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Fencing Match between St.-Georges and La Chevalière D’Eon

Never mind movies about slavery. The world will be a poorer place until there are a few about about Joseph Bolonge, Chevalier de Saint-George.

That’s the fencing, fighting, violin playing, composing, conducting Chevalier de Saint-George. History records that he died of gangrene, but I think he realized he was too awesome for this planet and moved on to a higher plane.

Or if one must have slavery in one’s movies about black people, what about Mary Elizabeth Bowser, an African-American woman who infiltrated the Confederate White House to spy for the Union?

And for those who don’t like fact, there’s fantasy. Does anyone remember what the Sci-Fi channel did to the Wizard of Earthsea? If not, here’s who Sci-Fi cast as Ged. And Vetch.

It would be great to see the first three books properly adapted and in a theater, but Ursula K. Le Guin would probably shoot anyone who asked, and who could blame her?

I suppose there’s always adapting fantasy novels with all of the white characters played by black actors, which would have the added benefit of upsetting the kind of people who cried buckets when Elba played a Norse god.

But best of all would be several original movies that were written, directed and acted by people who are higher on the Fitzpatrick scale.

That would do for the first year.

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