A criticism of her is that she didn't play an authentic black woman, instead playing a black Doris Day. This may not have helped in black communities, but it put a black person on TVs in a positive light (not Amos and Andy, for instance) in a lot of white homes for the first time, I think that was an important step for white culture.
On Fri, Oct 4, 2019, 12:55 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Sad news. I also met Ms. Carroll once, way back in the day, only a few > years after Julia was done. Same; I was a middle teen, with my Dad, and she > was so gracious and nice to both of us. > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 7:56 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I met Ms Carroll on one of the last TV shows I worked, and she couldn’t >> have been more gracious or elegant. I most recently caught her in her >> recurring role on White Collar, where she made the most of a minor role. Of >> course, her stint as a sitcom star will be what she’s most known for. >> >> >> >> https://apnews.com/eabc5a816f7a488d865e11fa03ba8537?utm_medium=APEntertainment&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow >> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4B-L7TydrDfhX4Y_WYBe3LscmZTLJXPDU7C3RO18qZa4Q%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4B-L7TydrDfhX4Y_WYBe3LscmZTLJXPDU7C3RO18qZa4Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BX-J25krygG%2Bh4TPJxXUJmcfzBta9SOH5CCYuikdKp_Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BX-J25krygG%2Bh4TPJxXUJmcfzBta9SOH5CCYuikdKp_Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yw0kK6SLPkAgK-XF6_CXAhVotfLJQfAw9naShdxJ_KnEw%40mail.gmail.com.
