Re: RARA-AVIS: Response to Kevin re. Pelecanos

dspurlock@humana.com
Thu, 12 Nov 1998 08:58:21 -0500 << The point I was
raising--raising rather than answering--was to do with what I suppose
would be covered by the terms 'race' and 'culture', broad and
problematic as they are. What I said was, 'Is _Suckerman_ just another
piece of blaxploitation, or is it something more than a wigger-text,
simply leeching on black style?'

I suppose that's kind of unanswerable, but it would be interesting to
know who's buying _Suckerman_, and whether consumers of _Suckerman_
consider it part of black popular culture, white popular culture, or
something in between.>>

Which raises the interest level, I think, in seeing how the proposed movie
version turns out. Didn't someone here post that a rapper had bought the
film rights (or at least an option) on Suckerman? -- Duane

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