Word: manns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Room. The nine girls in its 18-member troupe were, of course, not topless or even braless, but all in shimmering red and white. Their show was 90 minutes of All-Americana, professionally rendered, "saluting what's good and right in America." They hymned what Choral Director Johnny Mann called "purty stuff, sentimental stuff and nostalgia," including Roaring Twenties tunes, a historical recitative, an armed-forces medley, and (two black members of the company notwithstanding) Dixie...
...Mann and Co-Producer Jerry Frank, who previously worked together on ABC's Joey Bishop Show, always knew that they would someday hit big casino. Frank says he was inspired by football crowds that "went bananas" during flag-waving numbers at half time and by the emergence of Middle America. "When that man said 'Silent Majority,' he was right. They are silent. Someone has got to make them jump out of their shells and start screamin', because they're just waiting for someone to give them the spark." Mann's inspiration was more personal...
...enrages the country not only because he has wrested the title from an Irish-American but because he has acquired a Caucasian mistress, Eleanor (Jane Alexander). A great copper statue of a man, Jefferson cannot be legitimately toppled. But he can be melted down legally. Arrested on a rigged Mann Act violation, the champ jumps bail and flees to Europe. There the bruiser becomes the bruised. The retreat starts in alcoholism and ends in a Budapest café where with aching symbolism he "lawzy me's" his way through the role of Uncle Tom on a tiny stage...
Homans said that the sheriff is a "victim of misinformation about Mann's prison activities...
Homans said that the meeting with the sheriff had been only partially successful. "Though we obtained Mr. Buckley's cooperation in removing Mann from segregation, we won't get conclusive answers on the other issues unless we get a court hearing. Since Eric was placed in segregation immediately, it couldn't have been based on his political, activities in the Middlesex House of Correction. Still, I'm glad he'll be out of segregation...