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...Leroy Horsemouth Wallace plays himself in the lead role with the shuffling nonchalance of a heroic anti-hero who knows things will work his way. He is not particularly attractive with a zig-zagging beard and untamed hair that he buries under foppish hats. But he steps stridently when he is angry, bends his joints with a marvelous fluidity when he is gleeful, and rarely ceases wriggling long enough...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Soothing the Savage Beast | 7/25/1980 | See Source »

...that pops up most often when his camera captures the white tourists to Kingston. One idiotically chic couple (he wears an Andy Warhol Interview T-shirt) lock the keys in their car and have to hire a Rasta locksmith. But the clincher comes earlier, at a club restaurant where Horsemouth's band plays fast-paced reggae. A bewildered blond tourist turns to his young bride and exclaims, "This isn't calypso...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Soothing the Savage Beast | 7/25/1980 | See Source »

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