[lbo-talk] Boots Riley on Occupy the Hood

[Gar Lipow]

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> Gar Lipow: Then again, I never understood the  mime hatred in the 60s
> either.
> What was that all about? (Not kidding. I genuinely never heard a
> convincing explanation.)
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> I don't remember that. At the '68 MLA convention the San Francisco Mime
> Troupe put on a show in the corridors of the Americana Hotel -- and I don't
> remember anyone complaining. Tell us more.

Moe in the popular culture than specifically in the left. Comedy of
the 60s all the way through the 80s had anti-mime jokes.
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> And anyhow, aside from a few grouches on this list, who complains about
> puppets?
Not specifically on the list.  But again something I've encountered a
lot from people bitching about demonstrations." Puppets are so old
fashioned, stuck in the past" - that sort of thing.  When I ask for an
explanation I don't get one  - it is supposed to be self-evident.
>There is always a detritus around. Some of it fun, some of it
> boring, some of it politically pointed, some of it quite pointless. So what!
> A demonstration, rally, march isn't a formal presentation at a Rotarian
> convention. Junk doesn't hurt anything.
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> Carrol
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> Carrol
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