In the movie “The Great White Hope,” James Earl Jones plays black boxer Jack Johnson when he hands the cop a C-note that says, “Be resilient. Make yourself bigger. Never be diminished by an oppressive society.”
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A James Earl Jones memory.
In the movie “The Great White Hope” he played black boxer Jack Johnson.
Driving through the South — a blond in the front seat — Johnson got pulled over by the fuzz, fined $50, then he handed the cop a C-note.
The cop asked why.
The fighter said, “The reason is I’m coming back.”
Telling the story Jimmy added: “Be resilient. Make yourself bigger. Never be diminished by an oppressive society.”Fine lines
Jeffrey Zaslow’s paperback “Talk of Fame” reports Sonny Bono saying: “Cher shouldn’t hang it all on glamour. Better she should once take a grandma’s role. But she’s not moving on.”
What Cher would like to tell Sonny has not yet been printed.
There’s Chazz Palminteri’s “Bigger you are, the nicer you should be because there’s more reasons to be in a better mood.
