The new multi-cultural world.
The new multi-cultural world.
I was reading Girish's review of the Glenn Miller story and the point he made: the Glenn Miller story was good and interesting, but, ....
... but, what about all of the more innovative non-white big-band and jazz musicians that never had Hollywood tell their story? Of course the trend, in business and US culture, is to include people of all races, cultures, and ethnic backgrounds. To many people this is viewed as unnecessary, un-productive, and in a way, racist against white, males!
I recently watched the films "Ali" and "Ray." These films were of course about famous black figures Muhammed Ali and Ray Charles. Although they were both quite famous, as with all people, there were many interesting, deep and contradicting aspects to their lives and personalities. But, imagine for a moment if we weren't allowed to ever have and witness the amazing career of Ali, or never to hear the music of Ray Charles. Imagine taking an ethnic background and erasing all of their accomplishments from art, music, sports, or literature. If Italians were removed from the art world? No Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, .... etc. Wow. Remove the Irish from literature. No Becket, James Joyce, George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, ... etc.
Now look back at all of the films that are missing from the Hollywood archives of the 1940's, 50's, 60's, ... How many stories are we missing? How many perspectives, lives, and what is its impact? We don't know.
Ed
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