Word: cafes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wonders how deeply Waller resented the Harlem ghetto that, ironically, his music made so fashionable among Cafe Society. Ain't Misbehavin' might have benefited from a few lines providing some insights into Waller's character, or at least some biography. A brief description of Harlem during this period would be a welcome respite from the somewhat relentless pace of the nonstop singing. Nevertheless, Ain't Misbehavin' has plenty of moments you'll wish would never end. At the Wilbur Theater...
...wonders how deeply Waller resented the Harlem ghetto that his music ironically made so fashionable among cafe society. Ain't Misbehavin' might have benefited from a few lines providing some insight into Waller's character, or at least some biography. A brief description of Harlem during this period would have provided a welcome respite from the somewhat relentless pace established by the non-stop songs. Nevertheless, Ain't Misbehavin' has plenty of moments you'll wish would never...
...sequel's producers had virtually no trouble recruiting the cast they wanted. Some prominent athletes-Decathlon Champion Rafer Johnson and former U.S.C. Running Back Anthony Davis -volunteered to play minor roles. Cafe Pianist-Singer Bobby Short flew to Los Angeles on a few days' notice to play himself in an early 1960s literary party scene. The biggest coups by far were the casting of James Earl Jones and Marlon Brando. Jones had originally been lined up to play Chicken George in Roots 1. Had he done so, he would not have been usable as Haley in Roots...
...light or the writing of Sinclair Lewis, and the characters are not sufficiently human or interesting enough to survive without the glamorous names. There's nothing inherently "dramatic" in Strangers except that the two leading characters talk a lot and the rapid flow of scenes--her apartment, to a cafe, an airfield, Moscow, Nazi Germany--evoke a diluted Julia...
...church, I could count only one other shop (more souvenirs) and a small grocery store; no neon in sight. The nearest motels are still ten miles away in Americus; and while there are one or two opportunities for respectable snacks in Plains itself (try the Main Street Cafe), the nearest full menu is also toward Americus (including a startlingly good French country restaurant as recompense for Faye...