tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post3097665552821404265..comments2023-11-05T22:35:31.766+00:00Comments on Neil Clark: In memoriam: Paul RobesonNeil Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-86356921851026161192008-04-12T06:35:00.000+01:002008-04-12T06:35:00.000+01:00Ronald, you mean living in a country (America) tha...Ronald, you mean living in a country (America) that was giving birth to a civil rights movement was less preferable than living in a country (Russia) where organised dissent was impossible and millions of people were arbitarily being imprisoned, worked to death or executed. What perculiar kind of masochism is that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-68888238496426831972008-04-10T19:24:00.000+01:002008-04-10T19:24:00.000+01:00African American male in pre-civil rights America ...African American male in pre-civil rights America or worker-chattle of the Soviet Bloc?<BR/><BR/>I have to admit, I can see why Robeson leant that way.Roland Hulmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08979437320446956987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-86851519417418702822008-04-10T04:21:00.000+01:002008-04-10T04:21:00.000+01:00Agreed that all persecution is wrong but 'facing h...Agreed that all persecution is wrong but 'facing harsher treatment' in the Soviet Union is something an understatement since many of his fellow artists wound up dead!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-26789647071792663992008-04-09T23:47:00.000+01:002008-04-09T23:47:00.000+01:00Do you know that you can't get the version of Show...Do you know that you can't get the version of Showboat with Robeson in it on dvd for love or money? Weird!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-90558310073147270792008-04-09T21:44:00.000+01:002008-04-09T21:44:00.000+01:00Thanks, Martin.jolies: agreed. The fact that Robes...Thanks, Martin.<BR/>jolies: agreed. The fact that Robeson would have faced harsher treatment if he had held the 'wrong' views in Stalin's Russia doesn't exonerate McCarthy or make McCarthyism acceptable. It's wrong for artists to be persecuted for their political beliefs, whether their beliefs are pro- or anti-communist.Neil Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-68513359828746890562008-04-09T19:42:00.000+01:002008-04-09T19:42:00.000+01:00A great singer unjustly persecuted - though 'lucky...A great singer unjustly persecuted - though 'lucky' he was persecuted in McCarthyite America rather than, say, Stalin's Russia?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-8321082835255791542008-04-09T19:22:00.000+01:002008-04-09T19:22:00.000+01:00Thanks for remembering a Truly Great American.Thanks for remembering a Truly Great American.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-48267564444272623842008-04-09T13:58:00.000+01:002008-04-09T13:58:00.000+01:00I have a cd of Robeson's radical songs and 'chee l...I have a cd of Robeson's radical songs and 'chee lai', the Chinese anthem he sang is also done very well. Harlem from the 30s to the 60s was a very radical, intellectually burning place. Imagine hearing Robeson, seeing the young Malcolm X, noting William Meeks (the future Deputy CIA Director) selling insurance...amazing. Hitchcock had it absolutely right when they set that thrilling scene in Topaz there.<BR/>Anyway, couldn't agree more about Robeson. Thanks for the video, and the memorial!Martin Meenaghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092121503713511010noreply@blogger.com