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...Harder They Come. Starring Jimmy Cliff. The movie is already something of a cult phenomenon. And why shouldn't it be? It's got everything: Set in a Jamaican ghetto under sunny blue skies, the movie looks like a rough etching for a travelogue; a reggae singer on the up and up is bullied and spat down by the local fat king of the record business; he falls for a young sweet 'n innocent ward of the neighborhood preacher, and then shows up all preacher's God-stricken ranting and moaning and raving and groaning as simple lechery; his ambition...
...Nixon appointee who contributed $29,000 to Republicans last year, De Roulet, 47, was no stickler for diplomatic decorum. He liked to vent his conservative views in pithy asides, and several times was overheard referring to islanders as niggers. "He loved dogs more than humans," a Jamaican official said, recalling that for the return of one of his lost pets (a mongrel dog) the ambassador once offered $500, which is more than many Jamaicans earn in a year. De Roulet rattled Jamaicans even more by telling a Rotary Club lunch gathering that the visa section of his embassy...
...pointing out that at no time during his campaign had he threatened to nationalize foreign companies. Then he declared De Roulet persona non grata-the first time any U.S. diplomat has been so chastised in Jamaica's ten-year independent history. An editorial titled "No Tears" in the Jamaican Daily News pointedly commented: "What the public needs to know is why the ambassador was allowed to remain as long...
...Harder They Come. Starring Jimmy Cliff. The movie-is already something of a cult phenomenon. And why shouldn't it be? It's got everything: Set in a Jamaican ghetto under sunny blue skies, the movie looks like a rough etching for a travelogue; a reggae singer on the up and up is bullied and spat down by the local fat king of the record business; he falls for a young sweet 'n innocent ward of the neighborhood preacher, and then shows up all preacher's God-stricken ranting and moaning and raving and groaning as simple lechery; his ambition...
Ivan marks time, working for "Preacher," as the religious boss is called by employees. He cuts a record for the island's one and only producer, and is forced to accept $20 for the rights. The Jamaican record industry is dominated by two or three large producers, who force poor performers lacking capital to accept whatever the producers will pay--usually around $20 a tune. The producers control what the radio stations play, and at the same time try to make sure that no one artist becomes wealthy or well known enough to challenge their position. When Ivan attempts...