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...Thatcher, Carol • firing of by BBC after black tennis player is referred to by as a "golliwog...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Slansky's Weekly Index of the News | 2/6/2009 | See Source »

...Kelly, born and raised in Vicksburg, Miss., being an American black in Paris -- and reveling in it -- is a cachet that opens doors. His logo is a grinning golliwog. On promotion tours he startles fans by handing out 3-in. plastic black doll pins as mementos. His first Louvre show, a spoof on the Mona Lisa, included such numbers as "Jungle Lisa loves Tarzan" (decollete leopard-print gowns) and "Moona Lisa" (Plexiglas-bubble headgear and silver- star-studded dresses). At his second Louvre show, two weeks ago, the crowd shrieked and whistled its approval for such outfits as "Cowboys" (fringed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Original American In Paris: PATRICK KELLY | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

Irma bubbles and struts through every Technicolor foot. Shirley MacLaine is an adorable golliwog in green lingerie and inky wig; her flamboyant self-assurance is the perfect foil for the bumbling Lemmon. With a face that can twinkle like a terrier's or crumple into bloodhoundish gloom at the first unkind word, Jack makes the most (once he's fired as a cop) of being Shirley's mec-the only pimp in Paris with the principles of an eagle scout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Just Lucky, I Guess | 6/21/1963 | See Source »

...program for the "Pops" concert tonight follows:: 1. "Over There" Cohan 2. Overture to "Preciosa" Weber 3. March, "Lambre et Meuse" Planquette-Turlet 4. Largo, "From the New World" Symphony Dvorak Intermission 5. Suite, "Children's Corner" Debussy-Caplet a. Quincho's Lullaby b. Serenade for the Doll c. Golliwog's Cake Walk 6. Prelude to "Carmen" Bizet 7. Berceuse Slave Neruda-Jacchia 8. Rhapsody, "Espana" Chabrier Intermission 9. Fantasia, "Cavaleria Rusticana" Mascagni 10. Waltz, "Missouri" 11. Hungarian Dance No. 1 Brahms

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brahms Features Pops Program | 5/6/1925 | See Source »

...tango in the second act. The "Waitress Dance," beautifully done by a chorus of ten, is the best bit of group dancing in the play. Then there is a performance by an "Octette" which makes the "Flonaltra" Sextet look miserable in comparison. Mention must also be made of the "Golliwog Dance," in which Miss Rosann Flike and Miss Lucy Ricketson star...

Author: By G. G. B., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAY-GOER | 4/28/1920 | See Source »

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