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evil, for example. In the case of this movie, all Ali's opponents were either<br />

overblown or glossed over and dismissed. Even Frazier (played by James Toney),<br />

certainly the most defining drama for Ali, was Cliff's Noted.|<br />

|11/12/03 06:00:59 PM|kookoo|ny||kookooclock000@yahoo.com||||10|i did not<br />

realize that was james toney, it made frazier look bad too. compared to tyson,<br />

frazier looks like robert redford, tyson does look like KING KONG, AS ALI<br />

HIMSELF SAID. Hey Sonya , whats up you good looking doll :) koo koo |<br />

|11/12/03 08:17:32 PM|steve |N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|Yo,R.S.,I don't<br />

quite understand your last post.<strong>The</strong> movie,Ali,did indeed have an agenda.It cast<br />

Ali as a cultural,social and political hero. He defied the system,was unfairly<br />

punished. Yet he bravely indured,and arose truimphant over the governments evil<br />

opression. Much the same as our brave American heroes who fled to Canada. I<br />

guess that make's me and the 50,000 war dead pretty stupid.Okay,back to the<br />

movie.<strong>The</strong> movie glossed over his amazing boxing carreer.<strong>The</strong>y dwell alot, for<br />

some unknown reason,or his tiring,grade school level vaudevillian act that he<br />

trotted out for the white press's consomption. Ali's silly poems, name<br />

calling,proclaiming himself "I'm so pretty",and yelling over and over again for<br />

twenty years,"I am the greatist",was maybe pretty funny the first few times you<br />

heard it. Ali seemed to think he had to perform these stupid,childish skits to<br />

generate ticket sales amongst the white public.Who all laughed dutifully at his<br />

childish,redundunt comedy routine,even after hearing it 50 times. R.S., did you<br />

meam the stark contrast between Ali's rather astute political dealing's<br />

involving his religious life,and his public personae and his complete dominance<br />

over his opponent's in the ring.Who were treated as an afterthought,and merely a<br />

vehicle to carry him to his status as Godlike cultural Icon.|<br />

|11/12/03 08:31:38 PM|Evren|London||@||||10|Can anyone help? - Do any of you<br />

guys have a complete version of <strong>Jerry</strong>'s fight with Eddie Machen? I have<br />

highlights only. Would be great if anyone could help. Has anyone seen <strong>Jerry</strong>'s<br />

fight against Alongi? I know that a couple of collectors have it but the quality<br />

is meant to be real poor. Help Anyone (except Muffin man)|<br />

|11/12/03 09:06:30 PM|kookoo|ny||kookooclock000@yahoo.com||||10|BRAVE, DID I<br />

HEAR YOU SAY ALI WAS BRAVE! what about all those war veterans, what did they<br />

get, ali did not want to face war, he would much rather fight with padded gloves<br />

on. Mac Foster said long ago, if he were good enough to go , so was ali, Ali was<br />

a slick , trash talking crook, yes i said crook, he cheated his country, he knew<br />

he could get away with it, remember he had money and muslims on his side, GUTS<br />

YEA, HE HAD SOME, BUT NOT AS NEAR AS MUCH THOSE VETERANS THAT FOUGHT FOR THIS<br />

COUNTRY, HE HAD A GREAT EXCUSE USING THAT MUSLIM THING, BUT I AIN'T NOT<br />

BUYING!!!KOO KOO|<br />

|11/12/03 10:06:49 PM|Sonia Hathaway(<strong>Quarry</strong>)|Joshua Tree,<br />

CA||Sonia90101@aol.com||||10|Hey KooKoo, things are ok here on our end, keeping<br />

busy with the hubby & kids, but check this site out daily. You sure do love to<br />

rattle people don't you, be nice everyone. Let's keep this site, cool so people<br />

keep visiting, and it keeps going. Be safe all. Dad & Uncle <strong>Jerry</strong>, you are<br />

missed very much so, and loved always.|<br />

|11/13/03 12:20:52<br />

AM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Steve -Ali<br />

and the Muslims tag teamed as vehicles for the other. <strong>The</strong> Muslims used a well<br />

known and colorful public figure to stay on the radical political scoreboard,<br />

Ali used them as a cash cow, and so he didn't have to go into the service (where<br />

he'd have been nothing but a PR man and an entertainer), which he feared for<br />

many irrational, fearful reasons. Bundini Brown made up a lot of his<br />

poems, some of the flashy stuff he did in and out of the ring was "borrowed"<br />

from Archie Moore and Gorgeous George, the wrestler. He was the first to<br />

understand and use the role of villain to the degree he did, to his advantage,<br />

and in the revolutionary climate, picked up much support from wealthy people who<br />

congratulated themselves for hanging out with a Black Muslim prizefighter. And

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