Wow. I gotta go to this exhibit.
This 'minds me of last night. I went to see a Mae West movie at the Castro Theatre entitled She Done Him Wrong. It was amazing, very funny, and quite racy.
Racy being a good word for both its meanings. There was an African-American woman playing her assistant in the movie. And, boy, what a reminder of our racist past. The character was so stereotyped and Ms. West made a constant habit of criticizing her laziness. It hurt watching the scenes with her in them. I felt so terrible. It was especially hard when the movie tried to make comedy off of her. Oh, we must remember our history, even though it can be awfully painful.
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