1 posted on
08/11/2010 11:37:47 AM PDT by
Borges
To: Borges
“It was based on Haley’s novel, a Pulitzer Prize-winner that mixed accounts of his own ancestors with fiction.”
They’re finally adding in the “fiction” part, after decades of lies. Now to remove “mixed accounts of his own ancestors”.
2 posted on
08/11/2010 11:41:30 AM PDT by
SJSAMPLE
To: Borges
Roots got it wrong from the opening scene. Slaves weren’t “captured” by white slave traders using nets. They were mostly purchased from the winners of waring black tribes - many of whom were Muslim. Somehow, that little detail always gets left out.
To: Borges
So now we start the next trifecta: TV producers. I wonder who the next two will be?
To: Borges
Any truth to the rumor that Alex Haley committed suicide when he found out he was adopted?
6 posted on
08/11/2010 11:49:01 AM PDT by
Redleg Duke
(RAT Hunting Season started the evening of March 21st, 2010!)
To: Borges
That was a great mini-series. Only, in my opinion, Lonesome Dove topped it.
RIP Mr. Wolper.
7 posted on
08/11/2010 11:52:10 AM PDT by
carton253
(Ask me about The Stainless Banner - a free e-zine dedicated to the armies of the Confederacy.)
To: Borges
"I make it happen," Wolper said in a 1999 Associated Press interview. "Who bought Alex Haley's book 'Roots' for TV? Me. I hired the director, hired the writer. I put them all together. I'm like the chef. If I mix all the ingredients right, it's going to taste terrific. If I don't, it's not going to come out good."
11 posted on
08/11/2010 11:58:08 AM PDT by
UCANSEE2
(The Last Boy Scout)
To: Borges
Some of the other actors in the mini-series from what I remember was O.J. and Mr. Brady. I remember O.J. being interviewed at the time (he was still in the NFL at the time and actually popular, a difficult picture for younger people to see) and saying that the toughest part about it was the scene when he was running after young Kunte Kinte and how Lavaar Burton was faster than him and they had to have him slow down so O.J. could catch up. It was a good series even if it was fictional.
To: Borges
13 posted on
08/11/2010 12:12:40 PM PDT by
Oratam
To: Borges
Is it true that Alex Haley was adopted?
16 posted on
08/11/2010 12:26:20 PM PDT by
TheCause
("that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States")
To: Borges
Wasn’t he also connected to that Leonard Nimoy series “In Search of..”? I know I used to see his name attached to something like that.
20 posted on
08/11/2010 1:29:40 PM PDT by
BallyBill
(WARNING:Taking me serious could cause stress related illness.)
To: Borges
21 posted on
08/11/2010 1:30:45 PM PDT by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: Borges
Willi Wonka has more truth and facts than any of the so called reality mini series “Roots”. Plus the Author Ronald Dhale actually wrote his own material and did not Plagiarize from anyone.
22 posted on
08/11/2010 7:05:05 PM PDT by
ABN 505
To: Borges; All
23 posted on
08/11/2010 9:06:28 PM PDT by
EveningStar
(Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
To: Borges
I saw Roots on TV a couple of years ago. I laughed through most of it because it was so predictable and the writers made sure every white character was the stereotypical southern redneck. All slaveowners were evil-— Ed Asner and Robert Reed (Mr. Brady) were rapists. And Sandy Duncan’s character was the ditzy southern belle only interested in ballgowns.
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