| re: do you like The Wizard Of Oz & stories by L. Frank Baum | |
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Max 06:01 pm UTC 07/22/07 |
| In reply to: | re: do you like The Wizard Of Oz & stories by L. Frank Baum - rockfenris2005 05:49 pm UTC 07/22/07 |
| Jim: "The first thing I thought when I heard this (Meat Loaf's) voice," Steinman says, "was get this Negro music away from him. He should be singing Wagnerian rock opera." Thanks for the great Baum quote: "The Whites, by law of conquest, by justice of civilization, are masters of the American continent" > > > > What am I looking at. Hes not rasist. And the N word was > > was acceptable in those days. > > > > I didn't show you that link to prove L. Frank Baum was > racist. The matter was much more complicated than that. > The way our society looks at it today, he must be racist. > Back then, he was desperately trying to write filler in a > news journal. He didn't believe anything he was saying. > Plus it was all embedded in the culture etc etc etc. It's > just like drugs and smoking nowadays... it's totally seen > differently. > > I also don't know whether Jim is racist, I think the > examples you have made are just a character in a musical > or a song speaking. I don't think that's Jim. Anyway, he > has worked with a lot of people who are African-American > (I hate using any of these terms) going back to Andre > DeShields in "Rhinegold" and "Bloodshot Wine" > > The musical community Jim was working in at the time > wouldn't have been toleratant toward racism or any other > exclusions. I mean, come on, Off-Broadway, "Hair", "A > Chorus Line", "More Than You Deserve" for heaven's sake > > | |
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