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Re: Thanks for being here Charlie.
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Originally Posted by jambutty
So he poked fun at himself and his race, so what? He wasn’t cruel with it and it did more to break down the race barriers than any Whitehall dictats.
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He said later in life, when his career and petered out, that at the height of his fame he was never comfortable telling coon jokes. Remember this is the time when white actors 'browned up' to play thick Indian pull wallahs, and popular television gave us racial harmony as examplified by Love Thy Neighbour.
Happy innocent times, for some.
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