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Shandris

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3. I have to be honest, I've never heard of the movie. I have heard the LINE, from an old comic cover.

Reply to tanyev (Original post)

Fri Dec 18, 2015, 06:35 PM

Dec 2015

One of the X-Men, if I remember right, although it could be one of the alternate X-men type ones, but it had Galactus showing up ready to eat the world (hence the name "Guess who's coming to dinner.&quot

My first guess would be it was an accident, but I'd adjust that based on the age of the people involved. If they're much older than me, I'd have more trouble believing it was an accident.

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Guess who is coming to dinner? [View all] tanyev Dec 2015 OP

A dinner with him is a guarantee to indigestion. nt arthritisR_US Dec 2015 #1

Well, I doubt it was an homage to Black Uhuru. johnp3907 Dec 2015 #2

No, I think their tastes run more to Lee Greenwood. tanyev Dec 2015 #7

I have to be honest, I've never heard of the movie. I have heard the LINE, from an old comic cover. Shandris Dec 2015 #3

The movie's a little before my time, but that was the first thing that popped into my mind. tanyev Dec 2015 #6

It's kind of a banal cliche now. It hardly seems racist. Bucky Dec 2015 #4

I guess it just struck me as odd because I've been on their email list for several years tanyev Dec 2015 #8

In the movie, the fianc� is a doctor played by Sidney Portiers. Shrike47 Dec 2015 #5