Word: zindler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that the musical is based on actual events that took place a few years ago in the small Texas town of Lagrange, about an hour's ride outside of Houston. The Chicken Ranch, as it was known to the local citizens, was closed due to the efforts or Marvin Zindler of Houston's Channel 13 Eyewitness News. He operated, and continues to operate, a consumer hotline, investigating complainsts called in by viewers. One such complaint was the existence of the Chicken Ranch. Mr. Zindler is famous for his incredibly theatrical news reports, and he became extremely unpopular with the residents...
...Thorpe Zindler is not the only stereotype, apparently. The brothel's caretaker, played by Marilyn Johnson, also offends Mr. Grafstein; he notes, "Johnson is also a stereotype; she is black." Texans, I know, are not as sophisticated or advanced as other Americans, but I was unaware that being black is considered a stereotype...