January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

evil, for example. In the case of this movie, all Ali's opponents were either
overblown or glossed over and dismissed. Even Frazier (played by James Toney),
certainly the most defining drama for Ali, was Cliff's Noted.|
|11/12/03 06:00:59 PM|kookoo|ny||kookooclock000@yahoo.com||||10|i did not
realize that was james toney, it made frazier look bad too. compared to tyson,
frazier looks like robert redford, tyson does look like KING KONG, AS ALI
HIMSELF SAID. Hey Sonya , whats up you good looking doll :) koo koo |
|11/12/03 08:17:32 PM|steve |N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|Yo,R.S.,I don't
quite understand your last post.The movie,Ali,did indeed have an agenda.It cast
Ali as a cultural,social and political hero. He defied the system,was unfairly
punished. Yet he bravely indured,and arose truimphant over the governments evil
opression. Much the same as our brave American heroes who fled to Canada. I
guess that make's me and the 50,000 war dead pretty stupid.Okay,back to the
movie.The movie glossed over his amazing boxing carreer.They dwell alot, for
some unknown reason,or his tiring,grade school level vaudevillian act that he
trotted out for the white press's consomption. Ali's silly poems, name
calling,proclaiming himself "I'm so pretty",and yelling over and over again for
twenty years,"I am the greatist",was maybe pretty funny the first few times you
heard it. Ali seemed to think he had to perform these stupid,childish skits to
generate ticket sales amongst the white public.Who all laughed dutifully at his
childish,redundunt comedy routine,even after hearing it 50 times. R.S., did you
meam the stark contrast between Ali's rather astute political dealing's
involving his religious life,and his public personae and his complete dominance
over his opponent's in the ring.Who were treated as an afterthought,and merely a
vehicle to carry him to his status as Godlike cultural Icon.|
|11/12/03 08:31:38 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|Can anyone help? - Do any of you
guys have a complete version of Jerry's fight with Eddie Machen? I have
highlights only. Would be great if anyone could help. Has anyone seen Jerry's
fight against Alongi? I know that a couple of collectors have it but the quality
is meant to be real poor. Help Anyone (except Muffin man)|
|11/12/03 09:06:30 PM|kookoo|ny||kookooclock000@yahoo.com||||10|BRAVE, DID I
HEAR YOU SAY ALI WAS BRAVE! what about all those war veterans, what did they
get, ali did not want to face war, he would much rather fight with padded gloves
on. Mac Foster said long ago, if he were good enough to go , so was ali, Ali was
a slick , trash talking crook, yes i said crook, he cheated his country, he knew
he could get away with it, remember he had money and muslims on his side, GUTS
YEA, HE HAD SOME, BUT NOT AS NEAR AS MUCH THOSE VETERANS THAT FOUGHT FOR THIS
COUNTRY, HE HAD A GREAT EXCUSE USING THAT MUSLIM THING, BUT I AIN'T NOT
BUYING!!!KOO KOO|
|11/12/03 10:06:49 PM|Sonia Hathaway(Quarry)|Joshua Tree,
CA||Sonia90101@aol.com||||10|Hey KooKoo, things are ok here on our end, keeping
busy with the hubby & kids, but check this site out daily. You sure do love to
rattle people don't you, be nice everyone. Let's keep this site, cool so people
keep visiting, and it keeps going. Be safe all. Dad & Uncle Jerry, you are
missed very much so, and loved always.|
|11/13/03 12:20:52
AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Steve -Ali
and the Muslims tag teamed as vehicles for the other. The Muslims used a well
known and colorful public figure to stay on the radical political scoreboard,
Ali used them as a cash cow, and so he didn't have to go into the service (where
he'd have been nothing but a PR man and an entertainer), which he feared for
many irrational, fearful reasons. Bundini Brown made up a lot of his
poems, some of the flashy stuff he did in and out of the ring was "borrowed"
from Archie Moore and Gorgeous George, the wrestler. He was the first to
understand and use the role of villain to the degree he did, to his advantage,
and in the revolutionary climate, picked up much support from wealthy people who
congratulated themselves for hanging out with a Black Muslim prizefighter. And