Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee, classic or dud?

i had a temp job many years back where some drone walked into the room and announced the project would end early. I turned to the group, and doing an impersonation of Da Mayor (Ossie Davis in Do The Right Thing) proclaimed "Why they got to take the BREAD out my baby's mouth".

I realized I had sort of crossed a line, fortunately, of the two black people in the room, one thought it was hilarious and the other didn't get the reference and thought I was just strange.

"The Negro actress is still acting on the fringes, not really a part, only occasionally let in, better off portraying the prostitute, the second — roles written with not enough imagination and truth. We can point to no one of us who has the remotest chance of reaching the prominence of Helen Hayes, Ethel Barrymore, Bette Davis, etc. No one with that kind of economic opportunity either. We dream, we scream, we pretend, we picket." - Ruby Dee, 1966

"I would become a vegetarian for no other reason than that meat is becoming an exclusive commodity. Women on welfare cannot afford to buy meat. That means white, black and Appalachian women. I would like to say, if you cannot afford it, do not buy it. Let us refuse, therefore, and put the butchers out of business. We don’t need it. No thought is being given to human beings." - R.D., 1972

RIP

http://filmmakermagazine.com/86323-rip-ruby-dee-1922-2014/#.U5oZfPldVyx

http://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-ruby-dee-1924-2014

aw man :(

RIP

Just saw the China Beach with her and Joe Seneca as friendly angels. TBH I thought she'd already died recently (a June--Johnny thing).

RIP

RIP; made a splash in NZ when she was here ~8 years ago for No.2.

Cotton Comes to Harlem now on Blu-ray

http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/cotton-comes-to-harlem