Blackface: Dusty Fletcher in Open the Door Richard
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
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Clinton "Dusty" Fletcher got his start in Hollywood in Rufus Jones for President (1933), but it was his role in Open the Door Richard (1945) that served as a showcase for his comedic talents.
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Came here from the Richard Pryor biography. Really great to see this Vaudeville act/culturally essential performance made it to recorded video.
Thank you for being such a brave soul and sharing these artistic works. Presently our society suffers it's own form of mental breakdown by finding faults in not only cultural variety but with people in general. History speaks truths, reality, and it's stupidity to try to erase it.Anyway history speaks volumes about the STRENGTH of the good things about generstions
It is important to understand that Black people didn't like these portrayals of themselves back then, and advocated against them. But the dominant society didn't care. Stop trying to make it as if all of a sudden things are being examined and rejected just because of the black lives matter movement and other cultural movements. That is not true.
@@NotYourTypicalNegro, exactly. Thank you!
It's amazing how many different artists covered this song
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Memories of my late father brought me here.
On this day in 1958 {April 26th} Melvin Smith performed "Open The Door, Richard" on the ABC-TV program 'The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show'...
The song first charted in 1947 by Count Basie; and on February 22nd, 1947 it peaked at #1 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Best Sellers chart...
Four other covered versions also charted in 1947; Dusty Fletcher {#3}, The Three Flames {#4}, Louis Jordan {#7}, and Jack McVea {#7}...
Mr. Smith celebrated his 77th birthday one month ago on March 19th...
I love finding these funny songs!
Awesome job Dusty. You still rock. I enjoy listening to your music.
So that's where Yosemite Sam got it from! Thanks for posting this! Now the mystery is solved! That guy's really funny, too!
It's possible. I suspect it's more likely they got it from the later version one by Pigmeat Markham. Either way, if you're not familiar with this routine, you have no idea what Yosemite Sam is talking about.
@@greggross8856 NEVER KNEW, as a child.
Imjustangela ..what yosemite's sam's r u talking about?
There's a cartoon where he's trying to force Bugs Bunny to do a high-diving act and there's a moment where there's a door between them. He yells "OPEN THAT DOOR" then looks at the camera and says "You notice I didn't say Richard?" I always wondered about that and now it makes sense!😆😆😆
The charge was made that while Sanford and Son was a breakthrough show and Amos and Andy were offensive, there realy wasn't much difference between the depictions.
This was pretty funny. I almost felt like I was watching an early version of Damon Wayon's bum character from In Living Color! I'm sure Dusty was a comedic inspiration for a young Wayons.
The line "She wondering about the back rent, shoot, she be lucky to see any of the front rent", was borrowed by George Thorogood for his cover of "One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer"
There was a lower stage of life for black people at this time and if this was getting the door open or kicking it in, then that is what it takes.
The logic about white band members only being allowed to perform with black band members as long as they wore black face is truly one of the most puzzling aspects of this era for me, but already, depictions of 40 years ago such as Fat Albert are being labeled as offensive. In no time, Rihanna and anyone popular today will be racist portrayals.
I know this comment comes VERY late. As part of entertaining my client I show him videos of his era. I cringed watching this with that 87 year old Korean was veteran, but all he noticed was the shoes. Like it or not, it's a part of history.
Why type such an emotional comment? Do you have a "dog" in this fight? Are you being portrayed as a buffoonish clown for the sake of entertainment? Funny, I have yet to see or hear "black" people call Good Times, The Cosby Show, The Jeffersons, A Different World and Family Matters as offensive and demeaning. So your assumption that "that prior depiction was offensive and demeaning" is purely based on your own emotions. I also enjoyed your view of being able to see all "black" perception.
@geofbrit59
They're called "slap shoes."
The shoes are a riot!
This appears to be an unfortunate trend in black perception; that each previous depiction was offensive and demeaning.
See it for who the man is, what his life at that time consists of, as well as the patrons and what is available to them for entertainment at this time.
As has been said, at the time they wanted to perform and this is all that was available. Hattie mcDaniel and Stepin Fetchit both said should they be making money portraying servants or working as servants and living poor.
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Like most Americans you mistake your own personal judgements for a scientific guess. No where in my comment did I refer to you as "wearing a KKK robe". This is the internet, I have no ideal if your black,white or asian. Man, woman or transgender. Racist on non-racist. I only challenged the premise of your comment in which you wrote ".... trend in black perception......". Black perception as you meant it, is a generalized term used to describe a group of people within your society.
Both Good Times and the Jeffersons have been criticized for their racial depictions, likewise was Diff'rent Strokes under fire (I won't bother wasting your time going into detail of those criticisms, friend, you have clearly already decided I am wearing a KKK robe as a type this). Likewise, Fat Albert was called demeaning on an episode of Newsradio by the non-white castmember (I'm sure you'll love that one, pal).
I condemned then, as I do now, the humiliating depictions on "Different Strokes".
One of the worst shows EVER created for black people, by white people.
God, this is horrible and sad. Not funny at all.
I agree! This is NOT music! Real actual awesome music began in 1970!
I mean it’s comedy I think the actors are very talented also it’s just because the open the door bit it’s like the song so they both show up
Do you also get pissy about the Wayans' bros and Dave Chappell? Are black actors not allowed to play flawed comedic characters in your world?