NY . AMSTERDAM NEWS_ Saturday, July 17, 1976
African-American newspaper from Harlem, Manhattan, New York City
Breezin' Round Brooklyn With Daphne Busby
Another "interesting" comment was the one by Agnes Nixon, a writer on the "All My Children" soap opera. When Mrs. Nixon was asked why she chose to have a Black pimp in the script she reportedly replied.” It was better drama and more interesting if he would be a Black pimp. It was a damn good story " Well, I checked out the show and found the pimp to be creating a lot of unhappy times for a young white girl whom everyone else is trying to save from his evil clutches. My question is this — like most soap operas "All my Children" is chock full of doctors, lawyers and just plain nice folks — don't Black people make interesting "those" things Oops, I almost forgot there is one "middle class Black doctor" and when that actor was asked his feeding about a Black portraying a pimp he didn't mind as long as his doctor character can "beat up” the pimp character Well beaten up, crippled or dead, the Super-Pimp will have left his mark on the images of Black people for the price of "better drama and a damn good story."
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