"Mr. Upkyke has been charged with the crime and has had difficulty getting an
attorney to represent him".
I guess all the attorneys were giving Mr. Updyke the Big Freeze.
The attorneys probably thought Mr. Updyke was an interloper.
Orville Hendricks - Selling Butter and Eggs. Know the difference between a
dead skunk in the road, and a dead attorney in the road? There are skid marks
in front of the skunk.
Mr. Updyke has been charged with the crime and has had difficulty getting an
attorney to represent him until a Mr. Threatt took the case. It is Mr. Threatt
who is quoted in the Times. Here?s the quote:
>
> Threatt, an Alabama native with degrees from Princeton and Howard University
> School of Law, takes offense at some portrayals of Updyke, one of which
> compared him to Ernest T. Bass from ?The Andy Griffith Show.? ?He is not
> ignorant, not a redneck,? Threatt said. ?He is not some sort of Andy
> Griffith-type of character who would be hanging out at Floyd?s barbershop. I
> resent those types of stereotypes.?
>
> Isn?t it ironic that Mr. Threatt resents ?those types of stereotypes? while
> at the same time he is the one creating them by painting the characters who
> hung out at Floyd?s barbershop as ?ignorant? and ?redneck?.
>
> Ken in AZ
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