tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post6532080264221419433..comments2024-01-27T02:33:23.675-08:00Comments on Beverly in Movieland: 99 Years a Maid: Remembering Juanita Moore and Imitation of Life Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-72273766319018436492014-10-06T18:04:36.021-07:002014-10-06T18:04:36.021-07:00Sounds like you're an expert on maids, Bob. Yo...Sounds like you're an expert on maids, Bob. You might care to comment on housekeeping in other famous movies. Many thanks for visiting Beverly in Movieland. Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-91615721782794955132014-10-03T13:43:18.483-07:002014-10-03T13:43:18.483-07:00It's amazing how far the idea of maid service ...It's amazing how far the idea of maid service has gone, and how much of its stigma and signification has expired. Although I think it's for the better. Housekeeping work is a venerable profession, and people should appraise and approach it as such. Thanks for sharing that awesome story! All the best to you! <br /><br /><a href="http://themaidstriadnc.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-importance-of-being-green-for-house.html" rel="nofollow">Bob Wolfe @ The Maids of the Triad</a> Bob Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09687825357398026707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-50389472440761930032014-03-04T23:44:41.352-08:002014-03-04T23:44:41.352-08:00Some others for your list: Marlon Brando as an Oki...Some others for your list: Marlon Brando as an Okinawan in Teahouse of the August Moon, and Alec Guinness as a Japanese gentleman in A Majority of One. And let's not forget Mickey Rooney as an extremely caricatured Japanese in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Luise Rainer and even Katharine Hepburn played Chinese characters. It's a topic I could discuss at length . . . and probably will, one of these days. Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-17294743080867138912014-03-04T05:22:57.320-08:002014-03-04T05:22:57.320-08:00The casting of seemingly inappropriate actors as o...The casting of seemingly inappropriate actors as other races still goes on - Benedict Cumberbatch as the Eastern named villain Khan Noonien Singh in Star Trek Into Darkness caught some flak. Johnny Depp playing Tonto in the Lone Ranger movie mostly escaped comment - I guess people were distracted tearing every other aspect of the movie apart. And while not as recent, who could forget 1981's ill-conceived Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen, with Peter Ustinov (!) and Battlestar Galactica's Richard Hatch (!!) as the Asian detective and his "Number One Son." Wow.Craig Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037542638067599437noreply@blogger.com