E L E C T R O N I C M E S S A G E Date: 13-Apr-1994 07:38am EST From: Stephen Hart HARTS2 Level: Post-secondary/University Tel No: 904-644-4839 TO: Remote Addressee ( _jnet%screen-l@ua1vm ) Subject: Scarfaced Caesars After checking their synopses in Bowker's Video Directory, I've found that BLACK CAESAR, LITTLE CAESAR and SCARFACE all have a similiar storyline: The rise of a small time hood to leadership of the mafia. The BLACK CAESAR synopsis states that the main character pushes his mentor out of power and loses close associates on the way to the top. Is this line in SCARFACE and/or LITTLE CAESAR? Along the lines of this discussion, the TV shows IN LIVING COLOR and TOWNSEND TELEVISION both had a sketch or two on recasting classic movies with black actors: Bill Cosby as the Godfather, Billy Dee Williams and Stevie Wonder in CASABLANCA, Redd Foxx as Charlie Chaplin. On the flip side, Robert De Niro was cast as Furious Styles in BOYZ N THE HOOD. Stephen Hart HARTS2@firnvx