This may be old news, but you may have noted that a "remake" of the film, simply titled "Guess Who," is coming out soon--with a black family (headed by Bernie Mac) trying to accomodate a white boyfriend (Ashton Kutcher). Don Larsson ----------------------------------------------- "Only connect!" --E.M. Forster Donald F. Larsson Department of English Minnesota State University Mankato, MN 56001 [log in to unmask] ________________________________ From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List on behalf of Peter C. Rollins Sent: Mon 1/3/2005 4:34 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SCREEN-L] Reading for the _Guess Who's Coming to Dinner_ debate: Race in US Cinema _Guess Who's Coming to Dinner_ debate at SWPCA As mentioned in an earlier message, the Southwest/Texas PCA/ACA meeting in February will feature a spirited debate about the putative "radicalism" of the famous film with Tracy and Hepburn, _Guess Who's Coming to Dinner_. Robert B. Toplin will debate Glenn Harris; both are from the History Department at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. A brand-new book from Princeton UP has a pertinent chapter on this topic. Courtney, Susan. _Hollywood Fantasies of Miscegenation_ (Princeton UP, 2005. 250-294. Chapter 6 title is "_Guess Who's Coming to Dinner with Eldridge Cleaver and the Supreme Court, or Reforming Popular Racial Memory with Hepburn and Tracy_." This chapter is particularly attentive to film language and should serve us all as a model in the use of detail to authenticate interpretation of a film text. Peter C. Rollins Founder and Chairman of the Board (Emeritus) Popular Culture Center Rt 3 Box 80 Cleveland, Oklahoma 74020 (918)243-7637 and fax 5995 [log in to unmask] The regional meeting for 2005 will take place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a favored site for our gatherings. The events will run between February 9-12, 2005 at the Hyatt Regency Albuquerque (330 Tijera; 505.842.1234) We have gone to the downtown area of the city where a massive refurbishing has brought in shopping and dining opportunities of quality. We are excited about the special hotel rates negotiated by our new leaders. There is even a special graduate student rate. (See details on web site.) Organization's Web site with lots of data is below: http://www.swtexaspca.org/ Now that I am now emeritus, the best contacts for Southwest/Texas Regional business are: Philip Heldrich, Dept. of English, Emporia State University, KS [log in to unmask] Ken Dvorak, Distance Learning, San Jacinto College District, Houston, TX [log in to unmask] Both of these young scholars are at your service. ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu