Harry Connick Slams Blackface Routine He Unwittingly Judged


	Harry Connick Slams Blackface Routine He Unwittingly Judged

lakotahope

10-8-2009 11:05 AM

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jackson jive, harry conick

lakotahope says:

Can only black people parody anybody and any race now? What if someone really tried hard to be just like Jackson with the makeup to resemble him and ended being so rotten that all people laughed--would this be insulting too?
I guess one had to see it...
I wonder if Connick is carrying his gun through customs any more?

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