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Bake

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26. You're right.

Reply to mzteris (Reply #24)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 03:42 PM

Mar 2013

I remember the incredible tap dancer who used to be on the Lawrence Welk show (I was only a kid and that's what my parents watched ...), but I can't remember his name.

My comment was, as I'm sure you know, for years those were the only roles black performers could get in Hollywood. And that was in response to the poster's comment that typecasting was based on reality.

I didn't intend to sound like I was dissing tap dancers.

Bake

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