie exploitation movies the love the murders. Evidently they found this thing in somebody a attic right behind the love Bead curtain. This is the �?T70s classic starring Troy Donahue As Charles Manson Complete with Bushy Beard Long hair Jesus Complex and a mean Harley. Five dead bodies. Thirty seven breasts. Multiple aardvark ing. One acid trip Freak out. Otic psychedelic Van. One striptease with psychedelic tilt Cam. Throat slitting. Drowning. Featuring the immortal Folk song Damn Damn Damn Damn you Modem Man. Basting Fork fun. Drive in Academy award nominations for Francine Middleton As the naive Young girl who says a i belong to you now Jesus a you re my True master and Matt Greene As the suck fish sidekick for saying Quot he is the Messiah you four stars for historical value. Send it to the smithsonian. A Joe Bob says Check it out Man. T Joe bobs advice to the hopeless Victory Over communism the Bright Leaf drive in on . 52 in mount airy n.c., the town the fictional Mayberry was modelled after is open again after barely scraping through hard times. One Good sign is that it has been beautifully landscaped. Todd Wyatt of Bristol Tenn reminds us that with eternal vigilance the drive in will never die. Dear Joe Bob the main Issue i want to address is your comment in a recent Issue that nobody Ever advocates total Freedom of speech at least to you. I do. 1 personally believe in letting anybody say anything they want. I would let Hitler make his speeches again if he were suddenly brought Back from the dead i might shoot him but i would not censor him. Some crimes Are worse than murder and limiting Freedom is one of them. Our founding fathers knew this and made it explicit to the Constitution but things have sadly fallen since then. You should go to a Library and read some of the very Early newspapers and see How they expressed themselves about political opponents. Sadly the courage to boldly express opinions seems. To have diminished with time and has re Centy gone into a Steep decline Ever since the networks became the main source of news. Mike Hamilton Madison wis. Dear Mike most of the people who run America have decided in a afraid that they done to car much for democracy after All now that pie have decided to use if All the time. Joe Bob we must inform you of a terrible injustice running rampant in the am movie Chain being devout Low budget horror fans we rushed to Check out body parts at our local theater. We also carried our Organ donor cards with us this film should carry a Dio rating a meaning drive in Only when we laughed during this film some cow ran Over to our scats and threatened to have us thrown out we mocked her which sent her the manager a terrified 20-year-old recently promoted from head snack bar Guy. Holly and Kim Hammond Kingwood Texas dear Holly and Kim done to you know better than to laugh in Public places last week the Universal City police department had to Clear out 10,000 people who committed the same offence at a Robin Williams concert. Sooner or later one Way or another we re Gonna get you people. Creators Syndicate Happy. To Matt Greene stars in the love thrill murders. Can be a Linda Ellerbee to discuss the meaning of Ufa with Joe Bob. Or to get tree junk in the mail and his world famous news Metier the Joe boo report write Joe Bob Briggs . To 2002, Dallas Texas 75221. Joe Bob s tax line is always open 21369-2310, of miss him. At least i . For one thing he was the Only other person in the Coffee House at 9 of clock in a wednesday morning. When i walked in he was standing at the bar nursing a double espresso and pulling on a Marlboro. The smoke from it curled up and toward me. A it will be one year in one week. One year. Twelve Bank statements. Eight haircuts. Four seasons. Three trips to the dentist. Two cancer checkups. One birthday. V put it another Way twelve months. Fifty two weeks. Three Hundred sixty five Days. Eight thousand seven Hundred sixty hours. Five Hundred Twenty five thousand six Hundred minutes. Twirly on million five Hundred thirty six thousand seconds a without a cigarette. Tada. And so i stand in the Coffee House at 9 of clock on a wednesday morning staring at the Man and his Marlboro. Golly but that cigarette looks Good. Mumm. Blow Little of that second hand smoke my Way. No just kidding. Sigh. Of All the cigarettes i have Given up the one with the morning Coffee is still the cigarette that beckons. I guess 1 still think of myself As a smoker a who no longer smokes i notice i pay attention to news about smoking now whereas i used to avoid it rigorously. Recently when president Clinton announced he would seek a 75-cent-a-pack hike in the Federal tax on cigarettes to help finance his health care Reform plan i said to myself a Good idea. Price Mem out of the i recall there was a time when i thought Price would be the Only thing that would get me to quit. But 1 was wrong. However since it took cancer to persuade me to give up cigarettes i guess you could say i was a hard Case. Moved smoking. The question is do i miss it Lei s see do i miss it when 1 read that one in four americans still smokes no but i am surprised. That Many i hardly go anywhere these Days and see one in four people smoking. Do you do i miss it when i hear that smoking now accounts for approximately 20 percent of All deaths in the United states or that it remains the single most preventable cause of premature death no i Don t. I miss my parents instead. I remember their heart attacks and strokes. I remember my Mother dead at 70, my father dead at 64. Do i miss it when i read that government health officials say lung cancer deaths among women Are increasing sevenfold i do not. I think of How Strong i am now at 49.1 think of the hiking i did in the Rocky mountains last october. I think of the skiing in a doing this week. I remember How proud i am of me for having quit. And 1 do not miss it. morning this Man and his Marlboro. I stare at him and his cigarette and yes i miss it. But the lady gives me my Coffee to go and i do. Outside its raining but i done to care. In a smiling. One year in one week. In a going to make it. And so it goes. King feature Syndicate january 2, 1994 sun0ay Page 21
