 | Actually, I was surprised, but a good movie for helping understand the former solid black neighborhoods of 60 years back is the movie The Gospel According to Andre. That's Andre Leon Talley of Vogue magazine. The movie is quite good as long as you can tolerate brief interludes with Whoopi Goldberg and a few others. Here's the YouTube trailer keyed up to the point when he describes his morally strong grandmother and his neighborhood as a kid. |
Whoopi is the lesser of the two evils.
Following Andre’s spoken word is reminiscent of days
gone by.
Yes, everyone needs a tall, old tree. Still standing
and still offering shelter. This is where the clan
gathered when visiting great grandmother’s farm during
the summer months. We ate under the wide limbs. Spoke
of family, friends and life. Later the hand crank
ice cream machine made its appearance and we turned the handle until we froze that
homemade peach ice cream.
Andre then lost me after praising Bo’s bride and her
oratory. “She should be given a Nobel Prize?! “ Nevermore. Nevermore. Of course, she did not receive a Noble Prize. Not certain she deserved the Grammy prize. This former ‘princess’ must have been ‘a few others’ in your reference.
The life stories of Charles Payne and Dr. Ben Carson are just as compelling. They, too, matured while being raised by strong females.
Must confess, not an avid reader of magazines. Bill Clinton’s reign cured me of such habits. The propaganda seen during this time was too great to attempt to stomach.
Went cold turkey and stopped paying for the trash, dropped
subscriptions and passed on by when shopping in the stores.
That being said, these days when ‘Andre’ might be mentioned
first come to mind would be “champagne”. :-)