* * One title that immediately comes to mind is Preminger's *Carmen Jones*, * in which Bizet's opera is "updated" and transported to the US: here, not * just a single character, but the entire piece is transported from the * mean streets of Seville to the mean streets of the south (and eventually, * Chicago). Here, the entire cast is African-American. (Harry Belafonte * plays Joe, aka Don Jose.) Black Caesar and BET's The Odd Couple come to mind. -- Mark Bunster |I'm not an actor, but I play one on TV. Survey Research Lab--VCU | Richmond, VA 23284 |Adam Smith's invisible hand [log in to unmask] |has got you by the throat... (804) 367-8813/353-1731 | Trotsky Icepick