[Newspoetry] Re: [Sdas] Bamboozled

[brandon curtis bowersox]

I can go see it at 9:30pm. (I teach CLAM MySQL class until 9:15 tho; so 
can you give me a ride to theater? I will have to bust out of OJC 
on time if not early.)

Brandon

On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Bill Wendling wrote:

> Sorry if this is not pertinent to non-CU people.
> 
> After removing the movie Bamboozled, a look at how African-Americans are
> portrayed in entertainment today by Spike Lee, after playing for one
> week, the Savoy 16 is bringing it back for two nights. Local students
> protested at the theater since the show was poorly marketted and, when
> 500 people showed up to watch last week, were mostly unable to see it
> since the movie was playing in a smaller theater. The Savoy 16 reaction to
> the African-American students was rather insulting. They refused to
> accomodate their desires giving various dubious reasons why they couldn't
> show the movie later and in a bigger theater and called the police
> eventhough their protest was peaceful.
> 
> I've heard some good things about the movie and was disappointed to find
> that it had left the theaters so soon. I'm planning on seeing it probably
> tonight but if it's sold out then tomorrow.
> 
> If people are interested, we could gather and go. The showtimes are
> following:
> 
> 			7 & 9:30 Nov 15th and 16th
> 
> -- 
> || Bill Wendling			wendling at ganymede.isdn.uiuc.edu
> 
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