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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, jxshannon2@... wrote:
>
> It might interest Widmark fans to know that Tommy
was a very popular
> nickname amongst Johannesburg's (Soweto's, really)
tsotsis, or
street thugs, in the
> 1960s and later. And amongst themselves they enacted
the giggle and
leer of
> the wheelchair scene as often as American street
thugs now enact
Pacino's
> various taglines from the horrid remake of Scarface.
("Say hello
to my leetle
> friend," etc.) It's incredible how international
even a tiny flag
of American
> culture can be. And, yes, even tsotsi is a
corruption of "Zoot
suit."
>
>
Interesting... does anybody know what the mystery scene is
like in South Africa? I am sure that there are plenty of
great stories to tell, including hardboiled and noir
ones.
Best,
mrt
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